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Home » Life Magazine

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Posted inArts & Culture

Before #BlackLivesMatter, there was Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison

by Aimee Levitt July 21, 2016August 18, 2021

Two lost photo essays, now on display at the Art Institute, go beyond racial stereotypes to reveal the real life of Harlem.

Posted inArts & Culture

Art Shay: The man with the golden lens

by Aimee Levitt January 29, 2015August 18, 2021

He was one of the mid-20th century’s most prolific photographers. Now, at 92, Shay’s getting the vast archive that fills his home in order, and he’s finally receiving the appreciation from the art world he’s long deserved.

Max's art appeared on a Boeing 777.
Posted inArts & Culture

Peter Max isn’t a fad, he’s a great artist

by Tal Rosenberg September 4, 2014August 18, 2021

In defense of Peter Max, acid-age designer and painter

Danny Lyon, Route 12, Wisconsin from The
Bikeriders (Aperture, 2014)
Posted inArts & Culture

The Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club rides again

by Patrick Sisson April 22, 2014August 18, 2021

Documentary photographer Danny Lyon’s The Bikeriders revs up for a long-overdue reissue.

Posted inBlogs

Bradbury on Hemingway

by Michael Miner June 7, 2012August 19, 2021

How Ray Bradbury tried to redeem Hemingway’s death

Posted inBlogs

Before Shaft

by Ed M. Koziarski April 20, 2009August 19, 2021

The Block Museum kicks off its Gordon Parks photo exhibit with a Thursday screening of his film “The Learning Tree,” the first modern studio film by a black director.

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