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photography
A Photojournalist’s Twist on Nazi Image
Following the Communist party line, Heartfield could lampoon the Social Democratic leaders of the Weimar Republic as viciously as he did the Nazis, sharpening the enmity between the two left-wing parties that paved the way for the Nazi takeover.
A World of Makeup, Midriffs and Mirrors
\”Girl Culture\” began while Lauren Greenfield was perusing pictures she had shot in Las Vegas for a German magazine. She kept returning to an image of a 30ish showgirl primping at her dressing table at the Stardust Hotel. Taped to her mirror were magazine cutouts of models and a note, \”I approve of myself\”; the surrounding area was cluttered with the beauty tools Greenfield first encountered at sleepaway camp. The photographer suddenly realized she had something in common with the showgirl.
Mystic Letters
If God uttered words to create the universe, it\’s not surprising that two L.A. artists are using the Hebrew alphabet as inspiration for their own work.
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