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...Untitled (6th Avenue, New York City)," circa 1932-1935, seems, at first glance, to be a simple snapshot of a crowd of men in midtown Manhattan. The faces and figures of some are blurred, evidence of the close proximity in which Shahn uses his camera. Yet, we see that Shahn's photography employs method in its apparent randomness--there is one man that draws our attention. This man is in the center of the photograph and in focus, and we see that he seems to be deep in thought, with a slight frown on his face...
...Even as Shahn portrays the despair and melancholy of the Depression, he also captures the hope and strength of the people, especially through his photographs of children. In "Greenwich Village (New York City)," circa 1932-35, Shahn portrays at the same time the time's despair and youth's hope. Here he captures four boys gathered on the sidewalk, looking at each other like lost children. The boy in the center concentrates on the crumpled newspaper he holds in his hands. There is a sadness that comes with the attention that he devotes to this seemingly old and worthless newspaper...
...came up with a solution that would have done a kindergartner proud: first they purchased an AP teletype machine (the kind with the clattering printer and bells). Then they jacked it into the wall of Levin's office. Then they pointed a camera at it. The result: Headline News, circa Nixon. And a love affair--between Jerry Levin and technology. "I thought," he said last week, "'This is terrific.'" Levin had become a geek...
...four-bath residence, the President hastily bailed out of the Middle East peace talks to forestall video of Hillary spending her first night alone. The next morning, in their end-of-driveway press conference, the First Lady made like a young bride, ecstatic to be unpacking gewgaws from Arkansas circa 1983. This helped fend off thoughts about her as a carpetbagger in need of a new zip code, or worse, as the first First Lady to abdicate. For the moment, the Clintons diverted attention from the fact that they are the first presidential couple to officially take up separate residences...
Print journalists who appear frequently on TV have a phrase they use after they say something silly or make a factual error. "It's just TV," they shrug, and you can understand the attitude. The conventions of the TV talk show, circa 1999, inflate the trivial and trivialize the important. Watching Hardball's Chris Matthews bark at his guests about tax plans and sex scandals, you wonder why his guests don't cover themselves with dentist's smocks to fend off the flying spittle. Kinsley recalls that as co-host of Crossfire, the CNN shoutfest, he once disagreed with...