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Brassaï’s close-ups of graffiti carved and painted on Parisian city walls were first seen in the Surrealist magazine Minotaure in 1933, however he would continue to photograph images of graffiti for the next three decades, culminating in the publication of the book, Graffiti, in 1961. With this project, ‘the eye of Paris’ as he was called […]
In March 1970, a traveler now living in Rotterdam paid a visit to New York City. Jaap Breedveld was in his 40s at the time. Like many tourists, he took photos that reflect the typical itinerary of a sightseer from overseas, like Times Square (above, with the old Howard Johnson’s at 46th Street on the […]
via What a tourist saw on a trip to New York in 1970 — Ephemeral New York
the full-throated cry of the sky pierces the calm of a spring day besotted with its capacity to go on. unhindered — the shrieks of the crows speak of the agony of the air, that is carbon, ash, cacophony, & unanswerable specks of dust and dirt. why do we forget to be kind to what […]
The long awaited sequel designed by Ben Molina and featuring COLOR photographs by Clay Benskin is now available for $20 with postage included ($10 extra for international shipping)All copies are signed by both artists in silver paint!
via Flash Memories VOL 2 — Black and White Street Photographs of New York City by Matt Weber
For the last century, American road trips have inspired authors to write great novels and memoirs based on their travels by car, bus, or motorcycle. From F. Scott Fitzgerald to Jack Kerouac the open road has launched a special form of travel literature and has encouraged countless readers to embark on their own adventures. This […]
Alfred S. Mira and his realistic, gritty, intimate Greenwich Village street scenes should be better known. [“Seventh Avenue, Greenwich Village”] Born in 1900 in Italy to a carpenter father, he left school and began working for an interior decorator, dreaming of going to art school but without the 50 cents a day it cost to […]
via The Greenwich Village vision of artist Alfred Mira — Ephemeral New York
Copper bay windows, grand arches, juliet balconies and a sloping roof: As university housing goes, the 8-story Bancroft Apartments are pretty fanciful. Preeminent architect Emery Roth designed the building, which opened at 509 West 121st Street in 1910. By 1920, it had been acquired by Columbia University’s Teachers College, just a block away in the […]
via The artist and scholar gargoyles on 121st Street — Ephemeral New York
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