Lone Grove Tornado Memorial
Next to the small park bandshell in Lone Grove, Oklahoma, photographed in 2013. Lone Grove was hit by an EF4 tornado on February 10, 2009. It...
Continue ReadingAsk the Dust: Vertigo (1958/1990) acquired by MOMA!
Thanks to David Platzker and Roxana Marcoci for guiding my work into the collection and to John Baldessari for donating it!
Continue ReadingCharles Curtis at the Schindler House
I was at UVA in Charlottesville for Charles Curtis’ last SASSAS appearance so I made sure to be in town for this one. So good...
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Mrs. Yolande Reed – “Runs Nudist Camp” (self-employed; from Perryville, PA), aired 6/14/53
Continue ReadingMarguerite Empey
Continuing work on my social nudism project, I’ve realized that at least 3 of the images are of the same person – Marguerite Empey, also known as Diane Webber,...
Continue ReadingChantal Akerman
From the NYT obit: Mr. Mazzanti recalled asking Ms. Akerman how she had edited “Hotel Monterey,” a silent film about a Lower Manhattan hotel that...
Continue ReadingWhat’s wrong with this cover?
7 photographers, 2 women. Wow, almost 30%. Seems like that’s the new ceiling. Not good enough NYT.
Continue ReadingNoah Purifoy at LACMA
It’s a great show – closes tomorrow (Sunday, September 27). You have to see it. But for me, seeing the work torn from the desert...
Continue ReadingGood naked, bad naked
“Pickle Jar” from Seinfeld, The Apology, Season 9, Episode 9 – Thanks to Julie for the reference!
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