Old
family photographs hold lots of clues for genealogy researchers.
Not exact matches
In April of this year, 2004, while shopping at our local Petsmart for food and general supplies for our already large animal
family, we noticed while in the checkout line, a woman being
photographed holding a large white rabbit, thinking that it was some sort of Easter promotion we wandered over to see that it was instead a rabbit rescue organization adopting out adult rabbits.
The Parrish
holds the largest public collection of William Merritt Chase (over 40 paintings and works on paper) and an extensive archive, including more than 1,000
photographs relating to the life and work of the artist, in particular
family photographs of summers spent on the East End.
In these
photographs the three women, twin sisters, one lighter in skin color the other darker as well as a maid, are
family and they
hold both love and contempt for one another.
The act of
photographing these symbolic spaces recalls the
family snapshot and the role that the camera plays in
holding memories.
Also included are
photographs of events he attended or that were
held in his honor and people involved in his life including friends,
family, and collegues.
Among the works included are examples from Newsha Tavakolian's affecting 2006 series «Mothers of Martyrs,» for which the artist
photographed family matriarchs
holding pictures of their sons, who died in a decades - long war between Iran and Iraq.
Over the last year, we have compiled research on each artist at New York University Fales Library (where our archives are
held), collected
photographs of them and their work, and have been in touch with
family or their estate.
Featuring excerpts from the artist's videos «1921 Braddock Summoning 1982» (2009), «A Mother to
Hold» (2006), «Momme Portrait Series (Heads)» (2008), «Momme Portrait Series (Wrestling)» (2009), «Detox (Braddock UPMC)» (2011), and «Self - Portrait (United States Steel)» (2010), as well as
photographs from the series «Notion of
Family» (2002 - ongoing).
The Whole
Family presents a conversation
held with a group of women living in Southern France together with footage taken at Rotterdam zoo and
photographs of motorbikes in public spaces.
Drawn from the deep
holdings of the Rubell
Family Collection in Miami, Florida, the exhibition chronicles this landmark period through paintings, sculptures,
photographs, and works on paper.
One twins an announcement for Bruce Nauman's 1975 Consummate Mask of Rock with a
photograph of Monk's own
family, including young Jonathan,
held aloft in his mother's arms.
Family members of some of the 17 victims of the recent shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School stand with linked arms
holding photographs of their loved ones during a news conference in front of the Parkland school on Monday, March 5, 2018.
It
holds books, manuscripts, newspapers,
photographs and oral histories that could be useful in researching your
family — much of this is available online through Trove.