Mission to Burma

Late last year Photographer Roberto D’Addona made an illegal crossing to Myanmar to document the long running rebellion bet the Burmese gov’t and the Karen rebels. The first time I really paid attention to this conflict was after watching the new Rambo movie.
BTW these photos are from before the country was hit with the devastating [...]

Going Over Home

A striking new exhibit of photographs taken by GQ design director Fred Woodward. Printed in high-contrast black-and-white, the pictures were originally snapped in 1986 to accompany an article written by Nicholas Lemann for The Atlantic Monthly. The concept was to document how the flight of middle-class African-Americans to Chicago from small towns in the South [...]

Bobby Kennedy Slideshow

Lately I’ve been a bit fascinated with the late 1950’s and 1960’s. There seemed to be so much hope for the future even though the country was caught up in the grips of the cold war. I’m wrapping up The Right Stuff ( book about the early NASA space program) and next I’m going to [...]

Fulton Fish Market Photo Exhibit

There is a photography exhibit that is currently being held at the South Street Seaport Museum. The show is centered around pictures of the gritty Fulton Fish Market and the people that worked there in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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Paris in Wartime Photo Exhibit

Controversial exhibit at the Paris Historical Library shows propaganda laced photos of Paris under Nazi occupation.

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Library of Congress Color Photos

I love downloading old color photos from the early 20th century. Color can make decades old photos seem more believable. Also the intensity and colors are phenomenal compared to the digital shots so prevalent today.

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