The Levee Andy Warhol

The Levee Andy WarholBe careful, my father had written to me, Its supposed to be unsafe out there, words interspersed with photographs from the cargo ship that he was working on as he made his way up the Mississippi river to the port right outside New Orleans. The immigration rules did not allow him to step on American soil and he had no choice but to remain on his ship. His short lived glimpse of the country had remained only within those raised embankments on either

Growing up in Upper Manhattan

which explores themes of intimacy

his images of the town are intertwined with excerpts and facsimiles from a 1919 archaeological discovery also called ‘the Book of Veles’ — a cryptic collection of 40 wooden boards discovered in Russia by an army officer

but more from a sociological point of view

His clarity of voice has drawn many comparisons to literature

producing reportage all over the world

before becoming a full member in 1954

Photographed by Inge Morath in 1957

dream and unwind their way through the sacred period that is childhood

visual story comprised of Meiselas’ photographs

they arrived in Oakland

Taylor and Richard Burton began one of the most publicized and turbulent love affairs of all time