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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

The Picture Show

Mom And Pop And Hoboken: Portraits In Mile Square City

Giorgio Pasticcerie Italian bakery is owned by a father-and-daughter pair: Giorgio, who moved to Hoboken from Italy, and his daughter, Mary Grace, a first-generation American.

December 12, 2012 Frank Sinatra's hometown is swiftly morphing into a commuter hub. What does that mean for the longstanding business owners? It's hard enough to survive the economy, let alone Hurricane Sandy.

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

The Picture Show

If Edward Hopper Had Been A Photographer

Hodgkins House

December 11, 2012 If realist American painter Edward Hopper had wielded a camera rather than a brush, what would he have photographed?

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Monday, December 10, 2012

Fine Art

Hopper's Lonely Figures Find Some Friends In Paris

Edward Hopper is well-known in the U.S. for paintings such as Nighthawks (1942) — pensive, lonely portraits of people sitting together yet alone. He was less well-known in France, but an exhibit of his work at the Grand Palais has drawn impressive crowds.

December 10, 2012 An exhibition of works by American realist Edward Hopper is drawing impressive crowds at the Grand Palais. Hopper is well-known in the U.S. for his pensive, lonely portraits of people sitting together yet alone. He's less well-known in France, but the exhibit has been a surprising success.

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Friday, December 07, 2012

The Picture Show

A Look At Brazil's Big Dreamer, Architect Oscar Niemeyer

A composite image shows architect Oscar Niemeyer in 1992 (left), and one of his buildings photographed circa 1955.

December 7, 2012 The legendary architect was living proof that sometimes, you have to bend the rules. In doing so, he created the visual language for an entire city.

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Thursday, December 06, 2012
Wednesday, December 05, 2012

The Two-Way

Architect Oscar Niemeyer, Who Designed Brazil's Capital, Dies

Architect Oscar Niemeyer in 1960

December 5, 2012 The Pritzker Prize-winning architect was known for some of the world's most famous modernist buildings, including Brasilia's crown-shaped cathedral. He was 104.

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Monday, December 03, 2012

Street Art Brings Life To A Miami Neighborhood

Greek artist B. calls his mural "a sea of objects." It was added to Wynwood Walls in 2011.

December 3, 2012 Just a few years ago, Miami's Wynwood was known as a rough neighborhood of warehouses and shoe factories. Today, it has become the center of Miami's art scene, known for its galleries, studios and street murals. Many attribute that transformation to the work of developer Tony Goldman.

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Sunday, December 02, 2012

The Picture Show

Remembering A Rock Star: Photographer Ken Regan

Photographer Ken Regan with the Rolling Stones, 1977

December 2, 2012 Granted, there's no shortage of Rolling Stones photos in the world. But how often does Mick Jagger write personal book introductions for photographers?

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Friday, November 30, 2012

The Salt

Mark Rice-Ko: Where Food and Rothko Meet In Delicious Harmony

Chef/Stylist Caitlin Levin and photographer Henry Hargreaves create an interpretation of Mark Rothko's paintings using colored rice.

November 30, 2012 Troubled artist Mark Rothko famously hated the rich and glamorous. These were the same people who were expected to see his art in New York's Four Seasons restaurant in a project commissioned back in the 1950s; he never completed the work. Recently, two modern artists decided to interpret these Rothko works in colored rice for the rest of us.

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

The Picture Show

Afghanistan's Love Of The Big Screen

The audience at Pamir Cinema in Kabul watches a Pakistani film

November 27, 2012 Unless you've been to Afghanistan, your imagination probably conjures up a pretty bleak picture of what has been a war-torn country for decades. Photographer Jonathan Saruk hopes to change that.

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Friday, November 23, 2012

The Picture Show

Don't Like Shopping? Take Pictures Instead

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November 23, 2012 If you like photographing, but somehow aren't enticed getting elbowed in the ribs in pursuit of Black Friday sales, this project might still offer you another excuse to get out there.

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Monkey See

'Brief Encounters' With Real Life From A Scene-Setting Photographer

"Untitled (Birth)" from Gregory Crewdson's Beneath The Roses series.

November 13, 2012 Emma Miller looks at a new documentary about Gregory Crewdson, whose photographs are created with the care taken by a filmmaker.

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Saturday, November 10, 2012

The Picture Show

The Waning Art Of The Projectionist

Projectionist Ed Ko at New York City's Film Forum. Ed has been projecting at Film Forum longer than any other projectionist there.

November 10, 2012 It's the weekend, and for many that means movies. Ever wonder who's working that little room up there in the theater? Photographer Joseph O. Holmes has followed the flickering light to find out.

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