Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Selections from People Get Ready: The Struggle for Human Rights

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   Neil Leifer : American Nazi Party Demonstration, District of Columbia Stadium, Washington, DC, October 1, 1961  "Even as I...
Monday, July 30, 2012

'I became a photographer and not a person'

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In case you missed this, a must read, via The Guardian: 'I was gutted that I'd been such a coward': photographers who did...

Marilyn Monroe: June 1, 1926 - August 5, 1962

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Eric Skipsey - Marilyn Monroe with pet 'Maf Honey' (a gift from Frank Sinatra) at the Beverly Hills Hotel, 1961 Sunday...
Sunday, July 29, 2012

FREEDOM RIDE: 2012

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Via The New York Times Editorial Migrants’ Freedom Ride Published: July 28, 2012  On Sunday night or early Monday, about three dozen...
Friday, July 27, 2012

"It is a dangerous time to be a journalist"

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In case you missed this yesterday: Committe to Protect Journalists' Deputy Director Robert Mahoney testified before the Tom Lanto...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

Alabama bus boycott organizer, professor dies at 96

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Thelma McWilliams Glass, a longtime professor and civil rights pioneer who helped organize the Montgomery bus ...
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

NYPD 'consistently violated basic rights' during Occupy protests – Report by NYU and Fordham law schools

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Photograph: Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters Via The Guardian "...evidence that police made violent late-night raids on peaceful enc...
Sunday, July 22, 2012

Hipstamatic angst, Instagram anxiety

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"But, really, it’s time to move the conversation on. This applies to both the supporters and critics."   --David Campbell ...
Thursday, July 19, 2012

W. M. Hunt in Santa Fe: “The Unseen Eye: A Life in Photographs and other digressions ... "

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  Not necessarily by popular demand but at his own insistence, W.M. – Bill – Hunt will recreate his unique performance piece suggested by t...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012

"in 2011, the NYPD stopped someone every 45 seconds"

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Must Read: Stop and Frisk Procedures, Photography, Activism and the NYPD: A Conversation with Nina Berman Via Prison Photography ...