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The Ugly Ideals Of Beauty

Posted 04.05.2012

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Sometimes after flipping through a magazine full of Photoshopped models and airbrushed celebs, confronting the mirror as a (gasp!) regular person can ...

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Alex Prager Gets A Little Bit Dramatic

The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.11.2012

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Alex Prager's photographs are emblems of the joys and tragedies of living in Los Angeles. The self-taught photographer does for LA what Woody Allen di...

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PHOTOS: Blacklisted New York Photographers

The Huffington Post | Christopher Mathias | Posted 03.27.2012

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In 1936, a group of left-leaning, politically radical photographers in New York-- many of whom were Jewish, first-generation Americans-- formed The Ph...

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GRAPHIC: Murder Is His Business

Posted 01.24.2012

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These photos are not for the squeamish. Street photographer Weegee was known for his unemotional snapshots of gruesome aftermaths ... aestheticizing a...

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PHOTOS: Murder And Crime In 1940s New York

The Huffington Post | Christopher Mathias | Posted 01.03.2012

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Arthur Felig, AKA Weegee (a bastardization of Ouija, as in the board--a pseudonym chosen for his almost clairvoyant ability to arrive at crime scenes ...

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Through a Lens, Starkly: Weegee's Naked Hollywood

Tom Teicholz | Posted 01.29.2012

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Coney Island Cornerstones on Surf Avenue Face Demolition

Michael Immerso | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Immerso

By allowing Surf Avenue's historic buildings to be razed, the city risks treating Coney Island as a brand name rather than a place. That's like Texas tearing down the Alamo to build an Alamo theme park.

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Before TMZ: Changes in the Crime Beat

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Before camera phones, crime photographs had to be captured by the professionals who made it their business to be at a crime scene as soon as possible -- an effort that required dogged diligence.

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