Word: photograph
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Atget developed that understanding by prowling the streets in search of architectural details to photograph for his artist clients. His 1897 decision to document an endangered Paris coincided with the city's formation of a preservation commission to help rescue its disappearing landscape. Without official sanction Atget pitched in, setting off at dawn and working his way outward in concentric circles from the city center. He assembled his prints in albums, which he sold to local museums, galleries and the Bibliothèque Nationale. "Carrying his heavy and outmoded equipment on his back, casually and poorly dressed, he became himself...
...ubiquity of digital cameras and cheap flights has made photodocumentarians of us all, as well as dealers of instant nostalgia. It used to be that, in addition to walking uphill both ways, photographers of distant lands lugged dozens of pounds of cameras and equipment every which way, and developed their negatives (gasp!) with chemicals (with what?) in the “field” (the what?). This drudgery is now largely myth (much like secretaries who write in shorthand), propagated by chroniclers of the few intrepid adventurers who braved photography’s inconvenience for its verisimilitude . Janet...
...Four years ago, a friend showed Liang Daxing a photograph of a traditional cloth pillow fashioned into a toy tiger. The image stirred Liang's memories of his time in China's barren, dirt-poor Northeast, where he was packed off for re-education during the terrible years of the Cultural Revolution. A master tailor, Liang, 59, was due to retire until he saw the photograph. It inspired him to hold onto his needle and thread, and delve into the old craft of making toys from spare cuts of fabric. Today, he sells the fruits of his labors from...
...scale) 2) Gives poor face 3) Did not win the genetic lottery 4) Such a lovely personality 5) Unfortunate looking 6) Not conventionally attractive 7) Could use a little work 8) Unlikely to become someone’s trophy husband/wife 9) Does not photograph well 10) Sort of an anti-Adonis/Aphrodite 11) His/her face is not his/her best friend 12) Could try a little harder 13) Aesthetically challenged 14) Nice hair and teeth 15) Remarkable inner beauty
These items include old posters advertising House formals, a certificate of acceptance into the Varsity Club for former University President James B. Conant ’14, and a signed photograph of an alumni football star...