This week's The New Yorker cover: Kadir Nelson's "Heat Wave"

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As August comes to an end, so, we hope, do the more suffocating days of summer. Kadir Nelson’s latest cover takes in one such day, along with the small joys—an open window, a Popsicle—that 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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1. This, too, also:

Link to tweet

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3. Oh THANK her!

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5. Shirley Chisholm

was my 1st hero

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8. This old white guy loved her.

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11. This old white guy concurs.

[Crunchy Frog]

12. First presidential candidate I ever supported. When I was nine.

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7. That photo of her with Shirley's portrait made me very happy.

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2. It depicts the quintessential New York City

When photos like this are shown you know it’s about NYC.

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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.

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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.

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9. Dig it!

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10. Reminds me of the art from Good Times...

Dont know who did J.J.'s paintings but they were great

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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

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14. They were DY-NO-MITE! nt

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15. That is a stunningly beautiful piece of art.

It succeeds on so many levels.