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American Legends |
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Golden Gate to the Brooklyn Bridge, America means something different for each
of us. It is natural beauty and manmade splendor; ancient songs and modern
technology. America is pride and freedom and something almost indescribable.
But to us, more than anything, America is home. |
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| All the photos on this page are available enlarged to 8"x12"
size, dry-mounted and matted in black (with the caption) up to the next
standard frame size. |
Price $85. |
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| Photograph © 2001 by Dimitri
A. Petropolis |
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Liberty
New York, New York
From a distance, Liberty seems to be a graceful dream - a realm of
unlimited possibilities. Up close, though, we find a foundation more solid than
the earth itself - a strength so deeply rooted that it could, with ease, lift
up the whole world |
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Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco,
California
From its completion in 1937 until 1964, the Golden Gate was
the world's longest suspension bridge. When our kids walked its length in the
fog in 1993, we couldn't interest them in statistics. They just marveled at
playing inside a cloud. |
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| Photograph © 2001 by Hildy
Gottlieb |
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New York Skyline from
the Brooklyn Bridge
New York, New York
Of all our
planet's amazing cities, this one belongs not to one country, but to everyone.
As the world wraps its arms around our city and prays for it to heal, you can
hear these words in every language across the globe: "I Love New York." |
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Elvis and Uncle Sam
Las Vegas,
Nevada
"She's making me nervous taking all those pictures." Elvis is
complaining about me to his Uncle Sam coworker. "The sign says ‘Free
Photo with Elvis’," she says, "and you're Elvis. "I'm not Elvis!" he
proclaims. "Why is she taking my picture?" |
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| Photograph © 2001 by Hildy
Gottlieb |
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Pow Wow
Phoenix, Arizona
Pow wows are drums and feasting and dancing - a
whirl of color and the singing of ancient songs. Pow wows remind us of the
power and richness of cultures that existed long before there was such a thing
as America. |
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Low
Rider
Taos High Road, New Mexico
Start with an
American basic (like a big car). Slowly add the culture of one of the myriad
ethnic groups who have made America home. As it cooks and blends, our melting
pot land provides the best America has to offer. And that is the real
America. |
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| Photograph © 2001 by Hildy
Gottlieb |
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| Photograph © 2001 by Hildy
Gottlieb |
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Saguaro
Sunset
(Pron:
Sa-wáh-ro)
Saguaro
National Park,
Tucson,
Arizona
A single 200 year old Saguaro (found only in Arizona's
Sonoran desert) has, in its life, witnessed the history of the American West.
Water wars, land wars, culture wars - the Saguaro, silent sentinel, has seen it
all. |
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A
Driving Declaration
Tucson, Arizona
"We hold these
truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are
endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." And as it sputters down the road,
this old truck says, "Amen." |
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| Photograph © 2001 by Hildy
Gottlieb |
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Ted
DeGrazia
Gallery in the Sun, Tucson, Arizona
In
1976, protesting the taxes his heirs would owe on the value of his paintings
upon his demise, Ted DeGrazia took his images of the people of the southwest
out to the desert and burned them. Although Americans appreciate art, nothing
says "American Legend" like a tax protest. |
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Soto’s Hands
Hualapai
Reservation, Arizona
Sit at the Grand Canyon's edge, and listen to
stories of the Hualapai people, told and retold for generations. There you will
find the talented Hualapai artist Soto Honga, sharing the history of his people
with tourists from around the world. |
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| Photograph © 2001 by Hildy
Gottlieb |
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Get Your
Kicks
Route 66
Seligman, Arizona
Until
I-40 routed traffic away from the small communities between Kingman, Arizona
and Flagstaff (two names we remember from the song), Route 66 was the Mother
Road. Nostalgia and tourism now provide the only hope these small towns have as
they try to redefine their future. |
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Art
Harley
New York New York
Casino
Las Vegas,
Nevada
I approach the black-leather couple with both courage and
camera, pointing to the chrome on their Harley. "May I?" They look, and
suddenly they are huge smiles. "It is beautiful!" they exclaim in thick French
accents, foreign tourists grabbing a piece of the American dream. |
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| Photograph © 2001 by Hildy
Gottlieb |
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Wupatki
Northern Arizona
Every time I visit Wupatki, I listen to the stories its ancient walls have to
tell - stories of a time before there was time. In these modern days, are we
building stories into the walls we erect? And for how many years will those
stories continue to sing? |
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The
Yankee Fan that Roared
New York Public Library 1999
Wherever you are in the world, when folks learn you are American, even if
they know no English, they smile and manage to find these three words:
Baseball, New York, and Yankees. |
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| Photograph © 2001 by Dimitri
A. Petropolis |
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| Photograph © 2001 by Hildy
Gottlieb |
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Deb’s
Woods
Woodburne, New York
Before the Catskill
Mountains became a performing Mecca for the likes of Sid Caesar and Lenny
Bruce, its meadows and woods harkened to the Mecca of old. In this beautiful
place, refugees from the pogroms of Eastern Europe found a home where they
could finally worship their God in peace. |
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| All the photos above are available enlarged to
8"x12" size, dry-mounted and matted in black (with the caption) up to the next
standard frame size. |
Price $85.
Click to Select Your Favorite |
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A selection of 8 photos from this showing, 4"x 6" size and
mounted on card stock, are available for
$24.95
(Click to
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