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Cover art for Levitt's book Slide Show (2005). Helen Levitt (August 31, 1913 – March 29, 2009) [ 1][ 2] was an American photographer and cinematographer. She was particularly noted for her street photography around New York City. David Levi Strauss described her as "the most celebrated and least known photographer of her time."
View from the Window at Le Gras 1826 or 1827, believed to be the earliest surviving camera photograph. [ 1] Original (left) and colorized reoriented enhancement (right). The history of photography began with the discovery of two critical principles: The first is camera obscura image projection, the second is the discovery that some substances ...
Vivian Maier. Vivian Dorothy Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) was an American street photographer whose work was discovered and recognized after her death. She took more than 150,000 photographs during her lifetime, primarily of the people and architecture of Chicago, New York City, and Los Angeles, although she also traveled and ...
Pieces from the performer’s 7,000-strong photography archive form “Fragile ... the collection’s latest outing features more than 300 images, ... and portrayals of New York’s BDSM gay bars ...
Willoughby's, which proclaims itself (the world's) Largest Camera (department) Store, [ 1] was described in 1997 by The New York Times as "New York City's oldest camera store." [ 2] It was founded by Charles G. Willoughby in 1898, [ 3] By 1963 the store operated as Willoughby and Peerless Camera, [ 4] and simply Willoughby-Peerless (without the ...
Wire-Photos are in wide use in Europe by 1910, and transmitted to other continents by 1922. 1907 – The Autochrome plate is introduced. It becomes the first commercially successful color photography product. 1908 – Kinemacolor, a two-color process known as the first commercial "natural color" system for movies, is introduced.
She founded Laura Geller Make-up Studios in New York City [ 3] in 1993, [ 4] and has worked as a freelance cosmetics artist. [ 5] Starting in the early 1990s, [ 6] in addition to working with theatrical actors on Broadway, [ 7] her work has appeared on television series aired on CBS, NBC, AMC, and HBO. [ 8]
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. The original 13th Street building was erected in 1856, rebuilt in 1893, and now includes the Schermerhorn Pavilion, designed by Robert Williams Gibson, and opened in 1903. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai (NYEE) is located at East 14th Street and Second Avenue in lower Manhattan, New York City.