Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Robert Capa

 Cerro Muriano, Córdoba front, 5 September 1936
  
 Children in Barcelona pretending to be a firing squad 
at the dawn of the Spanish Civil War, ca. 1936
[I am told by commenter Michel Simon that this photo
was actually taken by Catalan photographer Agustin Centelles]
  
 Children playing in the snow, Hankou, China, March 1938
  
 French female collaborationist shaved, 1945
 
 Gerda Taro and soldier, Spain, 1936
[Gerda Taro was another photojournalist, and the personal and professional 
companion of Capa. She was  the first female photojournalist to die on the job.]
  
 Montblanc, Barcelona, Spain, October 25, 1938
  
 On the road from Namdinh to Thaibinh, Indochina. May 25th, 1954. A French military 
convoy on its way north towards Doai Tan. In the foreground, a rice field
  
 Outside the stock exchange, Paris, France, 1937
 
 Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot, 1948
  
 Picasso on the beach in Provence, France, with his son Claude 
and his partner Françoise Gilot, 1948
  
 Republican militia members, Barcelona, 1936
  
 Running for shelter during the air raids. Bilbao, Spain, May 1937
  
Young girl at a refugee transit centre, Barcelona, 1939

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Esther Bubley

These photos were taken in boarding houses in the Washington, D.C. area during World War II.

 A boardinghouse rule forbids men guest to come into 
girls' rooms and vice versa. Washington, DC, 1943
[and yet, there they are]
  
 A bridge game does not disturb this sleeper, Washington, DC, 1943
  
 A girl employed by the U.S. government, a new arrival 
at a boardinghouse, being greeted by her roommates, 1943
  
 A radio is company for this girl in her boardinghouse room, 1943
  
 A U.S. Office of Price Administration stenographer 
and a friend in their boardinghouse room, 1943
  
 An evening gathering in a boardinghouse, 1943
  
 Girl in the doorway of her room at a boardinghouse, 1943
  
 The schedule for use of the boardinghouse bathroom is worked out 
so that each person has eight minutes in the morning. It is social suicide 
to ignore the schedule and cause a tie-up like this. 1943
 
 This boardinghouse room needs a heater in the winter and a fan in the summer, 1943
 
 Those who are not too modest save time by tripling up 
in the use of the boardinghouse bathroom, 1943
  
Two girls looking at pictures in their room in a boardinghouse, 1943

Monday, March 31, 2014

Arthur Siegel

Arthur Siegel was a photographer for the Office of War Information during World War II. After the war  he became a pioneer in the creative use of color photography.

 Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. A girl arc welder, 1943
  
 Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. 
Union leader making an address at a launching ceremony, 1943
  
 Detroit, Michigan. A steady stream of bodies for Dodge Army trucks receive 
important finishing operations along this section of the production line, 1942
  
 Detroit, Michigan. A Venetian night part at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends. Girl with clothing swimming, 1940
  
 Detroit, Michigan. A Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends. Commodore and girls drinking, 1940
  
 Detroit, Michigan. A Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends. Crowd dancing, 1940
  
 Detroit, Michigan. A Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends. Girl dancers, 1940
  
 Detroit, Michigan. Child in toddler go-cart, 1942
  
 Detroit, Michigan. Fashion show presented by the Chrysler Girls' Club of the Chrysler Corporation at Saks Fifth Avenue store. Girl modeling a corsellette, 1942
[if you look closely you'll see there are two women in this photo]
  
Detroit, Michigan. Girls coming out of the Highland Park Chrysler plant, 1942

Sunday, March 30, 2014

Dick Whittington

 Dedication of Olympic pool, Los Angeles, 1932
  
 Dinner dance at Bay Club, Southern California, 1931
  
Dorothy Day, publicity shot, 1929
  
Dorothy Day, publicity shot, 1929
  
 Drug store fountain, Southern California, 1927
[identified by DonY as Frankfurt Pharmacy, Rosemead, California]
  
 Earl Carroll players and radio at Music Box Theatre, Los Angeles, 1929
  
 Eastside Gardens, Los Angeles, 1934
  
 Echo Park children, Rose Bowl festival, Los Angeles, 1932
  
 Fair at Riverside, California, 1926
  
 Family group and 2 dogs, Los Angeles, 1933
  
Family group on doorstep, Southern California, 1932

Saturday, March 29, 2014

University of Kentucky

I guess this post can be in honor of UK making it to the Elite Eight...

Group portrait of Elmendorf students, with teacher Ella Ford
 
Loading tobacco on wagon in field
 
Loradale students receiving soup in the classroom with their teacher, Audrey Burgin Hawkins
 
Men's swim team, 1955
 
Philosophian Literary Society, 1919
 
Students read in a lounge area, 1955
 
Students socializing in the Botanical Gardens, 1955
 
Students talking in front of the Alpha Delta Pi House, 1955
 
The Sock Hop in Memorial Coliseum, 1955
[excuse me, that should be "Sok Hop" :)]
 
Two women on path to log cabins