Georgia O’Keeffe, artist, sitting in her home studio. Photo by Balthazar Korab Studios, 1965.
This preserved scene shows Woman sits in a chair near an easel at the end of a room with a long window on one side and tables on the other. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: Georgia O'Keeffe, artist, sitting in her home studio. Photo by Balthazar Korab Studios, 1965.
This preserved scene shows Woman sits in a chair near an easel at the end of a room with a long window on one side and tables on the other. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: Georgia O'Keeffe, artist, sitting in her home studio. Photo by Balthazar Korab Studios, 1965.
Historical photographs preserve details that written records can miss: clothing, tools, architecture, body language, and the ordinary environments around important changes.
Image: Library of Congress | View original catalog record
Andy Warhol, artist, with a Polavision movie camera. Photo by Bernard Gotfryd, around 1977.
Crowd waiting for the Pope, Yankee Stadium, New York. Photo by Bernard Gotfryd, 1979.
Scott County High School principal Gregory Figgs, Georgetown, Kentucky. Photo by Scott J. Ferrell, 1998.