In David Byrne’s Office
Photographer Gil Inouoe shares an intimate look at the creative space of one of the most innovative artists and musicians of the late Twentieth Century, former Talking Heads front man, David Byrne.
To view more images, visit Colt+Rane.
Gil Inouoe, David Byrne’s Office (2012).
Source: http://colt-rane.com/wp-content/uploads/ip7driv3copiec.jpeg
Vintage White Tower Restaurants
Our friends at Art Deco Architecture recently shared this terrific photo of a vintage White Tower Restaurant in Baltimore, Maryland. The photo is included in the online portfolio, “Hidden Baltimore” by photographer Michael Horsley.
Michael Horsley. White Tower Hamburgers, 550 N Howard Street, (1985).
Source: http://decoarchitecture.tumblr.com/post/36353179028/white-tower-hamburgers-8-baltimore-maryland
The collection includes the White Towers shown in this post along with several haunting images of commercial architecture in Baltimore from the first half of the Twentieth Century. Click here to view more.
Michael Horsley. White Tower Hamburgers, Erdman Avenue 1 (1989).
Source: http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4073/4934905221_97f286d189.jpg
Michael Horsley. White Tower Hamburgers, Washington Blvd. (1986).
Source: http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4109/5023321925_8955a043dc.jpg
Mr. Horsley’s work can also be viewed on the American National Standard.
Postcards: The Tweets Of Their Day
In the time before computers and social media, if one wanted to send a brief informal message, one scribbled their thoughts on the back of a postcard. Fast Company’s Co.Design blog recently posted a review of a new exhibit at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) called, “The Postcard Age.” The show features numerous postcards from the Museum’s Leonard A. Lauder collection.
“The Postcard Age” is running now through April 13, 2013 at the Museum Of Fine Arts Boston.
Read the review and see more great postscards on Co.Design.
More information on the MFA’s exhibition.
Luigi Bompard. Cover postcard for the series Photography, (c. 1900).
Source: http://www.fastcodesign.com/multisite_files/codesign/imagecache/slideshow-large/slideshow/2012/10/1671144-slide-03-cover-postcard-for-the-series-photograph.jpg
Silly Saturday: Go Frank Go!
Never let it be said that architect and designer Frank Gehry wouldn’t go the extra mile to make a sale. In this 1972 photo by Ralph Morse, Gehry is shown demonstrating the structural integrity of his compressed cardboard desk. Thank you to Eloise Moorehead for sharing this photo originally posted on the edithsheads blog.
Ralph Morse, Frank Gehry (1972).
Source: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m68esg7Aoh1qbkmx9o1_500.jpg
Deco Art Glass Windows
When one thinks of art glass windows it’s usually the work of Louis Comfort Tiffany or Frank Lloyd Wright that comes to mind. Art Deco generally isn’t associated with leaded art glass windows. The work of René Lalique is more in keeping with typical Art Deco glass.
Australian photographer David Thompson, however, recently posted three marvelous examples of Art Deco glass windows that he discovered on a building in Moruya, New South Wales. We’re sharing one here; you can see more on David’s blog, Art Deco Buildings.
David Thompson, Art Deco Window in Moruya, New South Wales (2012). Copyright David Thompson.
Photographer Pedro E. Guerrero (1917-2012)
Frank Lloyd Wright, George Sturges House (1939). Photo by Pedro E. Guerrero (1947).
Source: http://www.trbimg.com/img-50529b9d/turbine/la-hm-briefsgu-136.jpg-20120913/600
Pedro E. Guerrero, who is perhaps best known for his photographs of Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic mid-century buildings, died on September 14, 2012. The best of these photographs can be viewed in Guerrero’s book, Picturing Wright: An Album from Frank Lloyd Wright’s Photographer, published in 1993.1
In addition to capturing images of Wright’s work, Guerrero “photographed buildings by other architects, including Marcel Breuer, Eero Saarinen, Edward Durrell Stone and Philip Johnson; [and] documented the work of sculptors Alexander Calder and Louise Nevelson.1”
Reference
1. Muchnic, L. (September 14, 2012). Pedro E. Guerrero dies at 95; fine arts photographer. Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-pedro-guerrero-20120914,0,7037728.story
For Further Reading
Guerrero, P.E. (2007). Pedro E. Guerrero: A Photographer’s Journey. Princeton Architectural Press, New York, New York.
Guerrero, P.E. (1993). Picturing Wright: An Album from Frank Lloyd Wright’s Photographer. Pomegranate Communications, Petaluma, California.
Mid-century Sign Language
Los Angeles art director and photographer Marc Shur has posted a stunning set of outdoor advertising signs that date from about the Forties through the Sixties on his Flckr set. The photo here shows a sign that incorporates a clock, located on Ventura Boulevard in Encino, California, and is just one of a collection of dozens of photos of outstanding retro signs you can spend the better part of a hour or so enjoying.
Marc Shur, Time to Buy (2012). Copyright: Marc Shur.
Darwin D. Martin House’s Top 11 Events of 2011
As a new year begins, Eric Jackson-Forsberg, curator of the Darwin D. Martin House Complex remembers the institution’s top news and events of the past year. One highlight was a visit from legendary Taliesin photographer Pedro Guerrero and his wife, pictured below.
Pedro Guerrero and his wife, Dixie (2011). Photographer unknown.
Source: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Fu_WUKI-RGQ/TvNzrWvpVLI/AAAAAAAABDA/N61h1s8Vsvc/s1600/IMGP3400.JPG
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Beth Sholom Synagogue
Prairie Mod has recently posted a photographic virtual tour of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Beth Sholom Synagogue in the FEATURES section of their site. See the tour »
Frank Lloyd Wright, Beth Sholom Synagogue (1954), Elkins Park, PA.
Want to know more about this masterpiece from late in the architect’s career? Outta The Way has posted an informative article on the Beth Sholom Synagogue.
Vote for Pedro!
Last month Frank Lloyd Wright’s personal photographer, Pedro E. Guerrero, visited the Darwin D. Martin House in Buffalo, New York. According to Mark Sommer’s article in the Buffalo News, Guerrero was impressed with the complex’s restoration: ” ‘Marvelous, absolutely spellbinding. It’s breathtaking it’s so beautiful,’ Guerrero said.”
Pedro E. Guerrero at the Darwin D. Martin House, Buffalo, NY, August 30, 2011. Credit: Harry Scull, Jr., Buffalo News
Source: http://www.buffalonews.com/incoming/article538652.ece/BINARY/w620/flwrightphotog.jpg
Read the entire article. Thank you to The Weekly Wright-up for sharing this news.
Read more on the Darwin D. Martin House, and Mr. Wright’s relationship with Darwin D. Martin.
Pedro E. Guerrero, David Wright House, Phoenix, AZ (1952).
Source: http://www.guerrerophoto.com/Wright-Architecture-II-Gallery/images/11dWexterior1-1952.jpg
