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A photo of the new Gallery underneath theAmanda Levete Architects Exhibition Road courtyard entrance to the Victoria and Albert Museum.
This was my first stop during the recent #Photo24 event. Unfortunately, as much as I like this shot, it doesn't seem to fit into any of the 'Abstract', 'Iconic' or 'Street' competition categories.
Take a look at this Guardian article if you'd like to find out more about the building : www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jun/28/v-and-a-vict...
Click here to see photos from previous years Photo24 events : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157667520181380
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30x40 in 76x101 cm
None of my work is Ai assisted and is copyright Rg Sanders aka Ronald George Sanders.
View of the 'Turbinia' beside the 'Mauretania' at Wallsend in 1907 (TWAM ref. DS.SWH/4/PH/7/6/58). The presence of the 'Turbinia' really gets across the size of the great ocean liner.
The 'Mauretania' was one of the most famous ships ever built on Tyneside.
(Copyright) We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of The Commons. Please cite 'Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums' when reusing. Certain restrictions on high quality reproductions and commercial use of the original physical version apply though; if you're unsure please email archives@twmuseums.org.uk.
To purchase a hi-res copy please email archives@twmuseums.org.uk quoting the title and reference number.
A photo of part of the new Amanda Levete Architects Exhibition Road courtyard entrance to the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Unlike previous years where I've had a pretty good list of places to visit during the now annual 24hr London photography event, this time I went without much of a plan. Having made an arrangement to meet up with a couple of fellow photographers in Camden a bit later I jumped on the tube and headed to the V&A to photograph the recently opened Exhibition Road entrance.
This photo doesn't show much of it's architectural grandeur so I'd suggest you take a look at this Guardian article if you'd like to find out more about the building : www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jun/28/v-and-a-vict...
Click here to see photos from previous years Photo24 events : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157667520181380
My Website : Twitter : Facebook : Instagram : Photocrowd
© D.Godliman
“Dream talks about the necessity of love and be loved of the human beings. That hole that we have that we try to fill with the other person. So we Dream with our need to feel love and to give love… and we feel the absence of the other.”
Dreams is a re-boot of one of the central pieces of my art installation Dream, which also is the brand image of E.V.E, now released for The Season Story.
[100% Original Mesh Design/ Materials Enabled/ Animated/ Decor/ Dreams Collection/ Gacha/ Mod & Trans]
Read more & get the taxi:
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Photo by Ralphie (Thanks bello <3)
"A Real Birmingham Family"
Bronze sculpture (2014) "A Real Birmingham Family" by Gillian Wearing. The artwork is situated in Centenary Square in front of the Library of Birmingham, England, UK.
The subject of the sculpture is two local sisters, each a single mother, Roma and Emma Jones, with their two children.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/oct/29/ordinary-bir...
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“Don’t be afraid to go into the mist, be excited because you don’t know where you will end up.” ~Sophie Madden.
New release for Shinny Shavy.
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Photo by Ralphie (thanks bello <3)
“The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls…”
~Edgar Allan Poe
Inspired by the thought of souls and how even the broken ones can be put back together.
New for Memento Mori.
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Photography Note:
"Incidental Images: Photographs by Peter Brown" (Printlinx: Port Melbourne, 2009). 30x22 cms, 166 photographs.
As a segue to some more recent photographs of mine, another photography note. This time I want to introduce the work of passionate amateur photographer Peter Brown. Like me Peter was also born in Brisbane, Australia. He moved to Melbourne to train as a dentist and also completed a degree in Fine Arts and Languages at the University of Melbourne. He has had a lifelong love of hiking in the Australian wilderness, and has spent plenty of time visiting Tasmania.
On a trip to Greece in 1972 Peter started to take an interest in photography. The only film he could get there at the time was black and white. He fell in love with that and has shot black and white film ever since, even in this digital age. Peter was using a Nikkormat camera at the time, and it remained his "old faithful" until he purchased a Nikon FM2 with a single 55mm lens in 2000. Peter says he has no interest in moving beyond film photography or these simple to operate cameras.
In 1993 Peter tells the story of how he discovered an inspirational book in the Dymock's bookstore in Melbourne. [This is a store I frequented myself in the 90s, and I wonder whether we may have actually been looking at the same books.] The book he found was by English photographer Edwin Smith (1912-1971). www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/sep/10/edwi...
Peter was so taken with Smith's work that he began a wonderful correspondence with his widow Olive Cook. This continued until her death at 90 in 2002. Olive Cook described her husband's work in a way that all photographers (especially amateurs - the ones who do it for LOVE) should embrace:
"Photography is a way of offering praise in the form of an objective record, not flaunting the photographer's brilliant originality and skill. Edwin spoke of being intoxicated with the privilege of being permitted to pay a glorious building the homage of his craft."
I hope you take the time to look at this sample of Peter's fine work in light and shade. You'll see how the rendition of light is essential to his artistic vision. Better still, copies of this limited edition book are available online. I highly recommend it for your collection.
* All the copies in this slideshow were taken with the Leica D-Lux 7 in natural light. The print quality in the book is so much better.
“Mankind Invented the atomic bomb, but no mouse would ever construct a mousetrap”
~ Albert Einstein
E.V.E’s new release of the Broken Chains Series for The Seasons Story is inspired in WW2.
Read the Specs and get the taxi here:
evestudio3d.wordpress.com/2016/10/08/broken-chains-the-bomb/
Photo by Ralphie (Thanks <3)
I took this photo during a short stay in Bath, back in May 2017.
Camera: Canon 5D Mk 2 with the EF17-40mm f/4L USM lens.
Software used:
Lightroom 5
Topaz Studio 2 - A Touch of Drama
Photoshop Elements - to bring back slightly the edge of the path and detail of our friend also, using Layers and the Eraser tool.
I was aiming for a David Hockney look for this image.
We have a large print of one of his paintings in our hallway, which I bought many years ago from Salts Mill in Saltaire. It didn't cost us $90 million. :-)
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/sep/13/david-hockne...
Click on the image to see a larger view.
E.V.E Crossroads Teaser...
“Do not swear by the moon, for she changes constantly. Then your love would also change.”, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet.
Special Art Game release of the Flower of the Moon for Crossroads… the color black of the lower is tinted with touches of the other colors while exploring interactivity in an artistic way with a “curious about you” animation. Packs also includes a non animated version and a 3 little ones ready to wear as pet or accessory.
[100% Original Mesh Design / Materials Enabled / Special DYSTOPIA Edition / Environment Lights attached / Packs: Color & FATPACK / Art Game Piece / Modify and Copy]
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Filmed at E.V.E in Sylpha.
“If you dance with your heart, your body will follow”.
Mia Michaels, choreographer.
Two new releases inspired in the concept of love for We ❤ RP: the Dancing Hearts and Dancing Petals {Whispers Ed.}. Both at a 25% Off during the event.
DANCING PETALS {WHISPERS ED.}
[100% Original Mesh Design / Animated Mesh Particles Lights / Dancing Collection / Only Fatpack Version / Mod & Copy]
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[explored thank you]
- for anyone interested, here is the link to my second portfolio review on the Guardian Camera Club www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2012/aug/28/photo...
Raw pic done while getting ready the Ashes and Ice installation at E.V.E Sea garden.
The eye-flowers looks at the people that come close to them... they are available now at the FGC!
Read more and take the taxi to FGC here.
Taxi to the E.V.E Sea garden...
coming soon!
A photo of the stair down to the new Gallery underneath the Amanda Levete Architects Exhibition Road courtyard entrance to the Victoria and Albert Museum.
This was my first stop during the recent #Photo24 event.
Take a look at this Guardian article if you'd like to find out more about the building : www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jun/28/v-and-a-vict...
Click here to see photos from previous years Photo24 events : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157667520181380
My Website : Twitter : Facebook : Instagram : Photocrowd
© D.Godliman
Aerial view of the River Tyne, from Newcastle and Gateshead to the coast , August 1983 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/4/CN14357F).
Tyne & Wear Archives presents a series of colour aerial photographs of Newcastle upon Tyne. These images were captured by the Newcastle-based photographic firm Turners Ltd during the mid to late 1970s.
At first glance, some of these images give the impression that the Newcastle landscape hasn't changed much in 40 years. Look more closely, though, and some of the differences between then and now will reveal themselves - see how many you can spot.
(Copyright) We're happy for you to share these digital images within the spirit of The Commons. Please cite 'Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums' when reusing. Certain restrictions on high quality reproductions and commercial use of the original physical version apply though; if you're unsure please email archives@twmuseums.org.uk
Monument to the Revolution of the People of Moslavina (Spomenik Revolucije Naroda Moslavine).
Toen we in Zagreb waren moest ik naar dit beeld, al was het 120 kilometer omrijden. Het was elke kilometer waard. Het beeld staat in een landelijk gebied, het is bizar om te rijden tussen die boerderijtjes en heuvels en opeens deze ufo te zien. Er indrukwekkend.
Een beeld dat gebouwd is om de opstand van de bevolking in de regio Moslavina tegen het Ustaša-bewind tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog te herdenken.
Meer info;
www.spomenikdatabase.org/podgarica
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/photography-blog/2013/ju...
Numbskull (three-quarter view), 2007.
One plastic skull, 630 "extra power" paracetamol. No diamonds.
As featured on the Guardian Arts Blog.
See also: SKULLFAQ
"it's a new dawn, its a new day, its a new life for me and im feeling good."
Went out to a pretty set of fields this morning with my grandad - who helped with the lighting of this. It was super frosty and lovely.
This is my new sweater (primark £13) which my mom got me yesterday cus my photo was in the Guardian and i think she was more excited/proud about it than i was..
see link below
www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2012/nov/07/photo...
“In the ocean, [bioluminescence] is the rule rather than the exception.” (Edith Widder, Ocean Research & Conservation Association).
In the Fantasy Collective Halloween's round in purple and orange.
MOD & Copy version and colors white, green, blue, pink and smoke until 27th Oct. in Fair Play “El Mundo”.
Taxis:
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“The spacious firmament on high,
With all the blue ethereal sky,
And spangled heavens, a shining frame,
Their great Original proclaim.”, Joseph Addison.
[100% Original Mesh Design / Materials Enabled / Unisex / ETHEREAL Edition / Animated Mesh particles*/ Packs: Color & FATPACK / Resizer / Copy]
Color packs in black, white, gold, silver.
You will find it in E.V.E stand at November round of the We<3Rp at a 25% off.
Read more and get the taxi:
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View of the 1st class smoking room looking forward on the 'Mauretania', c1907 (TWAM ref. ds.swh/5/3/4/2/B359). She was launched at the Wallsend yard of Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, 20 September 1906.
The 'Mauretania' was one of the most famous ships ever built on Tyneside.
(Copyright) We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of The Commons. Please cite 'Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums' when reusing. Certain restrictions on high quality reproductions and commercial use of the original physical version apply though; if you're unsure please email archives@twmuseums.org.uk.
To purchase a hi-res copy please email archives@twmuseums.org.uk quoting the title and reference number.
I have an old outline for a pastel portrait, with some under-painting of highlights and mid tones. I decided to try and rescue it. A photo of the original is in the first comment field. The original was based on a still from a TV programme about the artist. It was before digital cameras, and I used to work on faces that interested me (especially artists) using the prints I made from screen stills.
I moved the original between Photoshop and iPad many times, experimenting. PixlrExpress+, Afterlight are 2 of the apps I used.
If you'd like to find out more about the amazing life and work of Avigdor Arikha, there's a good summary in this obituary in The Gaurdian of May 2010
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/may/11/avigdor-arik...
My Sliders Sunday set is here: www.flickr.com/photos/e_liddell/sets/72157644562401776/
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/jul/08/david-chippe...
As a continuation of Friedrich August Stüler’s forum architecture, the James-Simon-Galerie serves as the new entrance building for Museum Island, completing the ensemble between the Kupfergraben canal and the south-west façade of the Neues Museum. Together with the ‘Archaeological Promenade’, it forms the backbone of the masterplan that was developed in 1999 and adopted as the basis for all further planning on Museum Island. The building is sited on a narrow strip of land where Karl Friedrich Schinkel’s ‘Neuer Packhof’ administration building stood until 1938.
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Paul Cézanne
Still-life with seven apples [1873-78]
Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
Photo © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022
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This painting was executed sometime between 1877, when Cézanne exhibited for the second and last time with the Impressionist painters, and 1878, when he returned to live in Provence. Cézanne himself claimed that he planned to conquer Paris with an apple, and his paintings of this single fruit have in fact proved to be among his most admired works.
Bought by Degas for 100 francs in January 1896, it was acquired in Paris by John Maynard Keynes at the sale of the contents of Degas’s studio in March 1918. It is one of the most celebrated of all his still-lifes, and, through Keynes’s friendship with the painter and writer Roger Fry, and the circle of Bloomsbury writers, came to be crucial in the dissemination of knowledge of Cézanne’s work in England.
Lent by the Provost and Fellows of King’s College (Keynes collection)
Source:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Still_life_with_seven_apples...
french-impressionists.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/artists/cezann...
Imagine a parallel alternative retro futuristic society fallen into decay due lack of control over genetic and transhumanic experiments in living beings for fashion… This was the source of inspiration for E.V.E’s new release collection Dystopia.
Here DYSTOPIA Flowers Poster for the TTS events that opens today.
Comes in different colors and sizes.
The rails supporting the Alweg Monorail; in Seattle. This, and the set to which it belongs, was made under the influence of the great, inspirational, 20th Century photographer, Germaine Krull.I would like this set to serve as my own very modest tribute to her breathtaking, pioneering work. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germaine_Krull, www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/jun/04/germaine-kru...
www.anothermag.com/art-photography/7599/germaine-krull-th...
I accidentally deleted this image which is particularly annoying
Thanks for everyone who commented on it I am sorry your comments were lost
PLEASE DO NO TAKE UP YOUR PRECIOUS TIME BY COMMENTING AGAIN BUT I DID WANT THE IMAGE TO GO BACK ON MY STREAM NOT EVERYDAY A BABKSY ARRIVES IN ONES CITY
The brief story is that on Friday January 26th this cartoon by Banksy was discovered on a span of the disused Scott Street Bridge that went over the River Hull. It was acknowledged as a Banksy on his website. It created a fair bit of excitement locally and nationally .
Sadly on Sunday evening it was whitewashed over in an act of vandalism but then rescued again by a Hull Window cleaner. This story went global and the window cleaner became a hero
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jan/29/banksy-mural...
A photo of part of the new Amanda Levete Architects Exhibition Road courtyard entrance to the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Unlike previous years where I've had a pretty good list of places to visit during the now annual 24hr London photography event, this time I went without much of a plan. Having made an arrangement to meet up with a couple of fellow photographers in Camden a bit later I jumped on the tube and headed to the V&A to photograph the recently opened Exhibition Road entrance.
This photo doesn't show much of it's architectural grandeur so I'd suggest you take a look at this Guardian article if you'd like to find out more about the building : www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jun/28/v-and-a-vict...
Click here to see photos from previous years Photo24 events : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157667520181380
My Website : Twitter : Facebook : Instagram : Photocrowd
© D.Godliman
“In the ocean, [bioluminescence] is the rule rather than the exception.” (Edith Widder, Ocean Research & Conservation Association).
Inspired in bioluminescent organisms, the Waving Bioluminescent Fungus animated lights comes in 2 versions: Copy and Mod&Copy.
You will find my new release during October’s last round of Fair Play “El Mundo” and later in E.V.E marketplace.
Includes Halloween colors.
Read more:
evestudio3d.wordpress.com/2015/09/25/waving-bioluminescen...
“And all my days are trances,
And all my nightly dreams
Are where thy grey eye glances,
And where thy footstep gleams
In what ethereal dances,
By what eternal streams.”
(Edgar Allan Poe).
E.V.E {ETHEREAL} PEARLS AND RIBBONS TIARA
New release for: The Shiny Shabby. Opens from 20th of Feb to 15th of March
The flowing sea and the way the light of the sun hits the coral under the water. As the waves move over the rocks like cleansing the world of its pain and suffering.
SPECS
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Little dance performance for testing the beat in the heart made of animated mesh particles.
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52 weeks of 2022
Week #33 ~ In the style of Cindy Sherman ~ Part III of IV
Inspired by this self portrait by Cindy Sherman "Untitled Film Still #56, dated 1980":
www.artic.edu/artworks/72442/untitled-film-still-56
You can see more about the great photography of Cindy Sherman :
www.theartstory.org/artist/sherman-cindy/
rebrand.ly/uyrok19
www.artic.edu/artists/23759/cindy-sherman
citygallery.org.nz/exhibitions/cindy-sherman/
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/jul/03/cindy-sherma...
All rights are reserved. Please contact me if you are interested in using one of my images for any reason
View of Castle Garth, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1881 (TWAM ref. DX872/8).
(Copyright) We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of The Commons. Please cite 'Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums' when reusing. Certain restrictions on high quality reproductions and commercial use of the original physical version apply though; if you're unsure please email archives@twmuseums.org.uk.
To purchase a hi-res copy please email archives@twmuseums.org.uk quoting the title and reference number.
Looking up from within a stunning architectural space in Washington, D.C., the viewer is captivated by a dynamic interplay of form, light, and shadow. A constellation of circular skylights diffuses soft daylight through a sculptural atrium rimmed by wavy translucent panels that recall both futuristic design and organic flow. A glowing orange disc—suspended like a setting sun—adds a pop of bold color and spatial tension. This image blurs the line between built environment and abstract art, evoking celestial metaphors and space-age dreams. A celebration of symmetry, rhythm, and materiality, this photo invites contemplation from architects, designers, and curious travelers alike.
The digital skills is very creative and professional within the elements and the concept of photo- manipulation
Here you have a couple of photos of the first chapter of Dystopia, a parallel alternative retro futuristic society fallen into decay due lack of control over genetic and transhumanic experiments in living beings for fashion and my new art installation for Linden Endowment for the Arts (LEA, sim 24).
Black Wall included an opening performance as conceptual experiment where audience was invited to participate in to face inner black walls, those full of memories, dreams and monsters. A moment of analysis and inner retrospective that Kira, Dystopia’s main character, have to do to search for a future. Black Wall is the beginning of Kira’s journey, an illegal immigrant looking to cross frontier to a better life.
Opium, Dream and Utopia are the triplets nymphs of Dystopia. In this 1st episode, you meet Opium. Behind, in abstract surreal form, you can see The Smuggler. Listen to him to have the first clue to know a bit more about Kira.
Read more:
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David Hockney, "Life Painting for a Diploma," 1962
www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2...
Acrylic painting on canvas 40*40 cm as a dance floor for a compass, ruler and white gel pen to the melody of geometric fantasy, which became the basis for the painting "Emanation" / blackandwhite modification in Photoshop.
Sacred Pyramid Energy - Art By China Alicia Rivera
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The now removed and sold Hula-hooping girl by Banksy, in Radford, a district in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire.
Painted in black and white, the tongue-in-cheek image sits just behind a battered bike, with a missing tyre, chained to a lamp post with an infinity lock. The inclusion of a bike in the installation was taken as a reference to the now shuttered former Raleigh plant that provided so much employment to the area. The hula-hoop girl felt instantly, intrinsically connected to the city.
Surinder Kaur, 42, who runs the beauty salon next to the mural, said the bike had appeared at the same time as the mural. She said within hours the council had rushed to protect the piece by placing clear plastic sheeting over it. Vandals have spray-painted over the plastic two or three times already.
The work of the mysterious activist and graffiti artist was first revealed in October last year and confirmed to be authentic when Banksy posted a picture to the official Instagram page.
The artwork was removed from the side of a building after it was bought by a gallery owner John Brandler for a “six-figure sum”. He claimed that he had saved the artwork “in time” before damp – resulting from the plastic cover put over the painting by Nottingham City Council – could cause damage. “If you put Perspex over a picture the moisture gets into the brick wall and can’t escape,” he explained. “The wall needs to breathe.
It was reported that the owner, who wished to remain anonymous, had attempted to “donate” the artwork, however, “substantial discussions” which had taken place with several organisations had not been successful. The owner said: “Since we were unable to donate the artwork itself, we’ll be donating the proceeds privately instead.”
The city rejuvenation board Nottingham Project claims they had been in contact with Banksy’s team (Pest Control) following the mural’s appearance and said that they believed its removal from Rothesay Avenue is against the artist’s wishes. That they had requested Banksy’s approval to move the piece to another location in the city, however, were asked to leave the artwork in its original place.
In March, a missing person poster with a photo of the artwork was added in its former home. The poster included a telephone number to call, which relates to the Brandler Galleries in Essex that purchased the artwork.
John Brandler said that the artwork would be displayed in the summer of 2021 at the Moyse’s Hall Museum in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
Information Sources:
www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/live-updates-banks...
www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/missing-poster-ban...
www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/loss-nottingh...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/oct/17/banksy-confi...
www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/banksy-...
Jackson, MS (est. 1821, pop. 165,000)
Marker:
front
"On May 28, 1961, a Greyhound bus with nine Freedom Riders aboard arrived here, the third group of Riders into Jackson. The first two came on Trailways buses May 24. That summer 329 people were arrested in Jackson for integrating public transportation facilities. Convicted on "breach of peace" and jailed, most refused bail and were sent to the state penitentiary. Their protest worked. In September 1961, the federal government mandated that segregation in interstate transportation end."
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"Greyhound Bus Station This former Greyhound bus station was the scene of many historic arrests in 1961, when Freedom Riders challenged racial segregation in Jackson’s bus and train stations and airport. The Freedom Riders, part of a campaign created by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), pressured the federal government to enforce the law regarding illegal racially separate waiting rooms, rest rooms, and restaurants—common in public transportation facilities across the South.
"On May 4, 1961, thirteen Riders—blacks and whites, men and women—left Washington, D.C., on two buses. Trained in nonviolent direct action, they planned to desegregate bus stations throughout the South. They integrated stations in Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia with few incidents but were attacked by vicious mobs in Anniston, Birmingham, and Montgomery, Alabama. The Kennedy administration implored them to stop, a call echoed by the media and some civil rights leaders. The Riders, however, reinforced with new volunteers from the Nashville Student Movement, were determined to continue.
"On May 24, two buses of Freedom Riders left Montgomery bound for Jackson, with highway patrolmen and National Guardsmen as armed guards. Instead of a protest mob, policemen met them in Jackson, urging them to “move on” when the Riders tried to use facilities denied them. When the Riders refused, they were arrested, charged with “breach of peace,” and quickly convicted.
"Embracing the "jail-no bail" tactic, they invited new Riders from around the country to join them in Jackson. Within three weeks the city’s jails were full, and the Riders were transferred to the state penitentiary at Parchman, where most served six weeks, suffering indignities and injustices with fortitude and resolve. Between May 24 and September 13, 329 people were arrested in Jackson—half black, half white, and a quarter of them women. Most were between the ages of eighteen and thirty. They came from thirty-nine states and ten other countries; forty-three were from Mississippi.
"On September 23, the Interstate Commerce Commission mandated an end to segregation in all bus and train stations and airports. The victorious Freedom Riders left a legacy of historic changes, proving the value of nonviolent direct action, providing a template for future campaigns, and helping jump-start the movement in Mississippi."
Old Greyhound Station History
• in the mid-1930s, as America struggled through the Great Depression, Greyhound Lines adopted a Streamline Moderne design for their buses & terminals, echoing the speed lines of their Super Coaches which, like the Greyhound logo, promised a swift, state of the art ride • brought in engineer Dwight Austin (1897-1960) to create the new Super Coach design & Louisville architect William Strudwick Arrasmith (1898-1965) to reimagine Greyhound terminal design
• in 1937, Greyhound Lines contracted for a Streamline Moderne style terminal in Jackson, topped by a vertical, illuminated "Greyhound" sign • the bldg. was faced with blue Vitrolux structural glass panels and ivory Vitrolite trim • included a coffee shop with a horseshoe-shaped counter & bathing facilities for women (a bath tub) and men (a shower)
• the design is widely believed to be one of the ~60 Moderne Greyhound stations credited to Arrasmith, although photographic evidence suggests that Memphis architect William Nowland Van Powell (1904-1977) — working with George Mahan Jr. (1887-1967) — was responsible for the design, with or without Arrasmith as the consulting architect
• restoration architect Robert Parker Adams acquired the then threatened bldg. in 1988, moved in after restoration, retaining the original neon sign —Wikipedia
The Farish Street Historic District
“but out of the bitterness we wrought an ancient past here in this separate place and made our village here.” —African Village by Margaret Walker (1915-1998)
• during the Reconstruction era that followed the American Civil War, white Southerners struggled to reclaim their lives as millions of black Southerners sought new ones • with the stroke of a pen, the Emancipation Proclamation had transformed African slaves into African Americans & released them into hostile, vengeful & well-armed white communities amid the ruins of a once flourishing society
• the antebellum South had been home to over 262,000 rights-restricted "free blacks" • post-emancipation, the free black population soared to 4.1 million • given that the South had sacrificed 20% of it's white males to the war, blacks now comprised over half the total population of some southern states • uneducated & penniless, most of the new black Americans depended on the Freedman's Bureau for food & clothing
• the social & political implications of this disruptive shift in demographics fueled a violence-laced strain of American racism • in this toxic environment, de facto racial segregation was a given, ordained as Mississippi law in 1890 • with Yankees (the U.S. Army) patrolling Jackson & Maine-born Republican Adelbert Ames installed in the Governor's Mansion, the Farish Street neighborhood was safe haven for freedmen
• as homeless African American refugees poured into Jackson from all reaches of the devastated state, a black economy flickered to life in the form of a few Farish Street mom-and-pops • unwelcome at white churches, the liberated slaves built their own, together with an entire neighborhood's worth of buildings, most erected between 1890 & 1930
• by 1908 1/3 of the district was black-owned, & half of the black families were homeowners • the 1913-1914 business directory listed 11 African American attorneys, 4 doctors, 3 dentists, 2 jewelers, 2 loan companies & a bank, all in the Farish St. neighborhood • the community also had 2 hospitals & numerous retail & service stores —City Data
• by mid-20th c. Farish Street, the state's largest economically independent African American community, had become the cultural, political & business hub for central Mississippi's black citizens [photos] • on Saturdays, countryfolk would come to town on special busses to sell produce & enjoy BBQ while they listened to live street music • vendors sold catfish fried in large black kettles over open fires • hot tamales, a Mississippi staple, were also a popular street food —The Farish District, Its Architecture and Cultural Heritage
“I’ve seen pictures. You couldn’t even get up the street. It was a two-way street back then, and it was wall-to-wall folks. It was just jam-packed: people shopping, people going to clubs, people eating, people dancing.” — Geno Lee, owner of the Big Apple Inn
• as Jackson's black economy grew, Farish Street entertainment venues prospered, drawing crowds with live & juke blues music • the musicians found or first recorded in the Neighborhood include Robert Johnson, Sonny Boy Williamson II & Elmore James
• Farish Street was also home to talent scouts & record labels like H.C. Speir, & Trumpet Records, Ace Records • both Speir & Trumpet founder Lillian McMurry were white Farish St. business owners whose furniture stores also housed recording studios • both discovered & promoted local Blues musicians —The Mississippi Encyclopedia
• Richard Henry Beadle (1884-1971), a prominent Jackson photographer, had a studio at 199-1/2 N. Farish • he was the son of Samuel Alfred Beadle (1857-1932), African-American poet & attorney • born the son of a slave, he was the author of 3 published books of poetry & stories
• The Alamo Theatre was mainly a movie theater but periodically presented musical acts such as Nat King Cole, Elmore James & Otis Spann • Wednesday was talent show night • 12 year old Jackson native Dorothy Moore entered the contest, won & went on to a successful recording career, highlighted by her 1976 no. 1 R&B hit, "Misty Blue" [listen] (3:34)
• in their heyday, Farish Street venues featured African American star performers such as Bessie Smith & the Rabbit Foot Minstrels, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington & Dinah Washington —Farish Street Records
• on 28 May, 1963, John Salter, a mixed race (white/Am. Indian) professor at historically black Tougaloo College, staged a sit-in with 3 African American students at the "Whites Only" Woolworth's lunch counter in downtown Jackson • they were refused service • an estimated 300 white onlookers & reporters filled the store
• police officers arrived but did not intercede as, in the words of student Anne Moody, "all hell broke loose" while she and the other black students at the counter prayed • "A man rushed forward, threw [student] Memphis from his seat and slapped my face. Then another man who worked in the store threw me against an adjoining counter." • this act of civil disobedience is remembered as the the signature event of Jackson's protest movement —L.A. Times
"This was the most violently attacked sit-in during the 1960s and is the most publicized. A huge mob gathered, with open police support while the three of us sat there for three hours. I was attacked with fists, brass knuckles and the broken portions of glass sugar containers, and was burned with cigarettes. I'm covered with blood and we were all covered by salt, sugar, mustard, and various other things." —John Salter
• the Woolworth Sit-in was one of many non-violent protests by blacks against racial segregation in the South • in 1969 integration of Jackson's public schools began • this new era in Jackson history also marked the beginning of Farish Street's decline —The Farish Street Project
"Integration was a great thing for black people, but it was not a great thing for black business... Before integration, Farish Street was the black mecca of Mississippi.” — Geno Lee, Big Apple Inn
• for African Americans, integration offered the possibility to shop outside of the neighborhood at white owned stores • as increasing numbers of black shoppers did so, Farish Street traffic declined, businesses closed & the vacated buildings fell into disrepair
• in 1983, a Farish St. redevelopment plan was presented
• in 1995 the street was designated an endangered historic place by the National Trust for Historic Preservation
• in the 1990s, having redeveloped Memphis' Beale Street, Performa Entertainment Real Estate was selected to redevelop Farish St
• in 2008, The Farish Street Group took over the project with plans for a B.B. King's Blues Club to anchor the entertainment district
• in 2012, having spent $21 million, the redevelopment — limited to repaving of the street, stabilizating some abandoned buildings & demolishing many of the rest — was stuck in limbo —Michael Minn
• 2017 update:
"Six mayors and 20 years after the City of Jackson became involved in efforts to develop the Farish Street Historic District, in hopes of bringing it back to the bustling state of its heyday, the project sits at a standstill. Recent Mayor Tony Yarber has referred to the district as “an albatross.” In September of 2014, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development sanctioned the City of Jackson, the Jackson Redevelopment Authority, and developers for misspending federal funds directed toward the development of the Farish Street Historic District. Work is at a halt and "not scheduled to resume until December 2018, when the City of Jackson repays HUD $1.5 million." —Mississippi Dept. of Archives & History
• Farish Street Neighborhood Historic District, National Register # 80002245, 1980