Tag Archives: photography

Movieland Mystery Photo

Posted on August 13, 2012 by lmharnisch

Here’s another mystery photo from the amazing collection of Steven Bibb.

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Seeing L.A. Through the Lens of History – C.C. Pierce’s Photos

Posted on July 10, 2012 by lmharnisch

My latest column for The Times is on early L.A. photographer C.C. Pierce.

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Update +]

Posted on June 21, 2012 by lmharnisch

And here’s Thursday’s mystery chap! Update: This is Ben Blue. Please congratulate Gary Martin (1), Don Danard (2), Mary Mallory (3), Bob Levinson (4), Mike Hawks (5), Greg Clancey (6), William (7), Jenny M (8), Dewey Webb (9), Gregory Moore … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Posted on June 18, 2012 by lmharnisch

Here’s another mystery photo from the collection of Steven Bibb!

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on June 13, 2012 by lmharnisch

What happened to our mystery guest? Update: This is O.J. Simpson and Melissa Michaelsen in “Goldie and the Boxer.” I’m especially impressed that so many readers recalled this opus:  Gary Alexander (1), Michael Ryerson (2), Periwinkle (3), Barbara Klein (4), … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated ++++]

Posted on May 25, 2012 by lmharnisch

Our mystery guest, at left, with a mystery companion, who had a nasty experience with an artist’s paintbrush. Update: As most people realized, this is Frank Albertson with Sally O’Neil in “The Brat.”

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated ++]

Posted on May 21, 2012 by lmharnisch

Here’s another mystery photo from the amazing collection of Steven Bibb! [Update: This is Claire Luce. Please congratulate Dewey Webb and Mike Hawks for identifying her.]

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on May 14, 2012 by lmharnisch

Here’s another mystery photo from the amazing collection of Steven Bibb! Our mystery guest is a stumper. I’ll leave him up another day to give the stragglers a chance. Update: This is Deems Taylor, the music critic and narrator of … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo

Posted on May 12, 2012 by lmharnisch

Too easy? Well, it is Saturday….

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on May 10, 2012 by lmharnisch

And for Thursday, we have a fun-loving bunch of mystery guests! Update: This is Lila Leeds being pawed by a bunch of newsmen in a gag photo for the Los Angeles Press Club. Please congratulate Steven Bibb for identifying her. … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated ++]

Posted on April 18, 2012 by lmharnisch

Here’s another photo from the amazing collection of Steven Bibb! [Update: This is Henry Armetta with John Garfield in “Dust Be My Destiny.”] Just about everybody recognized one or both of our mystery guests (although Herb Nicholas threw me a … Continue reading →

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Spring Street revisited

Posted on July 21, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Munsey Studios, winter 1900 found another image of the Ramona Hotel on Spring Street from about the same era as the earlier picture.  Unfortunately, I scanned it at such great resolution that my computer can’t handle the whole … Continue reading →

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Photo shoot

Posted on November 28, 2007 by lmharnisch

Here’s how news editors (now they’re called "page designers") used to crop feature pictures down to a one-column mug. The original portrait. Here’s hoping the poor AP photographer never saw how it got butchered.    First, rotate the picture so … Continue reading →

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Tribute to Jack Gaunt

Posted on October 27, 2007 by lmharnisch

The Times published the obituary of photographer Jack Gaunt, who won a Pulitzer for his 1955 picture of a couple whose young child had been swept out to sea. Joe Jares writes of Gaunt: I had the privilege of working … Continue reading →

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A Man Ray Jigsaw Puzzle

Posted on October 16, 2006 by lmharnisch

The Detroit News has published an article on book dealer John K. King, who is offering “Man Ray: Photographs 1920-1934 Paris” inscribed by Man Ray to Dr. George Hodel. The book sold Sept. 14, 2006, for $4,600 in an auction … Continue reading →

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