Rita Santanatoglia: 1943, journey in a story

15 April 2021 0

This series is my free interpretation of bombing of Rome in Second World War. On July 19 ,1943, the entire working class district of San Lorenzo was destroyed, 3000 Italian civilians were killed in the raids over five residential/railway districts. In those pictures I propose a journey from the future in this past,I just wanted identifying with feelings and the…

Vintage: Everyday Life in New Mexico during the WWII by John Collier Jr.

18 October 2017 0

World War II lasted nearly four years for the United States. During that time, 49,579 New Mexican men volunteered or were drafted into military service. New Mexico had both the highest volunteer rate and the highest casualty rate out of all of the forty-eight states which were then in the Union. Soldiers from New Mexico were some of the first…

Rudolf Burckhardt and Edwin Denby: A Walk through Astoria and Other Places in Queens, 1943

18 September 2017 0

Eager to escape the stifling uniformity of his native city of Basel, Switzerland, Rudolph Burckhardt departed for New York in 1935. He was accompanied by his friend and poet Edwin Denby, whom he had met one year before. Although Burckhardt was based in Manhattan, Queens provided the unorthodox beauty he craved, and served as his subject throughout the 1940s. The…

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