When neon signs fade: A luxury hotel in NYC became labeled, briefly, as a house of ill repute.
It was a cold, snowy winter evening in New York City. I was walking home from my job at Banker’s …
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They invited every single person they knew. Yet, so very few came. (Stamp photo: U.S. Park Service)
We cannot allow another Grotesque Grifter to create Liar Fests and Dumpster Fires anywhere near the White House now or …
Housewerks Salvage at the Chesapeake Gas Company gets a visit from BmoreArt.
“Shafts of sunshine bathe stained glass from a Federal Hill church demolished for townhomes, a crystal chandelier with dozens of …
Smithsonian Museum and Getty Research acquire the archive of Ebony and Jet’s historic photos.
This news is huge— A philanthropic consortium comprising the Ford Foundation, the J. Paul Getty Trust, the MacArthur Foundation, the …
Burst & Bloom. Sage advice from the professionals at Leica on how to photograph fireworks.
I’ve sort of mastered taking photos of Christmas lights at night, both indoor and outdoor. Yet, I’ve never captured a …
Domestic racial terrorism: Learning about and researching the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
During the Tulsa Race Massacre, white mobs killed hundreds of Black residents and destroyed businesses in the city’s Greenwood district—a …
Register for a series of free photography webcasts produced by the Leica Akademie.
My invitation from Leica arrived via email. It read, “Though we are separated, we are still able to come together …
Social distancing, WFH, and back-to-back video calls can be stressful. Here’s a bit of relief.
Over the years, I’ve really enjoyed working from home. When WFH was just one or two days each week those …
This fascinating 1928 film, part of a year-long series from The Met showcases the back-of-the-house.
The Met is marking its 150th Anniversary. Throughout 2020, as part of their sesquicentennial, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in …
Online: NYC’s Museum of Modern Art is digitizing every exhibition since MoMA’s opening in 1929.
Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat, Van Gogh was name of the inaugural exhibition of the Museum of Modern Art when it opened …
Read a good art book lately? The Getty has over 300 for you to download, read, and keep.
Since the Getty Museum launched its virtual library in 2014, its publications have been downloaded more than 400,000 times. The …
The non-linear, video chapters of an iconic business are beautifully illustrated in L’Odyssée de Cartier.
Cartier. The Maison. By taking over his master’s workshop, Louis-François Cartier founded Cartier in 1847. Since then, the iconic brand …
I’m not a big fan of Halloween, but creepy old movies are close to the top of my favorite-things list.
The Old Dark House, produced by Universal Pictures’ Carl Laemmle Jr., is one of those creepy movies. Previews began in early …
There’s taco night and pizza night and wine-and-cheese night…and then on Sunday—Big Meat Night.
Photos of food are tricky. Black and white images of food are trickier. I think the one above translated pretty …