Tag Archives: Janice Loeb

moods of modernism… berlin to the bayou

Post war American movies were locked into a pattern that began when Shirley Temple saved Hollywood studios from completely going under and were “rescued” by Morgan and Rockefeller money and then the post WWII era saw the norm being movies … Continue reading

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examining the cracks

Play as an irrational pre-cultural activity. Fairytales have profound psychological meanings. Or so though Helen Levitt. In Europe, Mussolini was washing the Italian public through a cinematic industry that would gouge out the real for the most kitschy dog-show nonsense … Continue reading

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ceremonies of innocence: zesty improvised lives

The more things change, the more they stay the same? Before Helen Levitt and James Agee worked together on the documentary “The Quiet One” , they had planned to collaborate on a book of photographs and text. Levitt took the … Continue reading

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