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Left: Sidewalks of New York - Bernadine Kielty (1923)
Bottom middle: Life Magazine (1936)
Top middle: ABC book - A. Dilworth Faber (1934)
Right: Beszedek a Komintern I. Kongresszusam - Lenin (1969)
Photo by Allan Grant LIFE
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Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922 – September 8, 1965) was an American actress and singer. She was the first African-American to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Carmen Jones (1954). Dandridge had also performed as a vocalist in venues such as the Cotton Club and the Apollo Theater. During her early career, she performed as a part of the Wonder Children, later the Dandridge Sisters, and appeared in a succession of films, usually in uncredited roles.
In 1959, Dandridge was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Porgy and Bess. She was the subject of the 1999 biographical film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, with Halle Berry portraying her. She had been recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
According to Legend, in Tokyo in June 1950, a young Japanese photographer, Jun Miki, a part-timer for ‘Life’ magazine showed two American photojournalists, David Duncan and Horace Bristol, some prints he had taken with a barely known ‘Nikkor’ lens on a Leica 35mm camera. They were both sufficiently impressed to arrange for a trip for the three of them to the nearby Nippon Kogaku factory where they were given a demonstration and a comparison between the Nikkors and the lenses made by Leitz and Zeiss.
Duncan was so convinced by the superiority of the Nikkors over the German lenses of that time that he purchased a set. When the Korean War broke out a few days later he used them on his Leica bodies throughout his coverage of the war.
His negatives were sent back to Life’s New York office for printing and publication. The technicians asked if he was using a plate camera and considered that the sharpness of the photographs was better than anything they had previously seen from 35mm negatives.
Other Life photojournalists started using Nikkors and some purchased Nippon Kogaku’s rangefinder Nikon Cameras which they found to be more reliable in the severe Korean winter.
Experts examined both the camera and lenses and in December the New York Times ran an article in praise of the equipment.
A myth developed that Life magazine was so impressed with the results that they ordered a special batch of black painted Nikon S bodies for their staff. The black finish made them less conspicuous on the battlefield and some had larger wind-on and rewind knobs for easier handling with gloves.
The story remained a myth for decades until diligent research by Nikon Rangefinder Guru, Robert Rotoloni, published photographs in his seminal book and journal in 2007. A very small number of contenders have emerged, some with the mythical large knobs, others without but with adequate provenance.
Body number 6108685, owned by Katsuhara Takashima was the first to be examined by Rotoloni in 1987. This had the standard rewind knobs. The lens was an all black f1.4 Nikkor 331242.
This was sold at the Leitz photographic Auction in Vienna in November 2023 and fetched €48,000.
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Gel medium transfers layered on panels with imagery from 50's and 60's Life magazine and Road &Track magazines;leraset and acrylic paint washes.
Delainey's exhibition, "The Air is Heavy," is on view from November 4-23, 2011. The Mezzanine Gallery, open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., is located in the Carvel State Office Building, 820 N. French Street, Wilmington.
more images of Delainey's Exhibition here.
1955, Chicago, Illinois: Dorothy Crouch, legs crossed in graceful scissors stance, arm raised, after releasing ball in preliminary match during nine-day championship tournament.
Photo by Francis Miller
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Dorothy June Crouch, 89 (June 6, 1931 - January 1, 2021)
Her passion in life was to bowl and was a 50 (+) year member of the National Woman's Bowling League and won many awards including a State Games of Americas gold medal during her bowling career. She would always tell you to keep that thumb at 11 o'clock and bring that arm up over your shoulder! She graced the stage of The Price Is Right show winning her prize package and will be remembered playing the piano, guitar, singing and crocheting beautiful blankets.
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