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reFramed: In conversation with Rita Leistner
FrameworkRita Leistner is a politically and socially engaged lens-based artist whose concerned photography uses conceptual approaches to create photographs with a special relationship to current events and the human condition. Her work has been exhibited widely... -
A photography exhibit at Westport Arts Center finds stark beauty in humanity's footprint on the land
Landscape: Scene / Re-seen Through Sept. 2, Westport Arts Center, 51 Riverside Ave., Westport, (203) 222-7070, westportartscenter.org Americans will take to the highways and skyways this summer in search of "unspoiled" landscape. And, while it may be...
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FSU recruiting: ‘Noles land Texas TE, Orlando WR to announce
Chopping Block - Seminoles Blog - Orlando SentinelThe Florida State recruiting die-hards among us already know this, but in case you haven't heard, FSU on Tuesday evening continued building its 2013 class with the commitment of a three-star Texas tight end. The Seminoles currently have a list of 2013... -
Book news: Carlos Fuentes, Gastronomica, L.A. Kings and more
Jacket CopyThough the publishing business slows down on Fridays, interesting book news does not. Guernica has a previously unpublished interview with Carlos Fuentes, who died May 15 at age 83, conducted in 2008. "I am a writer," he says. "I spend...... -
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The undiscovered street photography of Vivian Maier
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'More American Photographs' offers a glimpse of America's recession
Culture Monster100 works present best known examples from the Farm Security Administartion Depression-era photography program alongside recently commissioned photos from 12 contemporary artists of the recent recession.... -
Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings have four things going for them
![The volume seemed to be turning up: Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings were moving away from acoustic austerity, growing comfortable rocking out. Their last album, "Soul Journey," saw these Nashville alt-folkies jolting their sound with electricity and a backbeat. Rawlings has stepped out as a producer — indie rockers Bright Eyes, the shambling Old Crow Medicine Show — and the duo guested on the Decemberists' breakout, "The King Is Dead." Could this mid-career acoustic duo — in its first release in eight years — be ready for a similar lunge into the mainstream?](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-09/65042150-27085914.jpg "The volume seemed to be turning up: Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings were moving away from acoustic austerity, growing comfortable rocking out. Their last album, "Soul Journey,\" saw these Nashville alt-folkies jolting their sound with electricity and a backbeat. Rawlings has stepped out as a producer — indie rockers Bright Eyes, the shambling Old Crow Medicine Show — and the duo guested on the Decemberists' breakout, \"The King Is Dead.\" Could this mid-career acoustic duo — in its first release in eight years — be ready for a similar lunge into the mainstream?")
The volume seemed to be turning up: Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings were moving away from acoustic austerity, growing comfortable rocking out. Their last album, "Soul Journey," saw these Nashville alt-folkies jolting their sound with electricity and a...Tags: Elvis Presley, New York City, Arts and Culture, Bright Eyes (music group), Carol Burnett
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The Exacting Eye of Walker Evans at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme
![American photographer Walker Evans left an indelible mark on this country's history with his striking images of squalor and poverty during the Great Depression. The Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme will be exhibiting some of Evans' most famous pieces, as well as his later work that he completed during his final years living in Connecticut, including "Brookfield Center, CT" (1930-31, pictured). The exhibit runs from October 1 to January 29.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-09/65053097-27114837.jpg "American photographer Walker Evans left an indelible mark on this country's history with his striking images of squalor and poverty during the Great Depression. The Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme will be exhibiting some of Evans' most famous pieces, as well as his later work that he completed during his final years living in Connecticut, including "Brookfield Center, CT\" (1930-31, pictured). The exhibit runs from October 1 to January 29.")
American photographer Walker Evans left an indelible mark on this country's history with his striking images of squalor and poverty during the Great Depression. The Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme will be exhibiting some of Evans' most famous pieces,...Tags: Brookfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Old Lyme, Arts and Culture, Lyme, Florence Griswold House
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The Unblinking Stare of Walker Evans at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme
The Exacting Eye of Walker Evans
Through Jan. 29, 2012, Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme St., Old Lyme, (860) 434-5542
"Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long."
So advised Walker Evans (1901-1975), who knew...Tags: Robert Frank, Old Lyme, Arts and Culture, Alfred Stieglitz, James Agee
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Remembering photographer Jerome Liebling
Culture MonsterJerome Liebling, the renowned documentary photographer and filmmaker, died late last week in Northampton, Mass. He was 87. During his long career, Liebling specialized in capturing street life around the country. His photographs documented the lives of... -
Bio: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers belong to a special class of artists, a class comprised of those few acts that have sustained decades-long careers despite the restlessness of popular music's audience. The Heartbreakers' tours are among the most successful...Tags: Gainesville, Roy Orbison, Peter Bogdanovich, MTV (tv network), Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Mojo Tour (2010)
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