Need help finding a photo

[mummer43]

I recently saw a really neat picture of the Statue of Liberty that was an aerial photo of just her head and there were people looking out from all the windows at the top. It was in black and white and it was beautifully framed. I also saw a really good one of the Chrysler building and that was really nice as well.

If anyone knows which photo I am talking about, I would greatly appreciate some info on it.

[lofter1]

Maybe this one (http://www.monroegallery.com/showcase/images/StatueLiberty.jpg) (Margaret Bourke-White, 1951):

http://www.monroegallery.com/showcase/images/StatueLiberty.jpg

© Time Inc.

[mummer43]

That's it, thanks!

[lofter1]

Margaret Bourke-White took this shot of the Chrysler Building (http://www.gallerym.com/work.cfm?ID=88) in 1931 ...

http://www.gallerym.com/images/work/big/bourke-white_margaret_3_chrysler_building_ny_1931_L.jpg (http://www.gallerym.com/order.cfm?ID_work=88)

Chrysler Building
New York City 1931
© Time, Inc


Here is Bourke-White atop the Chrysler, prepping that ^ shot ...

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j312/Sunshower76/MargaretBourkeWhite.jpg



restless soul (http://igotid.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/ny/)

I love this photograph.

I was reminded of it again today when I had to take it down from the notice board, next to my office desk, where it has been hanging for the past four years. It was sent to me on a postcard from NY by a friend, and in it you can see Life Magazine’s photojournalist, Margaret Bourke-White (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourke_White) atop the Chrysler Building (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Building). The photo was taken by her dark room assistant Oscar Graubner.

I love it for multiple reasons. At first glance it is simply an iconic portrayal of New York, and it is impossible to mistake it for anything else other than a photo of the city. It brings to mind images of the American industrial design of the 30’s, and it is also remissive of a time when there was still hope for equality through industrial prosperity. But ultimately, it is the bluntness of the portrait that strikes me the most, as well as the powerful, bold image it evokes. It is a statement of fearless endangerment and nonconformity, posed by an implausible female figure defying height, space and time.

Margaret Bourke-White was the first Western photographer to visit the Soviet Union, and did a pioneer photographic essay of the Indian partition. Hers was the photograph that graced the cover of the first issue of Life Magazine and her photographic depictions of the booming American industrial era are a celebration of beauty in an otherwise stern and ascetic environment.

It is a memorable photograph, and it serves me as a simple daily reminder of human creativity.



http://igotid.wordpress.com/

[mummer43]

Thanks again! Does anyone know a good place to buy photos like this that are framed?

[lofter1]

I found the Bourke-White photos at the GalleryM website (http://www.gallerym.com/artist.cfm?ID=17).

They also have many other photographers (http://www.gallerym.com/category.cfm?ID=3).

All seem to be available for purchase.