Abraham Lincoln Originally uploaded by George Eastman House . Proclamation of Thanksgiving by the President of the United States of America The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful years and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the Source from which they come, others have been added which are...
Rep Slaughter is sponsoring or co-sponsoring a couple of pieces of trade legislation ( H.R. 3786 Reciprocal Market Access Act and H.R. 3012, TRADE Act). I’ve been hard on Rep Slaughter with regards to health care - deservedly so I might add - but on the surface these trade bills look like something decent. Of [...] Related posts: Massa / Kuhl spar over trade - why we need debates NY-26: Jon Powers...
In 2006 I wrote a post detailing some acquisitions at SFMOMA. Among the SFMOMA curators with whom I spoke was Sandra Phillips, who heads up the museum's photography department. She told me this story. I've tried to interest magazines in it for years (maybe it would be a better book?), but because it's a season of New Topographics at LACMA and because of the recent launch of a George Eastman House...
ROCHESTER, NY.- For the first time in the two centuries of photographic history, a book has been produced that celebrates both the camera and the art of the photograph — displaying images alongside the cameras that created them. George Eastman House International Museum of Photography & Film launches this month "Camera: The History of Photography from Daguerreotype to Digital"...
No one disputes that the 1975 exhibition “New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape” was a landmark show. Attendance at the George Eastman House in Rochester, N.Y., wasn’t huge, and the presentation didn’t introduce any unknown talent. But the show...
"Eastman Kodak Building" Rochester, NY - August 2005 (Click to embiggen) Hosted by Written Inc. George Eastman accomplished a great many things in his life, and the city of Rochester, New York could probably be named for him. A great many of the buildings in town are named for him, most notably the Eastman Theater and Eastman School of Music. It was this latter that brought my son and I to...
This early (1927) color film shows 10 minutes of remarkable vintage London -- especially the Petticoat Lane market scenes around 6:00, which are a rare glimpse into the life of everyday people (it's even cooler if you were actually down on Petticoat Lane yesterday, as I was!). The Open Road London (1927) (via Making Light) Previously:Early 20th c. George Eastman House photos now on Flickr - Boing Boing...
Kittens, retro kids and fashionable ladies from the past are all I want to look at on the internets lately. How great are The Commons? State Library of Queensland, Australia | Powerhouse Museum Collection | Australian War Memorial Collection | Smithsonian Institution | nha.library | National Media Museum | George Eastman House | Nationaal Archief
George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film is commemorating its 60th anniversary in 2009 with a deluxe portfolio of 12 photographs created by celebrated international artists. Read more and comment »
The exhibition New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-altered Landscape, held in 1975 at the International Museum of Photography George Eastman House, (Rochester, NY) and the show brought together nine photographers—Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Joe Deal, Frank Gohlke, Nicholas Nixon, John Schott, Stephen Shore, and Henry...
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents "New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape", a re-examination of the landmark exhibition originally held in 1975 at the International Museum of Photography, George Eastman House , which brought together ten leading photographers : Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Joe Deal, Frank Gohlke,...
I don’t recommend this path for everyone, but for these people the whole not-needing a high school education thing kind of worked out. Dave Thomas – Founded Wendy’s and SQUARE burgers. SQUARE! George Bernard Shaw – Playwright and curmudgeon. George Eastman – Founded Kodak, anonymously donated a crapload of money to universities, left a suicide note saying, “My [...]...
Rochester, N.Y. — The “Wish You Were Here” travel photography lecture series returns this fall, bringing to George Eastman House renowned photographers who share images and stories that invite you to explore new destinations or revisit places from times past. 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8 Photographer Sylvia Plachy: “Attractions” Sylvia Plachy, Guggenheim Fellowship recipient,...
Poor Kodak. George Eastman’s once proud company conquered the world, bringing cheap, portable and easy to use cameras into the hands of millions. Now it is reduced to a purveyor of trinkets, a prince turned pauper, hawking tatty tchotchkes just to pay the bills. There may be no better evidence that Kodak has lost it than [...]
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