petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 19 2008 | photography, history, books, people
Quoted: "In 1984, after an absence of twelve years, I returned to the Lower West Side of Buffalo, NY to rephotograph the individuals and families who continued to live in that area. Then, eight years later, after overcoming heart surgery and cancer treatment, I again returned to the Lower West Side to complete a series of Triptychs. The photographs in this series document the lives of the people over a 20 year span." Milton Rogovin
Quoted: Included in this series are photos taken both indoors or outside the homes. There are photographs of changes of homes and storefronts over time as well. Milton and Anne were able to reconnect with 60 families.
- petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Feb 13 2008 | world, travel, india, africa, international, history, geography, photography, blogs
Quoted: The spectacular Janjira fort, a chip of India’s African history, stands in the Arabian Sea, a few kilometers below Mumbai. It is literally referred to as the Island Fort. Covered with trees and roots, it is tall and majestic - proud of the fact that it remained the only unconquered fort in the region.
ShareViewed: 5 Times - petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 10 2007 | architecture, technology, engineering, exhibitions, cities, planning, history, development, photography, travel, design
A history of British architecture, with exceptional photos.
Quoted: select your time period, and get to know the chief characteristics of British architecture. Choose from the Middle Ages, Tudor and Stuart, Georgian, Victorian periods and the twentieth century.
ShareViewed: 26 Times - petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 28 2007 | travel, international, photography, history, amazing, architecture
So awe-inspiring. This may be the place I would most like to visit.
Quote: 15th-Century Getaway A hand-colored 1911 photograph of Machu Picchu, the wintertime retreat of the Inca ruler Pachacuti Yupanqui.
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petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 22 2007 | art, photography, people, history, international, birthdays
Today is the birth date of Henri Cartier-Bresson. This site has some great samples of his work.
ShareViewed: 22 Times- petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 16 2007 | travel, international, politics, history, culture, photography, multimedia, development, environment
Excellent source of information and special features on world nations.
Quoted: The mountain valley city of Sana'a has been occupied for some 2,500 years, and was a major center for the early spread of Islam. Many of the Old City's tower-like buildings are made of rammed earth.
ShareViewed: 8 Times - petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 10 2007 | photography, history, museums, cities, san francisco, travel
Apparently it is the 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love. This site offers a small glimpse of life around Golden Gate Park during that era, but I wonder if there are any good documentaries on this?
Quoted: Unconventional appearance, music, drugs, communitarian experiments, and sexual liberation were hallmarks of the sixties counterculture...
ShareViewed: 27 Times - petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 24 2007 | people, history, photography
Today is Amelia Earhart's birth date. Nice photos here.
Quoted: Amelia Earhart, the official site
ShareViewed: 19 Times - petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 14 2007 | news, photography, cities, new york, history, blogs, video
Amazing photos from the 1977 blackout in New York. There is also a blog posting with video and podcast here: http://tinyurl.com/29jn4y
Quoted: The blackout began at 9:34 p.m. on Wednesday, July 13, 1977. At Shea Stadium, it was the bottom of the sixth inning, and the Mets were losing to the Chicago Cubs...
ShareViewed: 9 Times - petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 10 2007 | architecture, history, museums, travel, russia, international, photography, exhibits
Really hope to see this in September.
Quoted: Lost Vanguard: Soviet Modernist Architecture, 1922–32 examines Soviet avant-garde architecture in the postrevolutionary period.
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