1. Today we conclude our week of posting photographs of Rock icons and legends in celebration of the opening of Patrick Harbron’s Rock and Roll Photography Exhibition at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. We decided to post this rarely seen portrait that Patrick of Ray Charles. Can you say awesome?

    Today we conclude our week of posting photographs of Rock icons and legends in celebration of the opening of Patrick Harbron’s Rock and Roll Photography Exhibition at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. We decided to post this rarely seen portrait that Patrick of Ray Charles. Can you say awesome?

  2. It only seems appropriate to post a photograph of rock icon - and friend to the NYPL - Keith Richards, who is featured in Patrick Harbron’s Rock and Roll Photography exhibition OPENING TODAY!!!! at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Did you know that Keith always wanted to become a librarian? It’s true! 

    It only seems appropriate to post a photograph of rock icon - and friend to the NYPL - Keith Richards, who is featured in Patrick Harbron’s Rock and Roll Photography exhibition OPENING TODAY!!!! at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Did you know that Keith always wanted to become a librarian? It’s true! 

  3. Today in celebration of Patrick Harbron’s upcoming Rock n’Roll photography exhibition opening May 10 at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, we are going to go with this photo of The Boss from 1984. It was GLORY DAYS for Bruce in ‘84 as he had just released his iconic album BORN IN THE USA, was dancing on stage with Courtney Cox and was basically the biggest rock star on the planet (though Michael Jackson may argue with that). Glory days indeed.   

    Today in celebration of Patrick Harbron’s upcoming Rock n’Roll photography exhibition opening May 10 at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, we are going to go with this photo of The Boss from 1984. It was GLORY DAYS for Bruce in ‘84 as he had just released his iconic album BORN IN THE USA, was dancing on stage with Courtney Cox and was basically the biggest rock star on the planet (though Michael Jackson may argue with that). Glory days indeed.   

  4. Here is Day 2 from our upcoming Rock n’Roll photography exhibition by Patrick Harbron that is opening May 10 at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. Today it is David Lee Roth from his Van Halen days! 

    Here is Day 2 from our upcoming Rock n’Roll photography exhibition by Patrick Harbron that is opening May 10 at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. Today it is David Lee Roth from his Van Halen days! 

  5. Can you say awesome? In celebration of the fantastic photography exhibition ROCK AND ROLL ICONS: PHOTOGRAPHS BY PATRICK HARBRON opening May 10 at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts we are going to post a different photograph featured in the exhibition each day this week on TUMBLR. Mr. Harbron has over three decades worth of photographs taken of practically every rock legend from the 70’s, 80’s and early 90’s . Everyone from The Boss to Van Halen to David Bowie is featured. Many of these photographs have never been seen or published before. Rock on! 

    Can you say awesome? In celebration of the fantastic photography exhibition ROCK AND ROLL ICONS: PHOTOGRAPHS BY PATRICK HARBRON opening May 10 at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts we are going to post a different photograph featured in the exhibition each day this week on TUMBLR. Mr. Harbron has over three decades worth of photographs taken of practically every rock legend from the 70’s, 80’s and early 90’s . Everyone from The Boss to Van Halen to David Bowie is featured. Many of these photographs have never been seen or published before. Rock on! 

  6. I iz the champion, my friendz. This photo from our 1940 World’s Fair Collection in our Manuscripts and Archives Division shows a modest feline surrounded by lots and lots of trophies at the Fair’s cat show. It’s unclear if the cat actually won the trophies, or if it just decided to plop itself down on the trophy table (very possible). Happy Caturday (sorry - we were on hiatus for two weeks. Let’s just call it a cat nap). Interested in Caturday? Check out all of our entries. Interested in the World’s Fair Collection? Download our acclaimed free Biblion app, and browse through photos, letters and more.

    I iz the champion, my friendz.

    This photo from our 1940 World’s Fair Collection in our Manuscripts and Archives Division shows a modest feline surrounded by lots and lots of trophies at the Fair’s cat show. It’s unclear if the cat actually won the trophies, or if it just decided to plop itself down on the trophy table (very possible).

    Happy Caturday (sorry - we were on hiatus for two weeks. Let’s just call it a cat nap). Interested in Caturday? Check out all of our entries. Interested in the World’s Fair Collection? Download our acclaimed free Biblion app, and browse through photos, letters and more.

  7. John Milisenda’s photographs of Manhattan’s Lower East Side during the 1960s will be on display at the Grand Central Library through June 20.

    His photos are a candid portrait of everyday experiences, balanced between romanticism and mean streets. Many of these images were made when he was a teenager and even before he studied art at the Pratt Institute.

    John Milisenda lives in Brooklyn. His work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, and the Brooklyn Museum, among others.

  8. Sixteen year old twin dancers, Billie and Patsy Irwin, pose aboard the oceanliner Berengaria. (circa 1920s) Just a fun post for a Wednesday, courtesy of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

    Sixteen year old twin dancers, Billie and Patsy Irwin, pose aboard the oceanliner Berengaria. (circa 1920s)

    Just a fun post for a Wednesday, courtesy of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

  9. artprintsphotographsnypl:

    Come visit our 2 new exhibitions on the theme of Ruin.  They are complementary exhibits of prints and photographs from The Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs.  Both exhibitions, “Photography and Ruin” and “In Pieces: The Ancient Fragment or Ruin in Early Modern Prints” are located on the third floor of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building.

  10. Check out Strato Lizzie, the mascot for Transcontinental Western Airline (TWA), pictured here being shown off in her special traveling case at the 1940 World’s Fair cat show. The picture is currently in our World’s Fair collection in the Manuscripts and Archives Division, and is just cute. The description from 1940 says Strato “put in more air hours than most human beings.” No explanation of what the “Cat Realist Society” is, though. Too bad. Enjoy - happy Caturday!!

    Check out Strato Lizzie, the mascot for Transcontinental Western Airline (TWA), pictured here being shown off in her special traveling case at the 1940 World’s Fair cat show. The picture is currently in our World’s Fair collection in the Manuscripts and Archives Division, and is just cute. The description from 1940 says Strato “put in more air hours than most human beings.” No explanation of what the “Cat Realist Society” is, though. Too bad. Enjoy - happy Caturday!!