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Every weekly issue from the golden age of LIFE magazine from 1936 to 1972 is available on Google books at:
books.google.co.uk/books/about/LIFE.html?id=R1cEAAAAMBAJ&...
Malcolm X, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1962
Eve Arnold
Gelatin silver print
Eve Arnold was commissioned by LIFE magazine to photograph the Black nationalist organisation, Nation of Islam. She gradually built a rapport with Malcolm X, who became a prominent Civil Rights activist before his assassination in 1965. Made during a visit to Black-owned businesses in Chicago, this portrait reveals Malcolm's acute awareness of his media image.*
Taken from the exhibition
Fragile Beauty: Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection
(May 2024 to January 2025)
Showcasing over 300 rare prints from 140 photographers, Fragile Beauty is a major presentation of 20th- and 21st-century photography on loan from the private collection of Sir Elton John and David Furnish.
Selected from their collection of over 7,000 images, the photographs (many of which will be on public display for the first time) are era-defining images which explore the connection between strength and vulnerability inherent in the human condition.
Historically made from candle wax and now frequently created using PVC, the process is incredibly bespoke, with each item being made to order for individual restaurants. Having evolved beyond menu promotion, the process has now become its own form of cultural expression in Japan, and food replicas can be found on goods from keyrings to phone cases, some of which will be stocked at the Shop at Japan House London.
The exhibition covers the period from 1950 to the present day, bringing together an unrivalled selection of the world's leading photographers to tell the story of modern and contemporary photography. Celebrated works include a monumental installation of 149 Nan Goldin prints from her Thanksgiving series, as well as images from Robert Mapplethorpe, Cindy Sherman, William Eggleston, Diane Arbus, Sally Mann, Zanele Muholi, Ai Weiwei, Carrie Mae Weems and others.
Brand new acquisitions are also on display by Tyler Mitchell, Trevor Paglen and An-My Lê. These join some of the very first acquisitions made by John, including fashion photographs by Horst P. Horst, Irving Penn and Herb Ritts.
Marking 30 years of collecting, the exhibition celebrates Elton John and David Furnish's passion for photography and reflects their personal taste and unique eye as collectors. Across eight thematic sections, Fragile Beauty explores themes such as fashion, reportage, celebrity, the male body, and American photography. Portraits of stars from stage and screen also feature, including photography of Aretha Franklin, Elizabeth Taylor, The Beatles, and Chet Baker. Many photographs in the exhibition respond to themes of persecution, resistance, and key moments in history, including images of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, AIDS activism of the 1980s and the events of 11 September 2001.
[*V&A]
Taken in the V&A Museum
Life Magazine, December 22, 1941. This is probably the first issue of the magazine that came out with a deadline after Pearl Harbor (the magazines always came out several days prior to the cover date).
The date is gone from the mutilated cover, but this is the December 22 1941 issue. America had just entered the war.
Didn't realize automobiles knew so much. Today's "American made" cars have an identity crisis, since so much of their innards are made overseas.
=====Message=====
Date: Undated
Text-in ink:
"Dear Pete,
All I have time for is a card today to let you know that everyone is OK. Your mother was in yesterday and we had a nice visit. I let her read your letter--cheating behind your back, huh?
What you been doing lately that is interesting? You know what I have been doing. The same old grind of statements, "thank-yous", and hair washing. Tonight being Saturday, I think I might take in the midnight show but am not sure, because Mom says that I can't go anywhere until I get all those darn "thank-yous" out. I still have those same 25 to do plus one more.
We got a tablespoon yesterday from Jo and Bill Hogsett. If things keep coming in like that, I'll never get them all out.
Gee, honey, I'm right in style with my short hair. The new Life came out this week, showing the new hair cut which is practically identical with the one I gave myself. Not bad, huh?
I have to get back to work because it is about time for the Boss to get back from Dinner,
Love,
Betty Ruth
I'll write a long letter tomorrow."
=====Description Information=====
Postcard title: BNSC-21, 02
Publisher: Unmarketed postcard
Date published: Circa 1941
Collection: Betty and Nelson Saunders Collection.
Printed text: None
Postcard period: Linen
Location found: Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Date found: March 7, 2025.
Price paid: Free.
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