Wyman wandered New York & Los Angeles in the 1940s and 1950s “to capture compelling images of everyday people working, playing, idling, dancing or selling newspapers.” Her work for Life, Business Week, Look and other magazines “went largely unheralded for decades” but was recognized later in her life. – The New York Times
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Eight Artists Withdraw From Whitney Biennial, Citing Board Member Whose Company Makes Tear Gas
One of the artists wrote to Hyperallergic, “As a mother to a 2-year-old daughter, it terrifies me that my work is currently part of a platform that is now strongly associated with Kanders’ teargas-producing company Safariland. … I have recently taken her to several demonstrations and that further heightened my awareness of the situation. I do not want her to grow up in a world where free and peaceful expression is countered with means that have left people injured and dead.” – Hyperallergic
Netflix And SAG-AFTRA Sign A New Deal
The deal, which includes harassment protection and a ban on private, in-room auditions, also “recognizes performance capture as covered work and includes coverage of dubbing, which applies to all of Netflix’s foreign-language live-action and animated motion pictures dubbed into English.” – Variety
The Comics Fans Who Reshaped The World 50 Years Ago
San Diego Comic Con, like the moon walk, turns 50 this year. And, wow, things have changed. “More than 130,000 people are expected to attend this year; they’re here for comics, yes, but also for their favorite movies, TV shows, books and toys. It’s a far cry from the 300 people who gathered in the basement of San Diego’s U.S. Grant Hotel in the summer of 1970, to see Kirby and the equally legendary sci-fi author Ray Bradbury.” – NPR
Elliot Golub, Who As Concertmaster Shaped Chicago’s Music Of The Baroque, Has Died At 85
Golub was concertmaster at the group’s founding in 1972, and he shaped the sound and direction of the group through choosing the musicians, until he retired from Music of the Baroque in 2006. A critic wrote, “Golub was an inspiring musician to hear and see. … Technically, he was virtuosic. Interpretively, he was consistently passionate. In concert, that was a powerful and irresistible combination.” – Chicago Tribune
Movie-Credit Style Book Credits For All Of The People Who Make That Book Happen?
Yes, writing can be lonely – but producing a published book is a community affair. – The Guardian (UK)
What ‘The Vicious Circle’ Of Writers Did For The United States
The “lunchtime battle of wits” at the Algonquin Hotel prepared a generation of socially conscious writers (especially the most famous of them all, Dorothy Parker) to take on the forces of isolationism, sexism, and anti-radical prejudice. – The New York Times
How The Soul-Sucking Job Of Ushering For A Disney Spectacle On Broadway Inspired The Creator Of A Hot New Musical
Yes, that Disney spectacle was indeed The Lion King, and A Strange Loop‘s Michael R. Jackson spent years working as an usher for the runaway hit. He says, “Being an usher was pretty brutal, for me at least. You’re seeing Broadway patrons up close and personal eight shows a week. Anything can happen. There’s lots of vomit involved, and accidents, and spills, soda, and trash.” But hey, it inspired a musical that “has been thrilling New York audiences with its audacious update of the form.” – Slate
The Weird, Huge Blind Spot At The Heart Of Beyoncé’s ‘Lion King’ Album
It’s the same one that makes Kendrick Lamar’s soundtrack for Black Panther less than ideal, but it’s even more glaring for a film inspired by the geography and culture of Kenya and other East African countries. “What’s … notable, though, is what the album lacks—namely, even a single song from an East African artist.”- The Atlantic
César Pelli, Who Designed Some Of The World’s Tallest Buildings, Has Died At 92
Pelli, born in Argentina, was the former dean of Yale’s architecture school. He designed the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, and architecture critic Paul Goldberger called him “an architect of great dignity and lively creativity who did as much as anyone in the last generation to evolve the form of the skyscraper.” – The Guardian (UK)