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Check out 17 prints from famed fashion photographer Lillian Bassman, who died just last month, at Books & Books Miami Beach. Now through June 1.Bassman won acclaim in the 1940s and ’50s with high-contrast black-and-white portraits of models that had a dreamy quality. In the 1990s, she rediscovered a stash of lost negatives and emerged as a fine-art photographer.A new book of her work Lillian Bassman: Lingerie has just been published. As Ginia Bellafante put it in the New York Times recently, “In place of heavyset women constraining themselves in what was essentially equipment, Ms. Bassman deployed immeasurably lithe models, conveying a world in which women seemed to linger in the pleasures of their own sensuality.” Fifty years later, these images have lost none of their allure, and the enormous cultural impact of the TV show Mad Men has given them new currency.
1. It’s a Cinch, model: Carmen,
Merry Widow by Warner’s, 1951, for Harper’s
Bazaar, © Lillian Bassman
2. Southwest Passage—Sunset Pink, pajamas by Kickernick, 1951, for Harper’s
Bazaar, © Lillian Bassman
3. The Line Lengthens, lingerie by Lily of France, 1955, for Harper’s
Bazaar, © Lillian Bassman
4. Silo, Bra and Panties, 1948 (advertisement for Firestone Contro elastic yarn), © Lillian Bassman
Start: 6:30 pm
Note: This event is in Spanish. Letra Urbana Encuentros @ Books and Books: Presentación de la novela, Una Amapola entre Cactus por Batia Cohen. Nos explica Cohen: “Es una novela basada en la historia real de Szura Pupko. Tuve acceso directo a ella, me senté tardes enteras a escucharla tratando de captar todo cuanto me decía, era la abuela de mi esposo. Ella nació en Lituania justo al comienzo de la Primera Guerra Mundial, su vida transcurrió entre una serie de vicisitudes, obstáculos que fue vadeando paso a paso. Fue huérfana de madre a los meses de su nacimiento y conoció a su padre biológico hasta los trece años, para lo que tuvo que cruzar la frontera clandestinamente. Siendo judía, fue presa de los nazis cuando invadieron el área de Bielorrusia donde ella vivía. Con tesón logró, en un acto impulsivo, saltar de un tren en movimiento y zafarse de las garras de sus opresores, se unió a la guerra de resistencia en los bosques hasta que fue liberada por el ejército ruso. Una Amapola entre Cactus, es el recuento de la historia de una mujer, una mujer que luchó por subsistir en un mundo hostil, batalla de la cual salió victoriosa cuando finalmente formó su hogar en México.” Batia Cohen-Fux estudió Diseño Gráfico en la Universidad Metropolitana y se graduó con honores como Doctora en Estudios Mesoamericanos por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Ha impartido cursos de Historia del Arte en la Florida International University. Actualmente colabora con la revista LetraUrbana.com e imparte conferencias en el Maya Institute of Miami, Florida.
Start: 7:30 pm
POSTPONED: Due to an unavoidable conflict, Geoffrey Zakarian has had to reschedule his event. We will let you know as soon as we have a new date. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. For every home cook who wanders the aisles of the local supermarket asking the question “What do I want to cook for dinner?,” celebrated chef Geoffrey Zakarian—owner of the highly acclaimed restaurants Town and Country in New York City—offers two sublime recipes for each of his sixty-five favorite ingredients. Whether it’s just-in-season asparagus, a gorgeous steak beckoning from the butcher’s case, or the sweetest August corn that catches your eye, Zakarian helps you turn it into a quick weeknight meal or Sunday supper—a Country recipe—or elegant Saturday-night dinner-party fare—a Town preparation. Featuring stunning full-color photographs and an approach that is at once familiar and fantastic, comfortable and creative, Geoffrey Zakarian’s Town/Country presents the perfect combination for amateur to ambitious American cooks.
Start: 8:00 pm
In this powerful and shocking exposé from the front lines in Helmand province, leading journalist and documentary-maker Ben Anderson shows just how bad it has got. Detailing battles that last for days, only to be fought again weeks later, Anderson survives IED explosions and sniper fire, and witnesses the disturbing incompetence among the Afghan army and police. No Worse Enemy (Oneworld, $24.95) is a heartbreaking insight into the daily struggles facing US troops. A product of five years’ unrivalled access to the US Marines and UK Forces – often for months at a time and amidst the worst violence the conflict has seen – this is the most intimate and horrifying account of the Afghan war you will read.
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