Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Monday, November 21, 2011

Friday, November 18, 2011

Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre.

"I have seized the light. I have arrested its flight." - Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre
Boulevard du Temple, 1838 (one of the earliest known photographs of a person)

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Arsenal and Cupola.

Arsenal and Cupola, Philadelphia Central High School, October 16, 1839, by Joseph Saxton
One of the earliest Daguerreotype's made in the U.S.A., Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Friday, November 11, 2011

Thank you.

"To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations."







Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Friday, November 4, 2011

Art Sinsabaugh.

"I just think of this as another way of collecting..." - Art Sinsabaugh 


Thursday, November 3, 2011

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Zoe Strauss.

Another great audio/slideshow from Artblog Radio. (link to more: here.)
Zoe Strauss talking about her I95 project as well as her upcoming 10 year retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.