helmar lerski
IMAGE (1993. vol 36. issue 3–4.)
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1….INTRODUCTION by James L. Enyeart
Issue dedicated to Beaumont Newhall, former curator and director at the George Eastman House and founder of Image.
3….A LIFETIME DEVOTED TO THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY: BEAUMONT NEWHALL (1908-1993) by Karl Steinorth
A remembrance of the late Beaumont Newhall by his longtime friend Karl Steinorth.
9….POSED AS ROGUES: THE CRISIS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC REALISM IN
JOHN THOMSON'S STREET LIFE IN LONDON by Jeff Rosen
Rosen analyzes Thomson’s photo essay of the urban poor in the 1870s as an inaccurate portrayal due to prevailing Victorian attitudes that influenced Thomson’s understanding of social classes, and Henry Mayhew’s flawed characterization of the urban poor.
41….THE PENETRATING POWER OF LIGHT: THE FILMS OF HELMAR LERSKI by Jan-Christopher Horak
Profile of Lerski spans his entire career but concentrates on his independent film-making in Palestine where his personal signature of extreme close-ups and exaggerated lighting accentuate a metaphorical examination of the working class.
55….RECENT ACQUISITIONS
Brief article profiles Helen Levitt and five of her photographs purchased by the George Eastman House.
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Author : Enyeart, James L., Editor Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures of George Eastman House Volume : 36 Number : 3–4 Date : Fall–Winter, 1993
IMAGE (1961. vol 10. issue 2.)
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HELMAR LERSKI. . . .5
Brief biography of portraitist Helmar Lerski upon acquiring a collection of his photographs.
BOOK REVIEWS. . . . 6
The Japanese Film. Art and Industry. By Joseph L. Anderson and Donald Richie. With a foreword by Akira Kurosawa. Charles E. Tuttle. Tokyo, 1959. 456 pages. 144 illustrations.
Kino. A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. By Jay Leyda. MacMillan. New York, 1960. 493 pages, 32 pages of illustrations.
One Hundred Years of Photography in the North. The Story of Newcastle upon Tyne Photographic Society. By J. Arnold Little. Privately Published, 1960. 44p. 17 illus.
ABSTRACTS. . . . 7
Some early applications of Photography to Science. H. and A. Gernsheim. Discovery, XX (Oct. 1959), 436-42.
A letter by Joseph Bancroft Reade, April 1869. A. T. Gill. Photographic Jour. CI (Jan. 1961), p. 19-13.
The First German Photographic Magazine and Its Editor. Rudolf Skopec. Fotografie (Leipzig), XIV (Oct. 1960), 370-72.
Ste. Therese Rediscovered Living. Paris Match, No. 610 (Dec. 17, 1960), 118-41
The Real Record of a Sneeze. Gordon Hendricks, Infinity, 1X, No. 10 (Dec. 1960), 8-9, 18.
TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS. . . . 8
FREE MATINEE PROGRAMS. . . . 8
GREAT FILMS OF THE WORLD
BEAU GESTE 1926 U.S.A.
WHIRL OF PARIS 1927 France
WHITE SHADOWS IN THE SOUTH SEAS 1928 U.S.A.
FROM THE MANGER TO THE CROSS 1912 Palestine and Egypt
THE OLD AND THE NEW (The General Line) 1929 Russia
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Author : Title : IMAGE: THE BULLETIN OF THE GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE OF PHOTOGRAPHY Volume : 10 Number : 2 Date : February, 1961