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Tag Archives: photographer
The Black Women of Appalachia, 1920s
If you are looking for dignified portraits of older American women, sooner or later you will come across the work of Doris Ulmann (1882-1934). She started out as a celebrity photographer, but in the 1920s her life took a turn. … Continue reading
Book Review–Bill Cunningham: On the Street
Bill Cunningham, the famous fashion photographer, liked to claim that he wasn’t a photographer at all. Instead he was a columnist who wrote with pictures. There is something to this statement. The story goes that he first documented what he … Continue reading
Robert Frank and the Older Woman
Swiss American photographer Robert Frank recently died. Although he had a lifetime of achievements, he is most famous for his early book The Americans published in 1959. It was a record of a cross country trip that he made in … Continue reading
Fashion Advice from a Fashion Photographer, 1967
The Fall/Winter Simplicity pattern book from 1967 contains a ten page spread of fashion advice for older women from the photographer Frances McLaughlin-Gill. I had never heard the name, but she was well known at the time for her fashion … Continue reading
Documenting the Department Store, 1961
What a wonderful contrast between the shopper and the worker in this 1961 photo by Ruth-Marion Baruch. I discovered it in the alumni magazine of my undergraduate alma mater, UC Santa Cruz. The university was gifted the archive of Baruch … Continue reading
Prime Time—A Feminist Journal for Older Women
When Marjory Collins lost her job in 1971 at the age of fifty-nine, she couldn’t find a new one. Employers weren’t interested in hiring a woman of her age. Out of anger she created her own position, although one without … Continue reading
Marjory Collins—Chronicling the Lives of Older Women
During the Second World War, Marjory Collins (1912-1985) was hired by the Office of War Information to provide a photographic record of American life on the home front. Most of her photos fit a standard mold—parades, church scenes, factories. But … Continue reading
Lisette Model’s “Woman with Veil,” 1949
You may be forgiven for not knowing the name Lisette Model (pronounced with a long o, as in toe). She hasn’t made it onto the list of those most often cited in the American photographic pantheon. If she is mentioned … Continue reading
Posted in 1940s
Tagged California, fur, hats/headcoverings, jewelry, lace, New Look, photographer
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Book Review–A True Likeness: The Black South of Richard Samuel Roberts, 1920-1936
Have you ever stopped to wonder how many photographic records of the past have been lost or destroyed? This book, edited by Thomas L. Johnson and Phillip C. Dunn, is the result of an almost miraculous reclamation. Thousands of glass … Continue reading
Posted in 1920s
Tagged African American, book review, photographer, shoes, South Carolina
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At the Train Tracks, Mid-Century
Most of the photos I find are amateur family snapshots where it is sometimes hard to determine accurate color or details. This one, a color slide, is of an unusually high quality. I suspect that whoever took the picture had … Continue reading