Here's a lovely article about photographer Alice Austen, commitment to queer relationships, & queer history:

https://medium.com/prismnpen/alice-austen-and-the-sapphic-love-that-endured-without-a-name-b509bb848d14

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Seneca: Capture Life's Precious 1918 Moments 📸

What stories would your $13 Seneca tell today?
Unfold a piece of history and rediscover vintage photography.

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Today’s art history post features photography history: “Christmas Morning,” 1933, photo by James Van Der Zee (1886-1983), hand painted gelatin silver print. #photography #darkroomphotography #studiophotography #PhotographyHistory #Christmas #blackphotographer #blackphotographers #blackhistory

From Thelma Golden, Aperture Magazine, Summer, 2016: “VanDerZee pictured families, couples, social clubs, and church groups in moments of communal joy and beauty. His subjects were acutely aware of the brutal segregation and economic inequality of the world of that era, yet stood in proud opposition to it-providing a visual framework for imagining a different future. Eighty-three years later, Christmas Morning continues to resonate.

The photographs of VanDerZee and his contemporaries comprise a compelling visual document of black pride and self-determination at a particular moment in history, yet in the present moment they remain a potent symbol of the transformative power of photographic representation.”

Your art history post for today features photography history: “Gloria Swanson,” by Edward Steichen, 1924, Vanity Fair, February 1928, © Condé Nast Publications Inc. #photography #photographyhistory #vintagephotography #vintagephotos

From LA County Museum of Art (LACMA): ‘When Edward Steichen described the photograph he took of Gloria Swanson (which just went up on our street banners all over L.A. for Vanity Fair Portraits), he said, "I took a piece of black lace veil and hung it in front of her face. She recognized the idea at once... her look was that of a leopardess lurking behind leafy shrubbery, watching her prey.”’

Your art history post for today is photography history: vintage photograph by James Van Der Zee (1886-1983), “Couple, Harlem,” 1932. As a photograph, prints appear in many collections both public and private, including some major art museums. #vintagephotography #photography #photographyhistory #blackphotographer

From the Museum of Modern Art: “Van Der Zee was the most successful portrait photographer working in Harlem in the 1920s and ’30s. During that period, known as the Harlem Renaissance, scores of people settled in this Manhattan neighborhood, which served as a center of black culture in the United States. Here they found like-minded cosmopolitan urbanites who wanted to record their material comforts, social allegiances, and significant life events through photography. While many sitters had their pictures taken in Van Der Zee’s well-accessorized studio, other clients requested that the photographer come to their houses, churches, or schools to document weddings, baptisms, sports leagues, and social organizations. The handsome pair captured here looks wholly at home on West 127th Street. From the shimmer of her shoes to the line of light bouncing off his hat brim, every detail of their image exudes polish and prosperity.”