Hungarian-born photographer Sylvia Plachy immigrated to the United States in 1958. She is best known for her photographs in the Village Voice. Plachy’s solo shows include exhibitions at the Whitney Museum at Philip Morris, the Minneapolis Institute of Fine Arts, and venues in Canada, Europe, and China. Plachy’s award-winning books include Unguided Tour (1990); Red Light, a photographic essay on the sex industry (1996); and Self Portrait with Cows Going Home, a personal history of Eastern Europe (2004). In 2004, Plachy received the Women in Photography International Distinguished Photographer Award.
It was agreed that Grandfather and I would go forth at midnight of 1 July. This would present us with fifteen hours. It was agreed, by everyone except for Grandfather and I, that we should travel to…
This detail appears in a relief from the palace of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (r. 705–681 BCE), in Nineveh depicting the Assyrian conquest of Lachish in 701 BCE. (For the full relief, see "Conquest…
Lights up on Judith.The rest of the company have their backs to the audience. They are dressed in 1940s costumes. She is dressed in today’s casual clothes.Judith:I was in Germany and they went on…