July 16, 2009 by massmeeting
Jimmy Forsyth, the photographer who took gritty portraits of city life in Newcastle, died last week at the age of 95. Take a look at just a few highlights from his career, shot over a period of 50 years, as he framed a lasting portrait of the northern, working-class community he was part of….
- 1 / 13 Photographer Jimmy Forsyth at his home, 1990 Photograph: Keith Pattison/Newcastle Libraries and Information Service
- 2 / 13 Sycamore St girls, 1957 Photograph: Jimmy Forsyth/Tyne & Wear Archives
- 3 / 13 Couple, 1950s Photograph: Jimmy Forsyth/Tyne & Wear Archives
- 4 / 13 Demolition on Sycamore St, 1960 Photograph: Jimmy Forsyth/Tyne & Wear Archives
- Jimmy Forsyth: Ann Doughty 5 / 13 Ann Doughty Photograph: Jimmy Forsyth/Tyne & Wear Archives
- 6 / 13 Pine St, 1960 Photograph: Jimmy Forsyth/Tyne & Wear Archives
- 7 / 13 Old man, Quayside, 1950s Photograph: Jimmy Forsyth/Tyne & Wear Archives
- Jimmy Forsyth: Quayside – St George’s Day 1958 8 / 13 Quayside on St George’s Day, 1958 Photograph: Jimmy Forsyth/Tyne & Wear Archives
- 9 / 13 Ragman, Delaval Road, 1959 Photograph: Jimmy Forsyth/Tyne & Wear Archives
- 10 / 13 Royal Oak girl, Scotswood Road, 1956 Photograph: Jimmy Forsyth/Tyne & Wear Archives
- Jimmy Forsyth: Newcastle 11 / 13 A man with his son Photograph: Jimmy Forsyth/Tyne & Wear Archives
- 12 / 13 ‘Gatters’ McElderry, c1957 Photograph: Jimmy Forsyth/Tyne & Wear Archive
- 13 / 13 A city scene, with demolition in the background Photograph: Jimmy Forsyth/Tyne & Wear Archives
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February 21, 2009 by massmeeting
A rickshaw, women in elaborate kimonos and Jesus of Nazareth – his face painted white with the flaring red lines typical of makeup in Japanese kabuki theatre – take the stage for a final rehearsal of Jesus Christ Superstar in Tokyo
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February 21, 2009 by massmeeting
A pedestrian is silhouetted at a business district in Tokyo. In the last quarter Japan’s economy suffered its largest contraction since the 1974 oil crisis, with an unprecedented slump in exports
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February 21, 2009 by massmeeting
Photographer Luiz Vasconcelos, Jornal A Critica/Zuma Press, won 1st prize General News Singles
Luiz Vasconcelos of Jornal A Critica/Zuma Press, won first in the prize General News Singles category. The photograph shows a woman trying to stop forced eviction of her people in Manaus, Brazil
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February 7, 2009 by massmeeting
A Cyprus Airways plane is stranded just off a taxi way after heavy snow has hit Heathrow Airport (Steve Parsons/PA)
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February 7, 2009 by massmeeting
A Tibetan villager waits for the start of a procession outside a monastery near Tongren, Qinghai province. The display is part of the Prayer Festival, one of the most important celebrations in Tibetan Buddhism (Reinhard Krause/Reuters)
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February 3, 2009 by massmeeting
Η ώρα του χιονιού. Ένας σκύλος με το αφεντικό του απολαμβάνει την πρώτη του εμπειρία με το χιονισμένο τοπίο – στο St. James’s Park, στο κεντρικό Λονδίνο. [Adrian Dennis]
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February 1, 2009 by massmeeting
Η εκθαμβωτική Κάθριν Τζένκινς, που ξέρει να μαγεύει το κοινό της όπως κάποτε έκανε η Μαρία Κάλλας, επανέρχεται στην Αθήνα, μετά την τελευταία συναυλία της στο Παναθηναϊκό Στάδιο πριν από δύο χρόνια, πλάι στον Πλάθιντο Ντομίνγκο. Η Ουαλλή μεσόφωνος που δεν έχει προλάβει να πατήσει τα τριάντα, εκτός από αγαπημένη τραγουδίστρια της Μεγάλης Βρετανίας, δίνει κάθε χρόνο εκατοντάδες παραστάσεις στις μεγαλύτερες μουσικές σκηνές στην Ευρώπη και στον υπόλοιπο κόσμο. Και σαν να μην έφτανε αυτό, το πρώτο της άλμπουμ, «Premiere», κατάφερε να σημειώσει τις πιο γρήγορες πωλήσεις που είχε κάνει ποτέ δίσκος μεσοφώνου, μετά τη Μαρία Κάλλας.
«Katherine Jenkins in Concert», λοιπόν, με πρωταγωνίστρια μια νεαρή γυναίκα που έχει καταφέρει να παντρέψει μέσα από τη φωνή της και την προσωπικότητά της, τον κόσμο της κλασικής μουσικής με την ποπ κουλτούρα, χωρίς να «χάνεται» το επίπεδο της ερμηνείας της πουθενά. Η πολυμήχανη Τζένκινς, πέρυσι τέτοια εποχή, εξέδωσε την αυτοβιογραφία της, η οποία παρουσιάστηκε σε αποσπάσματα και στην εφημερίδα Daily Mail, ενώ πριν από τρεις μήνες κυκλοφόρησε το τελευταίο της άλμπουμ, «Sacred Arias», το οποίο είναι ήδη το πιο δημοφιλές στις λίστες των δίσκων κλασικής μουσικής στη Μεγάλη Βρετανία.
Την Πέμπτη 5 Φεβρουαρίου, στο Μέγαρο Μουσικής Αθηνών, στις 8.30 μ.μ. Βασ. Σοφίας & Κόκκαλη, τηλ. 210-72.82.333
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January 29, 2009 by massmeeting
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John Updike was born in Shillington, a small town in eastern Pennsylvania, the son of a maths teacher and a saleswoman. ‘I loved Shillington not as one loves Capri or New York, because they are special,’ he later wrote, ‘but as one loves one’s own body and consciousness, because they are synonymous with being’. His mother encouraged him to write, but had thwarted literary ambitions of her own; when asked about her son’s fame in later years, she replied: ‘I’d rather it had been me’
Photograph: Getty
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January 22, 2009 by massmeeting
MONTAGE: LIZZY OWEN
‘They both set out to make sure that France was never the same again’: In his book Alain Duhamel points out the startling parallels between Nicolas Sarkozy and Napoleon – and their marriages to Carla Bruni and Empress Josephine
Small men. Big ideas. Glamorous wives. The similarities between Nicolas Sarkozy and Napoleon are uncanny – and now have been explored in a book by France’s foremost political commentator.
[The Independent, Thursday, 22 January 2009]
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