Walker Evans, “Subway Portrait,” 1938 gelatin silver print.
Walker Evans Archive, the Metropolitan Museum of Art / National Gallery of Art
(via ‘I Spy’ at National Gallery: The art of candid photography - The Washington Post)
wnyc:
The photo gallery on candid photography — featuring Bruce Davidson’s work — is one of the neatest things on our Web site right now.
And here’s our art & culture critic Phil Kennicott on the National Gallery’s exhibition.
That’s cool. But this is cooler: Leonard Lopate, Brian Lehrer and Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa play the piano together.
RMS Aquitania arriving in New York.
Photo Studio, New York, 1934 / Walker Evans
Antonia Simone Barbershop, New York, 1961
‘I had this idea to create my own locations in New York. This was an abandoned barber shop. I painted the background rose. The guy worked in a fast-food joint next door. When it was published in Vogue, they cropped him out of the picture.’
(via William Klein - in pictures | Art and design | The Observer)
Pretzel Vendor in New York City 1896 - photographed by Alice Austen (1866-1952)
(via pieces-of-what)
New York City (1901).
