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Entries categorized as ‘photography’
Write Something in Helvetica
June 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Categories: design · photography
Tagged: Helvetica
Michael Silverblatt in His Natural Habitat
April 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Categories: books · photography
Steve Jobs at Home
September 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment
STEVE JOBS AT HOME IN 1982 — “This was a very typical time. I was single. All you needed was a cup of tea, a light, and your stereo, you know, and that’s what I had.” —Steve Jobs
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Related reading: http://www.allaboutstevejobs.com/
Categories: photography · quotes
Tagged: Steve Jobs
Iowa College Students in 1947
February 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Partly because of the G.I. Bill, the University of Iowa, like many universities across the United States, experienced a surge in enrollment following the Second World War. In 1947, two years after the war ended, Margaret Bourke-White came to campus and took some pictures. Here are some of them, courtesy of the amazing LIFE photo archive.
One thing is for sure: college students used to dress better.
Categories: academe · photography · style
Abraham Lincoln: Before and After
January 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Categories: photography
Tagged: Lincoln
The Emptied Prairie
September 25, 2008 · Leave a Comment
This past January, National Geographic ran a fascinating story about the decaying rural North Dakota landscape.
Money Quote:
That’s the rub in rural North Dakota, a sense of things ebbing, of churches being abandoned, schools shutting down, towns becoming ruins. And all this decline exists amid a seeming statistical prosperity: Oil is booming, wheat prices are at record highs, and, as the average farm size grows, the land is studded with paper millionaires living in the lonely sweep of the plains, with surrounding community gone to the wind.
Be sure to check out the accompanying slide show.
Categories: articles · photography
Tagged: decay, North Dakota
