Remembering Aaron Copland on his birthday π
π· Irving Penn, 1979
"He has never turned out bad work, nor worked without an inspiration. His stance is that not only of a professional but also of an artist - responsible, prepared, giving of his best."
- Virgil Thomson
An undated portrait of Aaron Copland by the composer David Diamond, who was a fine photographer.
"By having sold out to the mongrel commercialists half-way already, the danger is going to be wider for you, and I beg you dear Aaron, don't sell out entirely yet."
Aaron Copland by George Platt Lynes (undated) @BeineckeLibrary
"The composer who is frightened of losing his artistic integrity through contact with a mass audience is no longer aware of the meaning of the word art."
Aaron Copland & Heitor Villa-Lobos by Genevieve Naylor, 1942
Naylor & Copland were in Brazil, along with Orson Welles & Walt Disney, as part of Nelson Rockefeller's cultural exchange initiative, to keep Latin America away from the influence of the Axis powers.
Coffee with Aaron Copland βοΈ
Gordon Parks took this shot for an October 1955 issue of Life magazine.
Aaron Copland & Oscar Levant laugh it up at a Leonard Bernstein party, photographed by Stanley Kubrick in 1949 for Look magazine @MuseumofCityNY
I adore this shot!
Jane Fowler Morse
Aaron Copland under an umbrella, University of Kansas, 1973 @librarycongress
I took a walk this morning during another atmospheric river visit, so I can relate. βοΈ
Aaron Copland by Erich Auerbach, 1962
When Walter Damrosch heard Copland's Organ Symphony, he said, "If a young man can write a piece like that at the age of 24, in five years he will be ready to commit murder!"
Aaron Copland by Philippe Halsman, 1964
"I occasionally had the strange sensation of being divided in half - the austere, intellectual modernist on the one side; the accessible, popular composer on the other."
Leonard Bernstein between two mentors: Aaron Copland & Serge Koussevitzky.
π· Ruth Orkin, 1940
Aaron Copland by Arnold Newman
Peekskill NY, 1959
"There was always a modesty about Copland, an attitude of not taking success for granted."
- Minna Lederman Daniel
Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring was composed at night at the Samuel Goldwyn studios in Hollywood.
"An air of mystery hovers over a film studio after dark. Its silent & empty streets give off something of the atmosphere of a walled medieval town."
Aaron Copland by Al Hirschfeld, 1997 & 1999
"More than one person thought of Ichabod Crane; and by coincidence he spent his later years in Washington Irving country up on the Hudson."
- Howard Pollack
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A thread of photos by Ralph Morse, another great Life magazine photographer. π§΅
Stickball in Spanish Harlem, 1947
Ralph Morse
Audrey Hepburn with her Best Actress #Oscar, for Roman Holiday, March 1955
A French resistance fighter takes aim at a German sniper attacking a crowd during a tour by Charles De Gaulle, following the liberation of Paris.
A spectacular photo by Ralph Morse for Life magazine, August 1944
Remembering William Steig on his birthday π
π· Jill Krementz, 1973
"The Erotic has always been implicit in Steig's work. Like Picasso, Steig celebrates the body both in ripeness and decay."
- Brendan Gill, Here at the New Yorker
William Steig
September 23, 1985
A great @NewYorker cover on William Steig's birthday. Well-timed, as I'm keeping an eye on a bunch of NFL games this afternoon. Go @Lions!
William Steig
December 31, 1955
One of my favourites: a Top 10 @NewYorker cartoon
Remembering Veronica Lake on her birthday π
She was so good in Preston Sturges' Sullivan's Travels, 1941.
I was absurdly pleased to find out this outfit was designed by Edith Head, who did the costumes for the film. Great shot by Talmadge Morrison, the on set still photographer
A lovely shot by Talmadge Morrison of Joel McCrea & Veronica Lake, in Preston Sturges's Sullivan's Travels, 1941
It must have been a relief for Edith Head to move on to this scene.
Veronica Lake by George Hurrell, 1941
Glamour is one thing, but look at Lake's eyes in this shot. Hurrell is searching for character here, & finding it.
Remembering Louise Brooks on her birthday π
π· Eugene Robert Richee, 1923
"Brooks is a flame fluttering in the wind of her own breath."
- David Thomson
Louise Brooks by Eugene Robert Richee, 1928
"The only star actress I can imagine either being enslaved by or wanting to enslave; and a dark lady worthy of any poet's devotion."
- Kenneth Tynan
A spectacular portrait of Louise Brooks by Eugene Robert Richee, 1928
Herbert Mitgang notes in his 1985 @NYTimes obituary:
"She told Mr. Tynan that she had never been in love, was supported at various times by several millionaires, but declined to marry them."
Another thread of a favourite photographer: Life magazine's Carl Mydans π§΅
Here with his Contax camera in a great shot by his colleague Andreas Feininger, 1942
Vladimir Nabokov by Carl Mydans
Ithaca, New York, September 1958