by Eric Franklin on November 28, 2009
I could sing the praises of The Frye Art Museum until the end of time. After all, who can argue with the power of free – especially when you’re talking about a wonderful collection of art and the outstanding rotating exhibitions (see “The Old, Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art”) that come through the [...]
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Charles Frye,
Emma Frye,
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Frye Art Museum,
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by Eric Franklin on May 29, 2009
The Morning News (which is day in and day out one of my favorite websites) has an intriguing comparative photo study by Charlie White of teenage girls and adult male-to-female transsexuals. The images place a teenage girl side-by-side with a visually similar transsexual. The photos juxtapose two completely different lives in transition reaching a point [...]
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by Eric Franklin on March 17, 2009
I had a fascinating literature course in college which really turned me on to the notion that cities are living and breathing organisms – at least they are up until they die. The inherent challenges of urban design, architecture, and changing patterns of social migration and technology had never really occurred to me. Now, I’m [...]
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Romain Meffre,
Yves Marchand