country nights

vacation

color

This treasure trove has been making its way around the webs, but if you haven't seen it yet, it's really spectacular: color slides from 1939 to 1943. (The above shot is by Jack Delano.) In our visual shorthand for the WWII era it's almost always black and white. To see it in color is like seeing a whole different time (more real in a way, since we relate to color more immediately.) Just look at the difference in conveying the Depression.

Walker Evans:


Russell Lee:

time moves backward

Mohican Hotel ad, Providence, RI, 1996

Mohican Hotel ad, Providence, RI, now

prospect park, brooklyn

money's worth

summertime

'96, old new york

'96

idaho, '96