Friday, May 31, 2013

George Brassaï

Previous set here.

 Girls at a Café

 Kiki and her Accordionist

 Le Pont Neuf

 Les Escaliers de Montmartre, Paris, 1936

 Lesbian Bar

 Lovers Beneath a Streetlight, 1932

 Matisse sketching a model, Paris, 1939

 Matisse with his model, Paris, 1939

Montmartre, Paris

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Peter Henry Emerson

Peter Henry Emerson (1856-1936) was a British photographer. He specialized in scenes of rural life. Some of his photos are obviously staged, while others look more candid.

 A Dame's School

 A Fisherman at Home, 1887

 A Reed Cutter at Work, 1885

 A Spring Idyl

 A Suffolk Dike, 1887

 A Winter's Morning, 1887

 An Autumn Pastoral, 1887

 At plough - the end of the furrow, 1887

 Blackshore, River Blythe, Suffolk, 1888

 Coming Home from the Marshes, 1886

Confessions, 1887

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Dorothea Lange - Japanese Internment

 Supper time. Meal times are the big events of the day within an assembly center. This is a line-up of evacuees waiting for the B shift at 5-45 P.M. San Bruno, California, 1942

 The Manzanar Free Press, the local newspaper at this War Relocation Authority center, 
is published twice a week and is delivered free to evacuees. 1942

 The Shibuya family on the lawn in front of their beautiful home before evacuation 
to War Relocation Authority centers. Mountain View, California, 1942

 The family unit is kept intact in various phases of evacuation of persons 
of Japanese ancestry. San Francisco, California, 1942

 These children have just arrived at Turlock assembly center. 1942

 These children have just arrived at Turlock assembly center. 1942

 These evacuees of Japanese ancestry have just arrived at this Assembly Center 
and are awaiting the inspection of their baggage. Turlock, California, 1942

 These people of Japanese ancestry are awaiting the special bus which will take them, and other evacuees, to the Tanforan Assembly Center. Hayward, California, 1942

 These two girls peer out of a window in their quarters 
just after their arrival at Turlock assembly center. 1942

 Third grade students working on their arithmetic lesson at this 
first volunteer elementary school. School equipment was not yet available 
at the time this photograph was taken. Manzanar, California, 1942

 This assembly center has been open for two days. Bus-load after bus-load 
of evacuated persons of Japanese ancestry are arriving this day. 
San Bruno, California, 1942

 This girl, who worked as a strawberry picker on an Alameda County farm, 
awaits evacuation bus. Centerville, California, 1942

 This young woman of Japanese ancestry received credentials from 
the San Jose State College to teach in Junior High, Primary 
and Kindergarten schools of the State. Sacramento, California, 1942

 Two children of the Mochida family who, with their parents, 
are awaiting evacuation bus. Hayward, California, 1942

 Young evacuees at this assembly center are happy to have their pictures taken. 
Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942

 Young evacuees at this assembly center who begged to have their pictures taken.
Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942

 Young persons of Japanese ancestry, second and third generation Americans. They have been in camp about a week, where there is little for them to do as yet. Stockton, California, 1942

These young evacuees are attending the first elementary school at this 
War Relocation Authority center. There are six grades with volunteer teachers 
and voluntary attendance. Manzanar, California, 1942

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Eva Besnyö

More from this Hungarian-born photographer. Previous set here.

 Self-portrait
 
 Starnberger Strasse, Berlin, 1931
 
 Strong Back
 
 Untitled
[looks like an Escher drawing]
 
 Woman and cat enjoy the view

 Workers

Shipyard

Friday, May 24, 2013

Marjory Collins

Marjory Collins photographed life on the "home front" in the United States during World War II.

 Apparently prosperous gentleman gives his name and address to school teacher who fills out his ration card - one pound every two weeks, 1942

 Applicants for sugar rationing cards. Adams School, Washington, DC, 1942

 Arlington, Virginia. FSA trailer camp project for Negroes. 
Hanging out washing in front of the community building, 1942

 Baltimore, Maryland. Rushing to catch a trackless trolley home from work at four pm, 1943

 Baltimore, Maryland. School children and workers returning home on a trolley at five pm, 1943

 Baltimore, Maryland. Second shift workers leaving the Bethlehem Fairfield 
shipyard at three p.m. making a dash for cars, buses and trolleys, 1943

 Baltimore, Maryland. Waiting for a bus at a busy intersection at four pm, 1943

 Mechanicsville, Maryland. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Herbert sitting on the porch of the home which he helped to build when he first came here thirty-six years ago to be a express agent, 1942

 New York. Central Park lake on Sunday, 1942

 New York. Chinese-American playing Chinese checkers 
with a Jewish friend in her Flatbush home,  1942

 New York. Dancing and music on Mott Street, at a flag raising ceremony 
in honor of neighborhood boys in the United States Army, 1942

 New York. Italian-American cafe espresso shop on MacDougal Street where coffee and soft drinks are sold. The coffee machine cost one thousand dollars, 1942

 New York. Italian-Americans in the rain watching a flag raising ceremony 
in honor of the feast of San Rocco at right, 1942

 New York. Italian-Americans on MacDougal Street relaxing on Sunday, 1942

 New York. Italian-Americans watching parade on Mott Street and flag raising ceremony 
in honor of boys from the neighborhood in the United States Army, 1942

New York. Italian-Americans watching parade on Mott Street and flag raising ceremony 
in honor of boys from the neighborhood in the United States Army, 1942