The end notes also give us a break-down of all the trips that Susan took to photograph MLK streets around the country, between 2009-14, trying to build a representative, (if not categorical,) view of where these streets are located and what they contain. Apparently, but not surprisingly, ...
Solid, steady, proud Diversity(A preview into one of Stevens’s poems to be included in her second—”Heaven and Nature Sing”—collection)was inspired by the early June blooms (photograph), a soothing balm after those long, cold Maine winters. One that never fails to enthrall us each spri...
bell hookswrites on this branch of feminism, where women become men to assert equality and enact dominance, in her bookOutlaw Culture: Resisting Representations, Chapter 2: “Power to the Pussy: We Don’t Wanna Be Dicks In Drag.” Using a photograph of Madonna brandishing a strap-on dildo...
A photograph of the young Hawkins executing a leaping spread eagle is at the center of a 2011 gouache collage that gives the exhibition its title, which is spelled out, together with Crowner's name, in the style of a concert poster. The artist uses this photo—taken during a performance ...
That is also the only photograph that I took on the evening, I was too busy chatting to lots and lots of lovely people. I mentioned that there were three stupendously good books in the shortlist, I actually read all of the longlist again this year and will be sharing my reviews over...
I opened the book at random, and was fascinated to find this photograph of people sheltering in the Metro, just as Londoners had sheltered in the Underground during the Blitz. It made sense. Some of the stations are deep underground. The book also noted that different stations were designated...
Nighttime aerial photography owes its origins to pioneers likeGeorge Goddard,who stunned residents of Rochester, NY, in 1925 when he ignited an 80-pound flash bomb to illuminate the city (image at left). It is considered the first aerial night photograph. At right, Manhattan at night, 1931....
GO NORTH YOUNG MAN…At left,Matthew Hensoncirca 1910. At right, photograph of Henson and four Inuit guides on the last stretch of their 1908–09 expedition, taken byRobert Pearyat what they believed to be the North Pole. Henson (center) planted the flag. (Wikipedia) ...
(I was, admittedly, already a huge fan of Smith, having grown up during the reign of the Stinky Cheese Man, which was all the rage in my second grade class.) But what really draws me to this book is the oh-so-appealing and absolutely irresistible story of a little girl with a ...
The poem and my favorite of the photos with a little help from Photoshop. Unless you want to add a poem to your image, you can get beautiful photos with your phone without any photo editing. Photograph It You might not have a camera, but you probably have a phone. Most phones today ...