Fred Herzog was born in Germany in 1930. Immigrating to Canada in 1952, he took odd jobs wherever he could find them. He rented a place at a rooming house, which is where he met Ferro Shelley Marincowitz, a South African who also happened to be a medical photographer. Herzog had an interest in photography; his camera was one of the few items he brought with him from Germany. Marincowitz encouraged that interest and soon they found a basement suite where they built a darkroom for both of them to share.
Over the next several years, Herzog read about technique, studied other photographers, and spent every spare moment shooting. His friendship with Marincowitz eventually led to getting a job as a medical photographer himself, first at St. Paul’s Hospital, and four years later at the University of British Columbia. Herzog was obsessed with the energy of the city. He was drawn to the neon signs, the colorful cars, the food markets, and billboards. He wanted to capture life as it was, to document the “American dream”. He wasn’t interested in commenting on social policy or expressing an opinion one way or another, just showing reality. This was one of the reasons he used color film. It was the way he saw the city and the way he wanted others to see it.
Herzog has spent decades with his camera in his hand, walking not only the streets of Vancouver, but also San Francisco, Montreal, Seattle, and other major cities. It has only been in the last several years, however, that his work has been recognized by galleries and art critics around the world.
Female firefighters at Pearl Harbor 1941.Jacqueline Kennedy standing over her husband, John F. Kennedy, after his spinal surgery, December 1954Major General Horatio Gordon Robley with his collection of tattooed Maori heads. 1895The bombing of this London Church didn’t stop the marriage of Tom Dowling and Martha Coogan by Father Finn, 1940.Protesting corsets at the set of “The Private Affairs of Bel Ami”, NYC, 1946.Alan Parsons and Pink Floyd at Abbey Road 1972 mixing “The Dark Side of the Moon”.Salvador Dali, left, and Walt Disney at a beach in Spain. 1957Marilyn and her flying skirt making history, 1955Zito and Pele in Sweden for the 1958 World Cup.Workers lay bricks to pave 28th Street in Manhattan, 1930The Eagles, 1975.Trick shot champ Bob Geesey shooting pipe out of his wife’s mouth. 1948New York dancer Miss Gilmore, has her portrait painted by the English painter McCutcheon,1925.PEOPLE SIT ON THE CURB AMONGST THE CONFETTI, TICKERTAPE AND PAPER FROM THE PARADE CELEBRATING THE END OF WWII IN NYC ON VJ DAY. AUGUST 14, 1945.American Soldiers posing at the Colón Cemetery, Havana, Cuba, 1902HMS Invisible returns to massive celebrations following the conclusion of the Falklands War, 1982Portrait of Clyde the dog, ca. 1860Sophia Loren, Venice 1955Last public appearance of Chinese leader Mao Zedong, 1976A British soldier uses a bulldozer to push the bodies of the dead into a mass grave, Bergen-Belsen, April 1945.A portable TV concept created in 1967.Lightning strikes the Space Shuttle Challenger before the launch of August 1983.Afganistan, 1970.About 100 people participate in a lottery to divide a 12 acre plot of sand dunes, that would later become the city of Tel Aviv, 1909Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards at Jaggers 30th birthday party, New York City, July 1972The original Charlie’s Angels, Jaclyn Smith, Kate Jackson, and Farrah Fawcett, 1976.Newly liberated female inmates at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp are dusted with DDT powder to kill lice which spreads typhus. May, 1945.Theodore Roosevelt stands with naturalist John Muir on Glacier Point, above Yosemite Valley, California. 1903An American soldier says farewell at Pennsylvania Station in New York City before being posted overseas in December of 1943.Asakusa district in Tokyo. “A former soldier, wounded during the Second World War, begging in the streets. 1951.U-boat breaks the surface at a sharp angle… as seen through the periscopeThe moose “Stolta”, who once participated in a horse race (and allegedly won), Sweden, 1908Baghdad, Iraq. July 2004. A man tries to tame an Arabian horse looted from one of Saddam Hussain’s palaces in Baghdad, Iraq. July 2004.
Puerto Rico (Spanish for ‘Rich Port’; abbreviated PR; Taino: Boriken, Borinquen), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit. ‘Free Associated State of Puerto Rico’) is a Caribbean island and unincorporated territory of the United States. It is located in the northeast Caribbean Sea, approximately 1,000 miles (1,600 km) southeast of Miami, Florida.
The Commonwealth is an archipelago among the Greater Antilles located between the Dominican Republic and the U.S. Virgin Islands; it includes the eponymous main island and several smaller islands, such as Mona, Culebra, and Vieques. It has roughly 3.2 million residents, and its capital and most populous city is San Juan. Spanish and English are the official languages of the executive branch of government, though Spanish predominates.
Originally populated by the indigenous Taíno people, Puerto Rico was colonized by Spain following the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1493. It was contested by other European powers, but remained a Spanish possession for the next four centuries. Spanish rule led to the displacement and assimilation of the native population, the forced migration of African slaves, and settlement primarily from the Canary Islands and Andalusia. Within the Spanish Empire, Puerto Rico played a secondary but strategic role compared to wealthier colonies like Peru and New Spain. By the late 19th century, a distinct Puerto Rican identity began to emerge, centered around a fusion of indigenous, African, and European elements. In 1898, following the Spanish–American War, the United States acquired Puerto Rico.
Puerto Ricans have been U.S. citizens since 1917, and can move freely between the island and the mainland. However, as residents of an unincorporated territory, American citizens of Puerto Rico are disenfranchised at the national level, do not vote for the president or vice president, and generally do not pay federal income tax. However, in addition to the other four territories which send non-voting representatives to Congress, they do participate in presidential primaries. As it is not a state, Puerto Rico does not have a vote in the U.S. Congress, which governs it under the Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act of 1950. Puerto Rico is represented federally solely by one non-voting member of the House called a Resident Commissioner. The U.S. Congress approved a local constitution in 1952, allowing U.S. citizens residing on the Island to elect a governor. Puerto Rico’s current and future political status has consistently been a matter of significant debate.
Beginning in the mid-20th century, the U.S. government, together with the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company, launched a series of economic projects to develop Puerto Rico into an industrial high-income economy. It is classified by the International Monetary Fund as a developed jurisdiction with an advanced, high-income economy; it ranks 40th on the Human Development Index. The main drivers of Puerto Rico’s economy are manufacturing (primarily pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, and electronics) followed by the service industry (namely tourism and hospitality). (Wikipedia)
A worker on a pineapple plantation near Manati.A tobacco farm in the Puerto Rico Rehabilitation Administration agricultural experiment area near Cayey.Farmers cultivate tobacco near Barranquitas.A worker cuts sugarcane on a plantation.The family of an FSA borrower near Barranquitas.Farmers cultivate tobacco near Barranquitas.Members of a glee club sing during a party for FSA borrowers in Corozal.San Juan.Farmers’ wives who live in the hills near Corozal.A boy on the road near Corozal.Boys in a slum in Yauco.A worker on a sugar plantation pauses for a lunch of rice, beans, and papaya.A family in a slum in Yauco.A street in the town of Lares.Striking sugar workers at a meeting in Yabucoa.A meeting of striking workers in Yabucoa.The mayor of Yabucoa addresses a crowd of striking workers in the town plaza.A man trims a fighting cock in Utuado.A pineapple plantation near Corozal.A street vendor in Santurce.Laborers on a sugar plantation near Arecibo.Laborers harvest sugarcane from a burned field near Guanica.An ox cart driver in a burned sugar cane field near Guanica.Laborers harvest sugarcane near Guanica.A worker on a sugar plantation takes a drink of water.A cartload of sugarcane near Guanica.A worker unloads sugarcane at a depot in San Sebastian.A man in a slum area in Utuado.Children in Utuado.A woman working in a tobacco field near Barranquitas.A beggar and child in San Juan.A street in San Juan.A street vendor in Yauco.Jíbaros (traditional farmers of the mountainous interior of the island) plant tobacco in a hillside.A woman who lives on land in Santurce that the FSA is buying for a land and utility housing project.
Born 1925 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Burt Glinn served in the United States Army between 1943 and 1946 before studying literature at Harvard University where he edited and photographed for the Harvard Crimson college newspaper. From 1949 to 1950, he worked for Life magazine before becoming a freelancer.
Glinn became an associate member of Magnum in 1951 along with Eve Arnold and Dennis Stock – the first Americans to join the young photo agency – and a full member in 1954. He made his mark with spectacular color series on the South Seas, Japan, Russia, Mexico and California.
In 1959, Glinn received the Mathew Brady Award for Magazine Photographer of the Year from the University of Missouri.
Glinn covered the Sinai War, the US Marine invasion of Lebanon and Fidel Castro’s takeover of Cuba. In the 1990s, he completed an extensive photo essay on the topic of medical science.
Versatile and technically brilliant, Glinn was one of Magnum’s great corporate and advertising photographers. He received numerous awards for his editorial and commercial photography, including the Best Book of Photographic Reporting from Abroad from the Overseas Press Club and the Best Print Ad of the Year from the Art Directors Club of New York.
Glinn served as president of ASMP from 1980-1981. Between 1972 and 1975, he was president of Magnum, and was re-elected to the post in 1987.
Burt Glinn died in 2008 in Southampton, New York, aged 82, because of kidney failure and pneumonia.
These glamorous photos of classic beauties are part of his work that Glinn shot in the 1950s and 1960s.
Maria Callas in the role of ‘Lady of the Camelias’, 1955Neile Adams (wife of actor Steve McQueen), 1956Suzy Parker in Klosters, Switzerland, 1957Suzy Parker in Klosters, Switzerland, 1957Brigitte Bardot and boyfriend Sacha Distel behind her with guitar, St. Tropez, France, 1958Brigitte Bardot, St. Tropez, France, 1958Fashion photo by Burt Glinn, Paris, 1958Elizabeth Taylor checks her hair on the set of “Suddenly, Last Summer”, London, June 1959Elizabeth Taylor during a break while filming “Suddenly, Last Summer”, June 1959Elizabeth Taylor ignores the begging of beach urchins in a scene from “Suddenly, Last Summer”, Spain, 1959Elizabeth Taylor in scene from “Suddenly, Last Summer”, Spain, 1959Elizabeth Taylor on the set of “Suddenly, Last Summer”, Sagaro, Spain, 1959Elizabeth Taylor on the set of “Suddenly, Last Summer”, Sagaro, Spain, 1959Elizabeth Taylor on the set of “Suddenly, Last Summer”, Sagaro, Spain, 1959Elizabeth Taylor with sons Christopher and Michael (Wilding) on the set of “Suddenly, Last Summer”, Sagaro, Spain, 1959Katharine Hepburn during filming of “Suddenly, Last Summer”, 1959Katharine Hepburn during filming of “Suddenly, Last Summer”, 1959Katharine Hepburn during filming of “Suddenly, Last Summer”, 1959Marilyn Monroe listens to Khrushchev during the Soviet premier’s 1959 visit to HollywoodModel wearing orange bikini lies on a hotel rooftop in Havana, Cuba, 1959Twenty-five-year-old Elizabeth Taylor on the set of “Suddenly, Last Summer”, London, June 1959Fashion model in dressing room, photo by Burt Glinn for feature in LIFE, Paris, 1960Fashion models (Audrey Sedor in front) from feature story in LIFE, Paris, 1960Model in casino in Havana, Cuba, 1960Cardin’s model Hiroko wearing his creation, 1961Jane Fonda at the Actor’s Studio Benefit Ball, 1961Model in colorful silk dress by Pucci, 1963Model on runway during haute couture show of Guy Laroche, Paris, 1963Sophia Loren (with milliner Jean Barthet), 1963Sophia Loren at home, 1963Sophia Loren during filming of “The Fall of the Roman Empire”, Spain, 1963Sophia Loren during filming of “The Fall of the Roman Empire”, Spain, 1963Sophia Loren sits in front of cabinet displaying all her awards, 1963Sophia Loren, 1963Sophia Loren, 1963Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick and Chuck Wein, New York City, 1965Gloria Swanson (1899-1983), 1966Reflection of Twiggy applying mascara, London, 1966Richard Avedon in his studio with model, Veruschka, New York, 1966Richard Avedon working with Veruschka in his studio, New York City, 1966Twiggy and her mum (Mrs. Nellie Hornby), 1966Twiggy during a photo-shoot in London, 1966Twiggy during a photo-shoot in London, 1966Twiggy during a photo-shoot in London, 1966Twiggy during a photo-shoot in London, 1966Twiggy with boyfriend-manager Justin de Villeneuve at a party, London, 1966Twiggy with boyfriend-manager Justin de Villeneuve, London, 1966Twiggy with boyfriend-manager Justin de Villeneuve, London, 1966Twiggy with Justin de Villeneuve pose for a photo shoot, London, 1966Twiggy, goofing off, during a photo shoot, 1966Twiggy, London, 1966Four bikini-clad sunbathers lie on tiger-striped rafts at the Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1968
Manhattan-born Anne was christened Dawn Evelyeen Paris on April 17, 1918. Her father died while she was still a baby and she and her widowed mother lived a very meager New York existence at first.
Beginning her career as a child actress under the stage name Dawn O’Day, Shirley adopted the name of the character she played in the film adaptation of Anne of Green Gables in 1934, and achieved a successful career in supporting roles. Among her films is Stella Dallas (1937), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
During this time of major success, Anne met and eventually married actor John Payne in 1937. The popular Hollywood couple had one child, Julie Payne, who became an actress of her own for a time in the 1970s. Her subsequent career was full of promise but with every quality picture bestowed upon her, such as Vigil in the Night (1940) and The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941), came a faltering one that hurt her career, including Career (1939) and West Point Widow (1941). Especially disappointing was her long-anticipated “Green Gables” sequel Anne of Windy Poplars (1940), which received very lackluster reviews.
The still-young actress finished on top, however, opposite Dick Powell in the classic movie mystery Murder, My Sweet (1944). Divorced from John Payne in 1943, Anne decided to end her career after her second marriage to the movie’s producer Adrian Scott in 1945, tiring of the Hollywood rat race she had endured since a child. Never an ambitious actress, Anne stayed with her career as long as she did primarily to please her mother. Her three-year marriage to Scott was unable to sustain the legal troubles of her husband’s 1947 blacklisting (he was one of the “Hollywood 10” imprisoned during the McCarthy era for his communist affiliations). Her 1949 marriage to screenwriter Charles Lederer, the nephew of actress Marion Davies, was her longest and most fulfilling.
Never tempted to resume her career at any time, she remained a charming and gracious socialite in the Hollywood circle. A painter on the side, she at one point entertained the thought of becoming a behind-the-scenes worker, such as a dialogue coach, but it was never pursued aggressively. Her husband’s sudden death in 1976 triggered a severe emotional crisis for Anne, who turned for a time to alcohol. Recovered, she lived the rest of her life completely out of the limelight, dying in 1993 of lung cancer at age 75.
Not as well remembered as an actress of her award-worthy caliber should be, perhaps had Anne Shirley given Hollywood a longer tryout and added a bit more bite to her rather benign, sweetly sentimental image, her star wouldn’t be as dim today. Nevertheless, she has unarguably preserved herself quite well on film.
George Murphy and Anne Shirley in The Powers Girl (1943)Walter Reed and Anne Shirley in Bombardier (1943)Eddie Albert and Anne Shirley in Lady Bodyguard (1943)George Murphy and Anne Shirley in The Mayor of 44th Street (1942)George Murphy and Anne Shirley in The Mayor of 44th Street (1942)John McGuire and Anne Shirley in Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)Tom Brown, Gertrude Messinger, and Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables (1934)Anne Shirley in The Spanish Dancer (1923)William Farnum and Anne Shirley in The Man Who Fights Alone (1924)Elliott Dexter and Anne Shirley in The Fast Set (1924)Barbara Stanwyck and Anne Shirley (right) in Stella Dallas (1937)Barbara Stanwyck and Anne Shirley (right) in Stella Dallas (1937)Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, and Anne Shirley (Left) in Stella Dallas (1937)Anne Shirley in Stella Dallas (1937)Betty Compson and Anne Shirley (right) in The Fast Set (1924)Maude Eburne, Lillian Randolph, and Anne Shirley (center) in West Point Widow (1941)John Beal and Anne Shirley in M’Liss (1936)Dick Powell and Anne Shirley in Murder, My Sweet (1944)Miles Mander and Anne Shirley in Murder, My Sweet (1944)Anne Shirley in Murder, My Sweet (1944)Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables (1934)
Rock and roll began in the 1950s and people wanted to listen to the latest hits on a cheap, portable record player. Record players, though, were often not cheap, amounting to several months of saving, but nevertheless many people made the sacrifice.
These cool pictures that captured people with their record players in the 1950s.
James Dawson Indecent Exposure North Shields Police Station, UK June 9, 1902Lawrence Armstrong Theft North Shields Police Station, UK September 30, 1915Mustapha Irola False Pretenses North Shields Police Station, UK August 19, 1904William Stanley Moore Dealing opium Central Police Station, Sydney May 1, 1925Isabella Hindmarch Theft Newcastle, UK Circa 1871-1873Charles Ormston Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Circa 1930sHerbert Ellis Central Police Station, Sydney Circa 1920Andrea Laudano Larceny North Shields Police Station, UK July 21, 1904Ellen (“Nellie”) Kreigher Murder Central Police Station, Sydney July 13, 1923James Chase Obtaining money by false pretenses North Shields Police Station, UK January 22, 1916William Morrissey Sleeping Outdoors North Shields Police Station, UK July 11, 1904Digambar Badge One of the attempters on Gandhi’s life, afterwards released for cooperating with the prosecution India May 12, 1948Catherine O’Neill Theft New York 1906James Davit Obtaining money by false pretenses Newcastle, UK Circa 1871-1873Tom O’Day, alias Joe Chancellor Member of the Hole in the Wall gang Circa 1900Lewis Powell (aka Payne) Abraham Lincoln assassination conspirator Aboard the U.S.S. Saugus April 27, 1865Lizzie Cardish Arson Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary 1906Nathan Leopold Murder Joliet Prison, Illinois 1924Francis Flood Theft Central Police Station, Sydney May 5, 1920Charles S. Jones Larceny North Shields Police Station, UK September 15, 1914Alice Cooke Bigamy and theft State Reformatory for Women, Long Bay, New South Wales 1922John Gumis Larceny North Shields Police Station, UK October 5, 1903Valerie Lowe Breaking and entering Central Police Station, Sydney February 15, 1922Dutch Schultz Gangster 1931Jean Baptiste Troppmann Murder Paris 1869From left: Leonetti, Guiffaut, and Galendemi (first names unspecified) Bank robbery and murder, Marseilles, France, 1930Mafia shootout suspects Regio Calahia, ItalyJames E Howe Theft North Shields Police Station, UK September 19, 1906Jane Forbes Larceny North Shields Police Station, UK January 26, 1905Walter Smith Breaking and entering Central Police Station, Sydney December 24, 1924E.L. Jones, Grand Larceny, 1900sFrank Clark, Rape, 1900sClaude F. Hawkins, Murder, 1900sWilliam Brown, Resisting an Officer, 1900sW.H. Lovelett, Rape, 1900sGeo. O’Niel, Burglary, 1900s
