“SHARP-ELBOWED”: Jane Bown among a scrum of male photographers fighting for a shot of Bette Davis at the London Palladium, 1975. Photograph: Central Press/Getty Images http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/interactive/2009/oct/22/jane-bown-photography Jane Bown, born March 13 1925, died December 21 2014 The Observer published its first Jane Bown photograph in December 1949, initiating a romance between Britain’s […]
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19th century American history and health is the focus of Video Games Sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
http://hyperallergic.com/168185/video-games-on-smallpox-and-thoreaus-walden-get-government-funding/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Thomas+Kinkade+and+the+Jesus+of+Zionsville+a+Christmas+Tale&utm_content=Thomas+Kinkade+and+the+Jesus+of+Zionsville+a+Christmas+Tale+CID_2b1cdf39154d5269a4223db617cb3889&utm_source=HyperallergicNewsletter&utm_term=Video%20Games%20on%20Smallpox%20and%20Thoreaus%20Walden%20Get%20Government%20Funding A 19th-century Philadelphia smallpox epidemic and Henry David Thoreau’s transcendental retreat into the woods are the subjects of two video games awarded grants by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) on December 8, 2014. Both of the 19th-century American history games are structured to transport users into the often unpleasant past, one where you’re a […]
Afghani Photo-Artist Hanifa Alzida refused visa to enter Canada to exhibit her photography
http://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/local-arts/afghan-artist-denied-entry-for-violence-against-women-symposium A prominent Afghan artist celebrated in several countries for her dramatic photos illustrating the silencing of women is being denied the opportunity to speak in Ottawa by the Canadian government. Hanifa Alizada, a photo-artist and art teacher at Kabul University, has been refused a visa to enter Canada to deliver a speech about […]
Town Point Heritage Walk October 2014
So glad to have a photo of our vidoegrapher, Antoinette Karuna, and Silvio, sound engineer. Philip Girvan (here with Thomas) took on the role of the Acadian priest during our participatory pilgrimage with the Hierlihy founding settlers of Antigonish.
The Chiasson Family, Sydney, 1965
Photo taken in 1965, 303 Cabot Street, Sydney. Before the Chiasson family moved to Antigonish, and became a force for social change. Audrey, Denise and Yvonne continue to “foster creative expression for healthy community.” For the IA record, Denise, please identify everyone L-R in this photo. And do you know the photographer.
Frida Kahlo Solo Exhibition in NYC: Art, Garden, Life
Gisèle Freund, “Frida in the Garden, Casa Azul” (1951) (courtesy Throckmorton Fine Arts) Frida Kahlo will have her first solo show in New York City in more than 25 years, at the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG). The exhibition will “focus exclusively on Kahlo’s intense interest in the botanical world” — the first of its kind, according […]
Enter Your Own Historic Photos
http://www.boredpanda.com/historic-photos/ This site offers an invitation to enter your own historic photos, which are then rated. The photos to date range from Elvis to Einstein. The one generating the most points is of a lone man refusing to give the Nazi salute in 1936. Here are two photos that are explicitly art for health. […]
The Downside of Photography Exhibit Going Viral
Kristine Potter’s military photos (West Point) generated so much negative comment targeted at the military that she removed them from social media. Another reminder of the emotional power of black and white photography. http://hyperallergic.com/162244/the-downside-of-art-going-viral/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The+Downside+of+Art+Going+Viral&utm_content=The+Downside+of+Art+Going+Viral+CID_440045c53a81111b091b98a749b9757e&utm_source=HyperallergicNewsletter&utm_term=The%20Downside%20of%20Art%20Going%20Viral
The Photographer “In” the Photograph
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First Ever Photographs from Hoaxes to Amputation to Chess-Playing
http://hyperallergic.com/83097/20-of-the-first-photographs-of-things-from-people-to-hoaxes-to-the-moon/ Daguerreotype of the Barricade in the Rue Saint Maur-Popincourt on June 26, 1848 (via Musée d’Orsay) In 1848, the first photograph to be used to illustrate a news story was made. This photograph of the 1848 revolution in Paris, a four-day insurrection in June that left thousands dead in the streets of […]