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...Circus Tent,” another photograph taken in the slums of Bogota, a small, dilapidated tent that reads “Bienvenido al Circo” in faded red letters gapes open, revealing the humble iron bed frame that someone calls home. Munera’s portrait titled, “Destiny Stone” shows a bright-eyed boy peering through a hole in a boulder...
Falconi pointed out in his gallery talk on Wednesday that Munera does not erase himself from the picture. Instead, every picture presents a portrait that arises from a negotiation between photographer and subject. Because merely carrying a camera can be risky business in Colombia and Munera’s interest is in capturing people as they are, he often sets up private studios where his subjects can feel at ease...
Jean M. Humez and Kate Clifford Larson will be discussing their new books: Harriet Tubman: The Life and the Life Stories and Bound for the Promised Land Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero. These two biographies of Harriet Tubman finally allow us to see the human being behind the self-liberated Underground Railroad American heroine. Larson has spent years researching the life and times of Harriet Tubman. Humez is Professor of Women’s Studies at the University of Massachusetts in Boston. Free. 3 p.m. Harvard Book Store...
...Henrik Rehr's "Tribeca Sunset," from "Tuesday" number three and four, sets itself apart as the best work of fiction involving 9/11 I have seen, and also one of the best ensemble comics. An insightful, funny and moving portrait of four friends, "Tribeca Sunset" shows what friends say about each other is one thing, but how they feel is something different...
...priest-collared frock coat, he's looking trimmer - "piu magro," as he puts it. And his marketing department has been working overtime. Lining the streets of the CBD, in time for this week's Requiem at the Opera House, are banners welcoming Gelmetti to the city, with a portrait of the maestro looking as grave and august as a Roman emperor: All hail Gianluigi! When he first saw the street signs, "I was very touched by this manifestation of love from Sydney," Gelmetti recalls. "I was very near to piangere...