
Kubrick’s ‘Dr. Strangelove’ premiered on January 29, 1964
☛ LACMA – Stanley Kubrick: “Early brainstorming on titles and subtitles for Dr. Strangelove.” Photo courtesy of the Stanley Kubrick Archive at the University of the Arts, London. Included in the “Kubrick” app launched in 2013, in conjunction with the exhibition “Stanley Kubrick” (previously here). • • • This newspaper clipping from The New York […]

A Noiseless Flash: John Hersey’s ‘Hiroshima’, 1946
Like most homes in this part of Japan, the house consisted of a wooden frame and wooden walls supporting a heavy tile roof. Its front hall, packed with rolls of bedding and clothing, looked like a cool cave full of fat cushions. Opposite the house, to the right of the front door, there was a […]

“Atomic Age Kiss?”, International News Photo, 1954
☛ New York Journal-American photographic morgue: “Atomic Age Kiss?” by International News Photo, published on December 1954. Rec. no NYJA000321. © The Ransom Center. Official description: Air raid wardens in Bonn, Germany, wearing radioactive protective clothing and masks. This photo ―which was manually retouched― is part of a folder of seven items labeled “Atomic bomb” […]

“The Shadow” by Brigitte Zieger, 2010
☛ Brigitte Zieger: “The Shadow”, painting on grass, 49 x 56 meters, shape of a B 52, 2010, Biennale Les Environnementales, Jouy-en-Josas. Brigitte Zieger was born in Germany in 1949. She currently lives and works in Paris, France. Excerpt from a comment about this work of art written by Gilles A. Tiberghien and published in […]