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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis week's The New Yorker cover: Kadir Nelson's "Heat Wave"
As August comes to an end, so, we hope, do the more suffocating days of summer. Kadir Nelsons latest cover takes in one such day, along with the small joysan open window, a Popsiclethat help us survive it. We recently talked to Nelson about how he sees the season.
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In your image, the air-conditioning is down or nonexistent. Are people at the window an important part of city life for you?
I remember an image from a Spike Lee movie of a woman leaning out of her brownstone window. It reminded me of a well-known photograph by Gordon Parks with a similar subject. Elderly women leaning out of the window and surveying the neighborhood is a familiar sight in the city. They were the original neighborhood watch, keeping an eye out for trouble.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2019-09-02?utm_source=twitter&utm_brand=tny&utm_social-type=owned&utm_medium=social&mbid=social_twitter
I adore Kadir Nelson's work. If you have children/grandchildren:
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This week's The New Yorker cover: Kadir Nelson's "Heat Wave" (Original Post)
demmiblue
Aug 2019
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demmiblue
(36,816 posts)1. This, too, also:
elleng
(130,714 posts)3. Oh THANK her!
handmade34
(22,756 posts)5. Shirley Chisholm
was my 1st hero
Lochloosa
(16,057 posts)8. This old white guy loved her.
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)11. This old white guy concurs.
Crunchy Frog
(26,574 posts)12. First presidential candidate I ever supported. When I was nine.
TNNurse
(6,924 posts)7. That photo of her with Shirley's portrait made me very happy.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)2. It depicts the quintessential New York City
When photos like this are shown you know its about NYC.
marybourg
(12,584 posts)4. She doesn't look like an elderly woman to me.
She looks about 50 to me. And yes, I grew up in N.Y. before air conditioning, and windows were central to life. Sometimes we even climbed out of them and sat - even slept - on the fire escape.
procon
(15,805 posts)6. Striking image.
The woman is so regal looking, even with sweat glistening on her skin, she has a majestic aire with her glowing neon colored popsicle as her royal scepter.
panader0
(25,816 posts)9. Dig it!
lame54
(35,259 posts)10. Reminds me of the art from Good Times...
Dont know who did J.J.'s paintings but they were great
masmdu
(2,535 posts)13. Ernie Barnes
Fellow North Carolinian. My students in elementary school art class love learning about him.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Barnes
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)14. They were DY-NO-MITE! nt
ZZenith
(4,115 posts)15. That is a stunningly beautiful piece of art.
It succeeds on so many levels.