Cloudy Day on Campus

Posted on February 24, 2017 by webdev

Today we find most of the snow has melted, but it is still cold, cloudy and windy.

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The 1942 Battle of Los Angeles

Posted on February 24, 2017 by webdev

In February 1942, fearing a Japanese invasion, military personnel and citizens reacted to the “Great Los Angeles Air Raid”.
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Read the story here

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The Rise of Photography In News Publishing

Posted on February 22, 2017 by webdev

In this Petapixel piece, the role of photography and its rise is illustrated in a video comparing front pages of the New York Times from 1852 until the present.  Read the backgrounder here and see the video below:

Every NYT front page since 1852 from Josh Begley on Vimeo.

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Peter van Agtmael: Decoding of American Violence

Posted on February 17, 2017 by webdev

From a slideshow in a The New Yorker piece by Sarah Stillman on this photographer’s work.
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Over The Armory

Posted on February 13, 2017 by webdev

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A View of Mt. Emily

Posted on February 12, 2017 by lawrence hathaway

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Warming

Posted on February 4, 2017 by webdev

A snow accumulation of two feet, maybe more, is finally starting to melt in today’s warming spell:

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The Snow Desert

Posted on February 1, 2017 by webdev
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Developing Film In The River

Posted on January 26, 2017 by webdev

Old photography partner comes up a with Library of Congress find, date uncertain — probably late 1800s or early 1900s, photographer unknown, of Native American Indians developing film in an outdoor makeshift “darkroom” using river water:
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Eisenstaedt Photographs The Photographers

Posted on January 23, 2017 by webdev

Alfred Eisenstaedt, at the 1953 Inauguration of President Dwight Eisenhower (surely you remember that) …
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