The Art World of the 1950s and ‘60s
Today we wish a happy birthday to abstract expressionist painter Willem de Kooning with a look back at some of the luminaries of the 1950s and ‘60s art world. EAST HAMPTON, N.Y.—Willem de Kooning, 1970.
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Book of the Week RFK Funeral Train by Paul Fusco Thirty-nine years ago this week in Los Angeles, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. A funeral train carried his body from New York City to Washington, D.C. In RFK Funeral Train, Paul Fusco documents the funeral train procession. Despite the hot weather, hundreds of thousands of people stood along the train tracks waiting to pay their respects. | Join the Fray © Marilyn Silverstone / Magnum Photos What do you think of these photos? Join the Fray, our reader discussion forum. As a photojournalist I am interested in searching for the positive commonalities in human spirit, to expose those intimate moments among people that reminds us of dignity and hope in the face of conflict. Moises Saman |