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The National September 11 Memorial is a tribute of remembrance and honor to the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center site, near Shanksville, Pa., and at the Pentagon, as well as the six people killed in the World Trade Center bombing in February 1993. The Memorial’s twin reflecting pools sit within the footprints where the Twin Towers once stood. The names of every person who died in the 2001 and 1993 attacks are inscribed into bronze panels edging the Memorial pools, a powerful reminder of the largest loss of life resulting from a foreign attack on American soil and the greatest single loss of rescue personnel in American history.
This piece includes colorful illustrations and an animated short film depicting The National September 11 Memorial.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/a-tribute-of-remembrance-and-honor-the-national-september-11-memorial/The National September 11 Memorial is a tribute of remembrance and honor to the nearly... more
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The disaster that occurred on September 11, 2001 was the worst in the history of New York City. Not only were nearly 3,000 people killed in Manhattan, at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania on that morning; they were victims of a premeditated act of mass murder that pioneered the use of hijacked passenger jets as suicide bombs and then reordered and distorted the decade that followed.
For those in the immediate vicinity, the horror was immediate and unmistakable; it occurred in what we have learned to call real time, and in real space. Those farther away, whether a few dozen blocks or halfway around the world, witnessed the horrors through the long lens of television.The sense of grief and shock, a terrible roaring in the mind of every American, made it impossible to assess the larger damage that Osama bin Laden and his fanatics had inflicted, the extent to which they had succeeded in shattering our self-possession. In the years after 9/11, many still can hardly erase the vision of the wreckage of the two towers, the twisted steel and sheets of glass, the images of men and women leaping from ninety-odd stories up and the knowledge that thousands lay beneath the ruined buildings.
This piece includes a number of high resolution color photographs, a photo-gallery, audio, a documentary short film and the full version of the movie, “The Saint of 9/11.”
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/september-11-never-forget/The disaster that occurred on September 11, 2001 was the worst in the history of New... more
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On March 11, 2002, 88 searchlights were trained straight skyward in two brilliant, four-mile-high beams. They were two of the most powerful beams of light ever created, illuminating the New York night, visible throughout the city and up to 60 miles away. Relief workers nearby, who had been plowing through rubble for six months, stood and wept. The art installation was both an act of commemoration and a symbol of resilience. It was the first attempt to fill the void in the city’s skyline and it neatly bypassed the debate over whether the site should be rebuilt or left as consecrated ground. The tribute ran every night from dusk till dawn until April 14, 2002, and has returned for a single night each subsequent September 11th.
This piece includes a number of color photographs, a photo-gallery and a three-minute documentary short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/on-the-10th-anniversary-of-911-tribute-in-light/On March 11, 2002, 88 searchlights were trained straight skyward in two brilliant,... more
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The best view in New York belongs to the fearless ironworkers who are stacking the top floors of the new 1 World Trade Center. The top of 1 World Trade Center, as it stands in mid-August, is just shy of 1,000 feet above Lower Manhattan, higher than anything else on the island’s southern end.
Even among the most elite class of ironworkers that specializes in raising high steel, the 40 or so men who are performing the most dangerous work at 1 World Trade are a kind of special forces. Some of them were among the first wave of volunteers on Sept. 12, 2001, brought in to extract steel from the ruins of the twin towers and who have returned to the site as members of the plumb-up gang. The ironworkers’ almost classically curved human forms of arms, legs and backs express the perseverance that has powered the rise of this new tower, a structure whose symbolic importance is undisputed even if its cost and commercial justification remain dubious.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution black-and-white photographs, a photo-gallery and the two-minute documentary short film, “The Sky Cowboys.”
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/09/08/ironworkers-at-one-world-trade-center-the-sky-cowboys/The best view in New York belongs to the fearless ironworkers who are stacking the top... more
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Public Television’s StoryCorps oral history project is premiering “The StoryCorps 9/11 Series,” three new animated films commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The three-minute animated short films by the Rausch Brothers animators were created to preserve the memories of those who lost loved ones that tragic day. While the films are presented in a vintage cartoon-style, they carry deeply emotional heft due to the tragedy inherent in their stories. They are simple works, befitting the everyday lives that were nonetheless changed forever nearly 10 years ago. A major reason that 9/11 is such a tragedy is that it happened to people not unlike you or me, and these films do an amazing job of crystallizing that central truth.
This piece includes a number of colorful illustrations, as well as the three animated short films, “John and Joe,” “Always a Family” and “She Was the One.
”http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/09/08/the-10th-anniversary-of-911-the-storycorps-911-series/Public Television’s StoryCorps oral history project is premiering “The... more
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“Twin Tower Cameos” is an epic collection of movie scenes from Hollywood films that featured the Twin Towers at New York City’s World Trade Center. With the 10-year anniversary of 9/11 just days away, the three-minute short film was created by New York-based director and cartoonist Dan Meth to pay homage to the Twin Towers. The film spans 1969 to 2001, with a perfect decade-by-decade soundtrack. It’s a love letter to New York, and to the iconic towers that once defined its skyline.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution color photographs, as well as the memorable short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/on-the-10th-anniversary-of-911-cinematic-cameos-of-the-twin-towers/“Twin Tower Cameos” is an epic collection of movie scenes from Hollywood... more
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On Sunday, September 4th, marchers turned out by the hundreds in New York City to honor the memory of the Rev. Mychal Judge, the beloved FDNY chaplain killed on 9/11. Firefighters and their families, friends of the Franciscan priest, and well-wishers from near and far, all came together for a four-hour Walk of Remembrance through the streets of Manhattan. Father Judge, commemorated as The Saint of 9/11, was killed while giving last rites to a firefighter at the World Trade Center. The group walked from midtown to Ground Zero, stopping at firehouses and police precincts along the way to pray and read the names of the 9/11 dead.
Father Mychal Judge was a Franciscan priest who served everyone that he encountered with the passion and spirit of St. Francis. Those who knew Mychal Judge have described him as carefree, open-eyed, laughing and humble. Some of his greatest friends were alcoholics whom he had saved from street corners, a mother who lost her daughter on TWA Flight 800 and a disabled former policeman whom he wheeled across an embattled Northern Ireland in an attempt to persuade the people there of God’s healing power of forgiveness.
Mychal Judge was also the dedicated official Chaplain for the New York Fire Department. He rushed to be with the FDNY firefighters at the site of the 9/11 World Trade Center tragedy, and as he was kneeling to give Last Rites to a fireman who had just perished there, Mychal was struck by falling debris from the burning towers and killed.
Father Judge was gay, which he knew would have caused him to be barred from the priesthood under the current Pope. He kept knowledge about his sexual orientation closely guarded, because he was acutely aware that it could become an obstacle to his work with some of the beloved firemen to whom his ministry was so dedicated.
In addition, many people have a special remembrance of Father Judge for his labors with and on behalf of persons who were suffering with AIDS during the early years of the crisis. Beginning in the early 1980s, when HIV really began to emerge with its fury of terror, Father Judge was one of the first persons to courageously devote himself to caring for those who were stricken, mostly alone, isolated from society and totally abandoned by their families. His steadfast kindness continues to stand as a role model for us all.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution photographs, a video and the full movie, “The Saint of 9/11.”
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/on-the-10th-anniversary-of-911-remembering-the-saint-of-911/On Sunday, September 4th, marchers turned out by the hundreds in New York City to... more
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“The Lives of Great Photographers” is an inspiring exhibition that showcases the pioneers behind the camera, exploring the extraordinary stories surrounding some of photography’s most important innovators and artists. It focuses on the work of early photographers who took the initiative to establish photography as an industry during the 19th and 20th centuries, featuring iconic images and artefacts from Henri Cartier-Bresson, Julia Margaret Cameron, Robert Capa, William Henry Fox Talbot, Weegee, Tony Ray-Jones, Fay Godwin and Eadweard Muybridge and other great names. As technology evolved, the breadth and range of photography increased, and the methods by which it could provide artistic expression became more diverse. The pioneering photographers produced some of the first celebrity photographs in existence, created war/art photography during World War I and produced some of the earliest fashion and advertising photograph.
Photography also proved an ideal medium for documenting world events: some of the earliest documentary photographers, including Lewis Hine and Dorothea Lange, were driven by their social consciences to record the Great Depression in America. Photojournalism, the cousin of documentary photography, is represented in the exhibition by artists such as Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa, founding members of the world’s first photographic agency, Magnum. Both men served in World War II and produced images that helped define an era.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution photographs, a photo-gallery and two documentary short films.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/understanding-the-lives-and-times-of-great-photographers/“The Lives of Great Photographers” is an inspiring exhibition that... more
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“Rolling Stone and the Art of the Record Review” is an exhibition of over 80 original illustrations presently on view at New York City's Museum of American Illustration. If landing on the cover of “Rolling Stone” is a perennial dream for rock musicians, a close second would be getting their likenesses on the front page of the review section, where for decades the lead review has been accompanied by a distinctive illustration of the artist.
The art featured in this exhibition spans four decades, representing music legends such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Steven Tyler, Whitney Houston, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and many others. It has from the very beginning been a belief at “Rolling Stone” that art is the best way to present new and legendary albums and their reviews to the world. These are artists who continue to highlight the history of the music industry.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution color illustrations from the exhibition, as well as a gallery of additional illustrations.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/09/04/an-artistic-history-of-music-rolling-stone-and-the-art-of-the-record-review/“Rolling Stone and the Art of the Record Review” is an exhibition of over... more
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“Chump And Clump” is an acclaimed, hilariously hallucinogenic animated short film created by Stephan Sacher and Michael Herm at Germany’s Talking Animals Animation Studio. Chump and Clump meet at a bus station. Unfortunately, they have just missed their bus, which arrives only once a week. While waiting for the next bus, a bizarre and wonderfully raucous friendship develops, which still manages to prevail when all odds turn against our little heroes. Most of the great fun in this film lies in what Chump and Clump do with their eyes: the expressions in their eyes, the red capillaries when they’re hung over, smiling eyes, desperate eyes, sad eyes, crying eyes. Funny, very funny.
This piece includes humorous colorful pictures and the very funny animated short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/chump-and-clump-the-very-merry-bus-stop/“Chump And Clump” is an acclaimed, hilariously hallucinogenic animated... more
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“Time Piece” is the acclaimed 1965 nine-minute experimental short film that was written, directed and produced by Jim Henson; the film also starred Henson. Beginning in the spring of 1964, nearly ten years after the introduction of the Muppets, Henson filmed the short film on weekends and late nights between his commercial projects and Muppet appearances. Premiered at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art in May of 1965, “Time Piece” enjoyed an eighteen-month run at one Manhattan movie theater and in 1966 was nominated for the Academy Award for Outstanding Short Subject.
“Time Piece” is the story of Everyman, frustrated by the typical tasks of a typical day. With a rhythmic soundtrack and visual clock motif, the film follows follows a nameless man through his mundane daily activities, a montage intercut with surreal fantasy and pop-culture references. The film touches upon themes such as man’s dislocation in time, time signatures, time as a philosophical concept and slavery to time. The film’s only dialog is a repeating cry of “Help!”from Henson, who can’t help but sound like his Kermit the Frog counterpart.
This piece includes colorful photographs, as well as the acclaimed short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/time-piece-the-story-of-everymans-torment/“Time Piece” is the acclaimed 1965 nine-minute experimental short film... more
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“Back to the Start” is a stellar animated short film by the acclaimed animator Johnny Kelly, created at London’s esteemed Nexus Productions. The film very eloquently dramatizes the story of a farmer who slowly turns his family farm into an industrial animal factory before seeing the errors of his ways. When a crisis of conscience takes hold, the farmer returns to his low-impact habits and opts for a more sustainable future. All the while, Willie Nelson sings a cover of Coldplay’s “The Scientist,” the one that goes “…I’m going back to the start.” Both the film and the soundtrack were commissioned by Chipotle to emphasize the importance of developing a more sustainable food system.
This piece includes colorful pictures and the wonderful animated short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/back-to-the-start-choosing-a-more-sustainable-future/“Back to the Start” is a stellar animated short film by the acclaimed... more
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In 1970, Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris, presented a selection of competition cars, “Bolides Design.” A special jury chose the models with the idea of the car as a design object, a work of art, showing that “art and technique, each at their own level, are the expression of man and his relationship with design.” The Ralph Lauren collection can be seen from the same perspective.
For its first presentation in Europe, the Ralph Lauren Car Collection was recently on exhibition at Les Arts Décoratifs. Among the major car collections in the world, that of iconic American fashion designer Ralph Lauren stands out more than any other as synonymous with excellence. With this collection of the most prestigious sports cars from the 1930s to present day, Ralph Lauren shows that the automobile is a major art form created by the industry’s biggest names: Bugatti, Alfa Romeo, Bentley, Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar, Porsche and of course, Ferrari, the high point of this unique collection.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution photographs, a photo-gallery and two videos of the collection, “The Art of the Automobile: Speed, Style and Beauty.”
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/the-art-of-the-automobile-speed-style-and-beauty/In 1970, Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris, presented a selection of competition... more
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“Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared” is a wonderfully bizarre three-min. animated short film created by Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling from the London-based This Is It Collective. The short begins innocently enough, with a small cast of sort-of identifiable characters sitting around a table and sing-talking about being “creative.” Then again, it looks like a rather lame children’s video, telling kids how to do what they do really naturally anyway, use their imaginations. But suddenly, it turns into a extremely disturbing free-association sequence, hinting at some very bleak psychological states, more like “Black Swan” than “Sesame Street.”
The filmmakers zero in on adult insecurities about self-expression, then delve into the perils of creativity. Such dangers quickly lead to terrifying glitter-covered animal organs (real, bloody ones, not made from the felt everything else in this video is made of), seizures and death. But just as quickly as the characters are served a gory meat cake, everything goes back to normal. And, just like any other children’s television show, the lesson learned is repeated at the end of the segment. And just what is that lesson? Never, never be creative. Unless you want to die.
Watch this video to the very end and you won’t regret it. Or will you ?
This piece includes colorful pictures and the very bizarre animated short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/dont-hug-me-im-scared-a-terrifying-bloody-mess/“Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared” is a wonderfully bizarre three-min.... more
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“Blade runner” Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee sprinter running on carbon-fiber blades, passed his first test with flying colors on his debut at the 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics. Pistorius swept past several able-bodied runners, finishing third in his heat to reach the semi-finals of the 400 meters Sunday. The South African, who has had to overcome huge legal and performance obstacles just to be allowed to race in Daegu, South Korea, on his prosthetic legs, delighted the crowd with a strong run of 45.39 seconds from an outside lane.
The crowd rose to the double amputee as he powered down the final straight before a band of his compatriots chanted “Oscar! Oscar!” to confirm the 24-year-old as one of the sentimental favorites of the championships. Describing his landmark race as a great relief, especially after the disruption of a false start by another of the runners, Pistorius said he had fulfilled a long-held ambition.
After crossing the finish line, Pistorius gave an appreciative bow to the South Korean crowd of about 10,000 for its cheers and support. After the race, Pistorius said, “I have worked extremely hard to be here” “It has been phenomenal to run. It has been a lot of pressure in the race, and there is a lot of work for tomorrow.” “It was a great opportunity for me to have a chance to run, this is a goal I’ve had for many, many years,” he told reporters. “I really don’t feel like a pioneer but I’m very honored to be in the position I am in . I hope to write a few more chapters, I’m still young.”
This piece includes color photographs, video of the race and a documentary short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/“blade-runner”-oscar-pistorius-reaches-400-meters-semi-finals-at-world-championships/“Blade runner” Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee sprinter running on... more
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“Flawed” is an impressive personal 12-min. stop-motion animated story told in gorgeous drawings done in black ink and watercolor by Canadian filmmaker Andrea Dorfman. The film has been acclaimed on the festival circuit for a couple of years, winning at the Palm Springs Film Festival, and playing at HotDocs and SilverDocs. It has been one of the jewels of the National Film Board‘s impressive animation catalog, but only now has become available on the web.
“Flawed” tells a story that is serious, heart-warming yet also heart-breaking, in which Dorfman examines the conflicted feelings that arise when she strikes up a romance with a plastic surgeon. Through an intensely confessional narrative, she discovers that the secret to getting the man to accept her is to learn how to accept herself. The drawings help to keep the story light and visually compelling, while presenting Dorfman’s philosophical take on self-esteem, growing-up, relationships, personal identity and even cosmetic surgery.
This piece includes colorful illustrations and the acclaimed animated short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/08/25/flawed-thats-what-makes-life-interesting/“Flawed” is an impressive personal 12-min. stop-motion animated story told... more
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“Hiroshima: Ground Zero 1945” is a new exhibition of once-classified images of atomic destruction at Hiroshima presently on display at New York City’s International Center of Photography. The collection of photographs both repels and fascinates the viewer, with its powerfully ugly portraits of an unpeopled and obliterated city. The photographs were originally part of a governmental analysis of the atomic bomb’s effect on concrete, wood and steel, and this catalog of devastation was meant to be seen only by postwar architects and engineers tasked with erecting the “bombproof” cities of the future.
The Hiroshima photos have a strange and contorted history. In the mid-1990s, the owner of a diner in Watertown, Massachusetts, was walking his dog when he spotted a beat-up suitcase sitting in a pile of trash. It turned out that the photographs inside had once belonged to Robert L. Corsbie, an engineer and expert on the effects of the bomb. Just how those photos wound up in his possession remains unclear. Corsbie belonged to a cadre of ordnance experts, engineers, photographers and draftsmen who were sent by President Truman to analyze the nuclear devastation.
The Hiroshima photographs are fundamentally different from the more familiar World War II pictures of European cities, such as Cologne, where the stones of the cathedral rise from the debris, and blown-out buildings loom like hollow-eyed zombies. Those ruins have a perverse but palpable grandeur, a gothic desolation that is missing from the scenes of Japan’s ravaged emptiness. In hauntingly stark contrast to the images of European destruction, the Hiroshima photographs are eerily mute. There are no people, only twisted metal, blistered walls and miles of rubble. Except for a few skeletal structures poking out of flattened wreckage, the city simply vanished. Hiroshima didn’t look like a bombed city; it looked instead as though a monstrous steamroller had passed over it and just squashed it out of existence. The Japanese city centers, constructed mostly of wood, simply went up in smoke when bombed.
Wary of the conquered people’s anger and grief, the US government imposed strict censorship in September 1945, confiscating pictures and ordering that no image be printed which might, directly or by inference, disturb public tranquility. It was not until 1952 that “Life Magazine” published a handful of photographs taken in the first days after the attack. Even now, such images are rarely displayed. That is why this cache of photographs is so important. Once part of a classified archive, then buried in a basement, thrown away and resurrected, it counteracts the universal tendency to aestheticise violence. There is nothing awe-inspiring here, or even poignant, just plain devastating facts.
This piece includes a number of photographs from the exhibition, a photo-gallery, a documentary short film and the acclaimed Japanese animated film, “Grave of the Fireflies.”
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/the-hiroshima-photographs-ground-zero-1945/“Hiroshima: Ground Zero 1945” is a new exhibition of once-classified... more
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“Wine and Cupcakes” is a visually beautiful artistic 12-minute short film by photographer Bruce Weber, a multilayered emotional celebration of love. Bruce Weber is renowned for his fashion photography, which over the past 30 years has appeared in editorial layouts for “Vogue” and “Vanity Fair” magazines, and in advertising campaigns for Abercrombie + Fitch and Ralph Lauren, but his long career as a filmmaker is not nearly as well known.
As an independent film director, Weber has self-financed documentaries and short films for the past 20 years. Many of his works have been widely acclaimed, but they have never been widely distributed in theaters and seem to go out of print not long after they are released. The range of Weber’s interests is very wide and somewhat eccentric, so his films often feel like the private visual journals of an obsessive fan and collector.
“Wine and Cupcakes” is an emotionally touching commemoration of New York City’s Central Park, shot partly as a remembrance of the aftermath of 9/11. The film is also a celebration of intimate personal feelings of love, following a middle-aged artist couple as they spend a long autumn afternoon in Central Park doing nothing special, but nevertheless storing up wonderful memories of a perfect New York day. The married couple is composer and pianist Paul Cantelon and singer Angela McCluskey, friends and neighbors of Weber in Manhattan. McCluskey is a Grammy nominated Scottish songstress who has had a long career as eclectic as her personal style.
This piece includes photographs, the short film and a music video.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/08/20/a-celebration-of-love-wine-and-cupcakes/“Wine and Cupcakes” is a visually beautiful artistic 12-minute short film... more
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Jerome Liebling, a pioneering socially conscious documentary photographer and teacher for more than half a century, died on July 27th in Northampton, Mass., at the age of 87. Mr. Leibling’s subtly powerful pictures influenced a generation of socially minded photographers and documentary filmmakers.
Along with a wave of pioneering photographers who included Walker Evans, Paul Strand, Berenice Abbott, Helen Levitt and Gordon Parks, Jerome Liebling helped define the look of 20th century documentary photography. Leibling took to the streets of New York in the 1940s to make art by turning his camera onto corners of urban life that had too often been ignored by many photographers before him. He captured the lives of ordinary people on the streets of New York, including in his childhood neighborhood of Brighton Beach, as well as around the world.
Most of Mr. Liebling’s life was spent teaching. He started a photography and film department at the University of Minnesota in 1949, and taught at Hampshire College from 1970 to 1990. The school’s photography building is named in his honor. A number of of Mr. Liebling’s students became professional photographers and filmmakers, receiving Academy Awards, Emmys and Peabody awards for their work.
Liebling received numerous awards and grants, including two Guggenheim Fellowships, a National Endowment for the Arts Photographic Survey Grant, and a fellowship from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts. His photographs are in the permanent collections of many museums, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Fogg Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution photographs, a photo-gallery and two documentary short films.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/08/19/jerome-liebling-a-documentary-photographer-whose-camera-captured-the-human-spirit/Jerome Liebling, a pioneering socially conscious documentary photographer and teacher... more
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“Be Near Me” is a thoughtful 1-1/2 minute short film directed by John X. Carey, a short love story based on Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem, “In Memoriam.” The film is a quiet reflection about talking to those you’ve lost and finding a sense of solace in their memory.
This piece includes color photographs and the emotionally touching short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/in-memoriam-be-near-me-when-my-light-is-low/“Be Near Me” is a thoughtful 1-1/2 minute short film directed by John X.... more
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