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Taken in 1951, many of the images from the contemporary version of Boardwalk Sheet Music Montage came from this contact sheet.

Evolution of an iconic Image: Boardwalk Sheet Music Montage, 1952 to 2020   

By Judith Thompson
Sep 28, 2020
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“No rent, no cockroaches, no tomorrow”: Celebrating Valentine’s Day 2020   

By Judith Thompson
Feb 13, 2020
About this photograph Currently exhibiting
Follow your heart, 1978

Paris preview #2: Coney Island Quietude   

By Judith Thompson
May 17, 2018
About this photograph Currently exhibiting
Dancers’ Arms, 1978

Paris preview #1: The sculptural body   

By Judith Thompson
May 8, 2018
About this photograph Currently exhibiting News
Man and wife drinking Kruger beer, 1952. One of the prints exhibiting at Arles and also appearing in the book The life and work of Sid Grossman, which will include works by some of Grossman’s students.

On view now in NYC: Man and wife drinking Krueger beer, 1952   

By Judith Thompson
Apr 18, 2018
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The Cook, the photographer and the poison ivy: Story of a photo shoot   

By Judith Thompson
Jun 29, 2017
About this photograph Current events
Haitian man with daughter, Coney Island, 1950

Dignity and the Human Spirit: MLK Day 2017   

By Judith Thompson
Jan 16, 2017
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Storefront Christ and Children was taken in 1950. This Church, now the Beulah Church of Christ, is at Mermaid Avenues in Coney Island, not far from my own home.

The Broken Christ: On compassion and the nature of this earthly life   

By Judith Thompson
Dec 23, 2016
About this photograph Current events
A lone soldier stands guard on an empty, foggy road, Fort Dix, New Jersey, 1952.

The road into the unknown: A post-election Veteran’s Day reflection   

By Judith Thompson
Nov 11, 2016
65 years of photographing About this photograph
Cyclone First Drop, 1950, Coney Island

The 2016 season opens at Coney Island: 100 free rides on the Cyclone!   3

By Judith Thompson
Mar 29, 2016
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Haitian man with daughter, Coney Island, 1950

Dignity and the human spirit   3

By Judith Thompson
Nov 8, 2015
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Ripple effects: Subject, student and teacher remember a moment in time   4

By Judith Thompson
Oct 26, 2015
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Man in the mirror, Philadelphia, 1964

“What’s a selfie?” and other thoughts about self-portraits   3

By Judith Thompson
Sep 23, 2015
65 years of photographing About this photograph
Children with fiddler in Brooklyn, 1949

You can’t take Brooklyn out of the boy: Remembering the summer of ’49   4

By Harold Feinstein
Aug 21, 2014
65 years of photographing About this photograph Current events
Acik Radyo Music of the People poster with Coney Island Boardwalk Montage, 1952 © Harold Feinstein

The gift that keeps on giving: The Coney Island boardwalk   4

By Harold Feinstein
Jul 1, 2014
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Available light: Many shades of white   15

By Harold Feinstein
Jan 28, 2014
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Standing Guard, Korea, 1953

Veteran’s Day, the U.S. Postal Service and me   6

By Harold Feinstein
Nov 10, 2013
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Boardwalk Sheet-music Montage, Coney Island, 1950

Coney Island sheet music — of and for the people!   14

By Harold Feinstein
Oct 7, 2013
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