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Edward Steichen’s 1932 photograph “The Maypole” depicts the Empire State Building at the height of its glory. The building, captured both frontally and cater-cornered, is printed from the two perspectives simultaneously, the straight shot superimposed over the isometric one. The angled shot shows the Empire State Building as the greatest point in New York City, almost as humanity’s greatest achievement, a holy mountain and an idol. It is the “maypole” around which the revelers of New York City heralded the modern...
...Abelardo Morell’s 1994 photograph “Camera Obscura Image of the Empire State Building in Bedroom,” midtown Manhattan hangs upside down. The building of focus perches like a sleeping bat, suspended from the ceiling; its spire rests on a cot’s downy comforter. The sun glints off an upper-story window. A full-length mirror on the door of the room wraps the building as if around a corner, lending it a three-dimensional feel. The wall behind the bed reveals the clouds and the orb of the sun pushing through...
...final picture from this section takes on another light in the wake of Sept. 11. An untitled photograph from Aaron Siskind’s 1936 series “Harlem Document” shows an African-American man in a cook’s apron. He leans out a window shaded by a vertically-striped awning. His right hand holds a pie, hawking it to passers-by; while his left rests on the sill. The fingers of that hand curl over the sign that hangs below which reads: “Peace / Home Cooked Meals / 10 & 15?...
...language of the bill, and then months to get the requisite number of signatures to discharge the measure from committee—got only a phone call from an aide as the president rushed off to a fundraising event in South Carolina. The press was not even allowed to photograph Bush signing the bill...
...This article consists of quotes and a photograph--see below...