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Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York Beyond Decorum: The Photography of Iké Udé 
 An exhibit of 16 photographs by Nigerian-born Iké Udé, exploring "the production of oppositional identities" through the "cultural arenas of fashion, movies, and magazine covers." Includes an essay. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/ude/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photography Last updated Jun 10, 2006 Concrete Abstractions: Aaron Siskind
Collection of photographs by Aaron Siskind, who "was a politically engaged photographer active in New York's Photo League during the 1930s, when his most ambitious project was a documentation of life in Harlem. But by 1943, his work turned toward abstraction, anticipating the Abstract Expressionism of post-war painting." Photos span the period of 1944 through 1988. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/siskind/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Jun 21, 2009 Scene of the Crime: Photo by Weegee
Companion to a 2005-2006 exhibit on the photojournalist Weegee (Arthur Fellig), who is known for his crime scene photos and images of New York City nightlife in the 1930s and 1940s. Features images from the exhibition, audio clips from interviews with Weegee (explaining his unusual darkroom practices, how he beat everyone to the crime scenes, and more), and a video on Weegee's work. From the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/weegee/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photography Last updated Jun 13, 2006 Weegee's World: Life, Death, and the Human Drama
Devoted to photojournalist Weegee (born Usher Fellig), a tabloid news photographer and the author of "Naked City" (1945). Includes a chronology and photographs, browsable by topic: Lower East Side (New York), police, fire, Coney Island, Times Square, the opera, war, lovers, Harlem, entertainment, movie theaters, the circus, Greenwich Village, and personalities. Online companion to exhibit of the same title from the International Center of Photography, New York. http://museum.icp.org/museum/collections/special/weegee/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography Last updated Aug 14, 2005 |
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