The New York City Marathon’s 50th running is on Sunday. This is the story of one race, five boroughs, dozens of champions and over a million hopeful runners. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “photography”
Reading Around New York
By Gotham Rex on November 4, 2021
Even amid the clamor of a city of millions, New Yorkers have always been able to escape into a good book. Source: New York Times
‘Fighting for Change’: Life as a Black Artist
By Gotham Rex on October 19, 2021
The work and struggle by Jamel Robinson and other artists is part of the “African American Art in the 20th Century” exhibition at the Hudson River Museum. Source: New York Times
Mary Bloom, Photographer to the Dog Stars, Dies at 81
By Gotham Rex on October 13, 2021
She was well known at the Westminster Kennel Club show for her ability to communicate with dogs. “I just understand who they are,” she said. Source: New York Times
Edward Keating, Times Photographer at Ground Zero, Dies at 65
By Gotham Rex on September 30, 2021
In a risk-taking career, he helped the paper win a Pulitzer for its 9/11 photography and later prompted a debate on journalistic ethics that led to his leaving The Times. Source: New York Times
Seeing New York Fashion Week
By Gotham Rex on September 17, 2021
After a long pause, it feels (a little) like old times. Source: New York Times
New York Public Library to Keep Picture Collection Browsable
By Gotham Rex on September 17, 2021
A plan to archive the resource, used by many artists, including Warhol, has been shelved. Source: New York Times
Nearly 50 Times Journalists Capture Nightlife in New York
By Gotham Rex on August 8, 2021
Nearly 50 journalists spent weeks documenting what New Yorkers were doing after dark when pandemic restrictions were fading, at least for a time. Source: New York Times
Ilona Royce Smithkin, Improbable Muse in Fashion and Art, Dies at 101
By Gotham Rex on August 7, 2021
After a troubling youth and a career teaching art, she sashayed into the roles of movie actress, cabaret singer, fashion model and artists’ mentor. Source: New York Times
Ilona Royce Smithkin, a Muse in Fashion and Art, Dies at 101
By Gotham Rex on August 7, 2021
After a troubling youth and a career teaching art, she sashayed into the roles of movie actress, cabaret singer, fashion model and artists’ mentor. Source: New York Times
George Forss, 80, Photographer Discovered on the Street, Dies
By Gotham Rex on August 2, 2021
He was peddling his black-and-white photos of New York City’s majesty for $5 each in the 1980s — until a famous photographer came upon them in “astonishment.” Source: New York Times
How (and Why) the Metro Desk Photographed 115 Service Workers
By Gotham Rex on July 23, 2021
The New Yorkers who kept the city moving were often overlooked. Portraits put their faces in the center of the frame. Source: New York Times
‘The People That Are Within These Frames’: A Community Offers Self-Portraits
By Gotham Rex on June 10, 2021
The New York Times asked photography students at the Bronx Documentary Center to show us how they see themselves. Source: New York Times
David McCabe, Who Photographed Warhol Becoming Warhol, Dies at 80
By Gotham Rex on March 23, 2021
In 1964, he began following the artist around New York and chronicling his exploits. His photographs finally saw the light of day four decades later. Source: New York Times
Barbara Ess, 76, Dies; Artist Blurred Lines Between Life and Art
By Gotham Rex on March 9, 2021
An avant-garde musician and photographer, she was widely known for her large-scale ambient works shot with a pinhole camera. Source: New York Times