Robert Wiles – May 1, 1947 ‘The most beautiful suicide’

Via: Burned Shoes

On May 1, 1947, Evelyn Francis McHale leapt to her death from the observation deck of the Empire State Building (“Warhol Suicide”). Photographer Robert Wiles took a photo of McHale a few minutes after her death.

The photo ran a couple of weeks later in Life magazine accompanied by the following caption:

“On May Day, just after leaving her fiancé, 23-year-old Evelyn McHale wrote a note. ‘He is much better off without me … I wouldn’t make a good wife for anybody,’ … Then she crossed it out. She went to the observation platform of the Empire State Building. Through the mist she gazed at the street, 86 floors below. Then she jumped.

In her desperate determination she leaped clear of the setbacks and hit a United Nations limousine parked at the curb. Across the street photography student Robert Wiles heard an explosive crash. Just four minutes after Evelyn McHale’s death Wiles got this picture of death’s violence and its composure.” (read more here and here)

~

http://blog.burnedshoes.com/

.

NYC – Mohsin Shezad

Via: Humans of New York

Meet Mohsin Shezad.

I left my iPhone in the backseat of Mohsin’s cab on Thursday. When he discovered it, he drove back to where he’d dropped me off, and spent several minutes looking for me. When I finally called an hour later, he was all the way across town, but drove 30 minutes to meet me. Then he tried his damnedest to refuse a reward, saying: “Please sir, your fare was enough. Please sir, no.”

This man has a wonderful and humble soul.

~

See more of the real New York, HERE:

http://www.humansofnewyork.com/post/47296468778/meet-mohsin-shezad-i-left-my-iphone-in-the

.

Humans of New York – Image Gallery

She’d roll twenty yards ahead, stop, turn around, and wait for Grandma.

***

See more photos, HERE:

http://www.humansofnewyork.com/

.

 

Brawlers,Bawlers&Bastards.com

Man on Stilts, New York

1929-30

****

GREAT site, check it out!

http://k-a-t-i-e-.tumblr.com/

Wartime Farewells – Image Gallery

Via: LIFE

Alfred Eisenstaedt

April, 1943

Penn Station, NYC

~

See more photos, HERE:

http://life.time.com/history/true-romance-the-heartache-of-wartime-farewells-penn-station-1943/?iid=lb-gal-viewagn#1

.

New York City – Image Gallery

Via: First Time User

Al Fenn

A snowstorm hits New York City in February 1960.

.

See more photos, HERE:

http://www.faciepopuli.com/tagged/New-York-City

.

Henri Dauman – Image Gallery

Via: First Time User

New York City

~

See more, HERE:

http://firsttimeuser.tumblr.com/tagged/Henri-Dauman

***

***

For over half a century of photojournalism, Henri Dauman has journeyed the world documenting the historical events, personalities and cultural changes of the 20th century. As a feature photographer for LIFE Magazine he captured personalities from the political world such as John and Jacqueline Kennedy, Richard Nixon and celebrities from the world of art and pop culture like Andy Warhol, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe and many others at telling moments of their lives. By the mid 60’s, Dauman’s contract with LIFE Magazine had offered him opportunities to work with other publishers and magazines such as New York Times, New York Magazine Newsweek, Forbes, Smithsonian and Town & Country.

~

Read more, HERE:

http://daumanpictures.com/about-henri-dauman/

.

Walker Evans – Subway photos (1938 – 1941)

Via: Retronaut

See more photos, HERE:

http://www.retronaut.com/2012/12/subway-photographs-by-walker-evans/

***

Walker Evans (November 3, 1903 – April 10, 1975) was an American photographer best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) documenting the effects of the Great Depression.

Read more, HERE:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_Evans

.

Alfred Eisenstaedt – Image Gallery

Via: First Time User

New York’s Penn Station, 1944

~
See more photos, HERE:

http://firsttimeuser.tumblr.com/tagged/Alfred-Eisenstaedt

***

Q: Did the young corporal make it back home?

A: Don’t know, but I sure hope so.

.

http://firsttimeuser.tumblr.com/tagged/Alfred-Eisenstaedt

Helen Levitt – Image Gallery

Via: First Time User

 New York City (2 kids dancing), c.1940

~~~

See more photos, HERE:

http://firsttimeuser.tumblr.com/tagged/Helen-Levitt

***

Helen Levitt (August 31, 1913 – March 29, 2009) was an American photographer. She was particularly noted for “street photography” around New York City, and has been called “the most celebrated and least known photographer of her time.”

~~~

Read more, HERE:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Levitt

.