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Article: Fascinating Times: a century of photographs from the nation's most prestigious newspaper.(The New York Times; Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY)
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- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- September 1, 1996
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Carefully selected from more than 1,000,000 pictures in The New York Times' archives, this exhibition of the visual image imparts the gripping immediacy that constitutes both an indispensable presence in the daily paper and a vital part of history.
COMMEMORATING the 100th anniversary of Adolph S. Ochs' purchase of The New York Times, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, has mounted an exhibition of 150 black-and-white photographs of major world events, human interest stories, and natural and man-made disasters, as well as politicians, celebrities, and sports figures.
As Peter Galassi, chief curator of the exhibition, indicates in the book, Pictures of the ...