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Original caption: At 6:20 A.M., her work over at last, Callen quietly took the first nourishment that she has had for more than 27 hours.
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W. Eugene Smith’s Landmark Photo Essay, ‘Nurse Midwife’
“In December 1951, LIFE published one of the most extraordinary photo essays ever to appear in the magazine. Across a dozen pages and featuring more than 20 of the great W. Eugene Smith’ pictures, the story of a tireless South Carolina nurse and midwife named Maude Callen opened a window on a world that, surely, countless LIFE readers had never seen — and, perhaps, had never even imagined. Working in the rural South in the 1950s, in “an area of some 400 square miles veined with muddy roads,” as LIFE put it, Callen served as “doctor, dietician, psychologist, bail-goer and friend” to thousands of poor (most of them desperately poor) patients — only two percent of whom were white.”
“Nurse Midwife” as it appeared in the Dec. 3, 1951, issue of LIFE magazine.
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“Ken McLaughlin (Roddy McDowall) is a precocious 10-year-old who lives with his family on a remote Wyoming ranch. When Ken returns home from school with failing grades, his father, Rob (Preston Foster), blames the boy’s lack of personal responsibility. At the suggestion of his wife, Nell (Rita Johnson), Rob allows Ken to choose a single colt from the herd to raise as his own. Much to his father’s dismay, Ken chooses a fiery mustang filly – but the two soon become fast friends.” – Google
Movie clip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQsLfPq-PB8
Mary O’Hara’s book on which the film is based was thought to be obscene by some people for its cursing, drinking and, God forbid, the gelding of a horse. The book was banned in some quarters and children were only allowed to read the Reader’s Digest condensed (or should I say “censored”) version of the story. The 1943 film is based on the Reader’s Digest version of things.
Title: Life Magazine - Oil
Alternative Title: [Life magazine, Texas oil story]
Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie
Date: ca. July - December 1937
Place: Texas or Louisiana
Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection
Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 12.8 x 18 cm.
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The famous LIFE Magazine photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square New York has been recreated as a much larger than life statue in Sarasota FL.
(CHECK OUT HIS WORK BELOW )......
According to digitaljournalist.org:
"...when it came to choosing the one photojournalist who had the most profound impact, and who leaves the greatest legacy, there was no question whom that person is - Alfred Eisenstaedt.
Eisie took note early on as a news photographer in Berlin, in the late 1920s of a new small camera invented by Dr. Erich Salomon: the Ermanox. By reducing the image size to that of a postage stamp, it was possible to devise lenses for it fast enough to take pictures with ordinary room light, no flash. Eisie instinctively understood that with this tool it would be possible to work unobtrusively, recording people as they really are. He took advantage of every talent and attribute he had.
One, an accident of God, was his small stature. Eisie could easily slip unnoticed into a room. He was a chameleon, and his charm made him welcome with every subject he approached. Most important, as Carl Mydans writes in this month's issue, he had the curiosity of a child. He never stopped being amazed and delighted by watching and photographing the people around him. This youthfulness of mind and spirit endured throughout his life. A year before he died, in 1995, he told me "I have the body of a 90-year-old, but the mind of a 20-year-old."
He never tired of taking pictures. During his annual vacations at his home on Martha's Vineyard, he would set about documenting the island he loved so much. The amount of work he produced throughout his lifetime is prodigious. From LIFE cover stories to scores of exhibitions and many books, his photography is constantly being rediscovered. Henry Luce, as he was creating LIFE Magazine, understood that Eisie was the prototype for this new breed of visual storyteller. Eisie in turn, created the form and shape of the photo-essay that provided the foundation on which other photographers would build.
We miss him very much, but take comfort in knowing that he is still with us through his brilliant images the gift he left to the world."
Alfred Eisenstaedt is buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Queens, New York.
(bw effect is a tribute)
In 1949, people probably got a big bang out of clever wordplay like “Eggcitement”. LIFE Magazine, April 11, 1949.
Captain Jesus Villamor (1914-1971) was one of the pioneering Filipino pilots of the Philippine Army Air Corp (PAAC). Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for downing two Japanese enemy planes in 1941, Villamor was appointed director and instructor at the Officers’ Training Unit in Williamstown. Villamor Air Base (formerly Nichols Field) was named in his honor.
(Photo by Carl Mydans/LIFE Magazine.)
Special Double Issue - The Magic of the Movies. Natalie Wood and a plethora of popular actors and actresses of the time.
08 Mar 1968, Khe Sanh, South Vietnam --- Hairstylist service is a rarity at the embattled Marine bastion of Khe Sanh, so Marine PFC Robert DuBios of Brooklyn, NY, does the honors for a buddy and shaves the head of Cpl. Efrain Torres of New York outside their bunker here March 7th. Scores of Communist troops moving toward the Marine fortress March 8th were killed in napalm and bombing attacks by Allied aircraft. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
"The wonderland of bounding arches, transparent walls and butterfly stilts shown here is an everyday familiarity to students at Westmoor High School in Daly City, Calif. A far cry from the buildings that dominate most schoolyards, it is one of a series of spectacular schools recently built in the San Francisco Bay Area by architect Mario J. Ciampi" - LIFE Magazine, May 25, 1959. Mural by artist Anne Knorr. Gorgeous color photos by Fred Lyon.
I see Sally Ride, Reagan, Michael Jackson, an Ewok, David Bowie, Jesse Jackson, Carl Lewis, Alan Alda, Princess Grace, Mariel Hemingway, Muammar Quadafi, Margaret Thatcher, and a bunch of people I can't quite place. Maybe Leona Helmsley.
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I was asked a lot by those fortunate enough to view my 'Everyone Could Use A HERO' fine-art Exhibit: "What does El Che' have to do with any of the other Heroes in the exhibit?' Well it's quite simple, really. Not only is El Che' a HOOD and Pop Art Culture icon, (his T-shirts and memorabilia alone top the records for top-selling items) but I thought how ironic for the right-hand man of Fidel Castro himself to be gone from us after nearly 50 years (his anniversary is this Oct) and still speak to the people plus, have this type of relevancy is beyond human belief. Besides, this is the man who actually sat down and chatted with Malcolm X and played a guitar with John Lennon before their deaths. After studying those facts, plus what the man did for Africa; I had to immortalize his heroic soul. As an Historical Artist, I never capture a soul unworthy of my canvas. Yop, El Che' certainly deserved to be immortalized just as much as any of the other 'HEROES' souls that I captured. (You know those old movies where about ten gunmen would line-up in front of some prisoners for an execution before they yelled 'ready, aim, fire)? Yop. That was El Che' who came up with that idea. Please check the movie 'The Motorcycle Diaries' about Che's early life (before) all the carnage he inflicted. (peace)... *T.M.NOEL/ ANGRYHOUZE, inc.
Special Double Issue - The Magic of the Movies. Natalie Wood and a plethora of popular actors and actresses of the time.
With the arrival of Opening Day already upon us, I take you back to 1939 as the Yankee Clipper graced the cover of Life magazine, and 1956 for Life's cover of Mickey Mantle. These Center Fielders were in their near prime perfect years, Joe D. posted mind-blowing stats of: .381 average, .448 OBP, .671 Slugging, and 1.119 OPS. Mickey won the Triple Crown in 1956 with .353 Avg, 52 HR, and 130 RBI. From my Dad's magazine collection.
Ramon Magsaysay was appointed Secretary of National Defense by President Elpidio Quirino, on August 31, 1950.
(Photo courtesy of LIFE Magazine)
Photo shows Gerardo Manuel ("Gerry") Roxas, President Roxas' mother Rosario Picazo, and Ma. Rosario "Ruby" Roxas.
(Photo courtesy of LIFE Magazine.)
Special Double Issue - The Magic of the Movies. Natalie Wood and a plethora of popular actors and actresses of the time.
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