Kate Flint is Provost Professor of Art History and English at the University of Southern California, where she teaches 19th-century and early 20th-century cultural history. Flint has recently completed a book to be called “Flash! Photography, Writing, and Surprising Illumination,” and is currently bringing together old and new essays in the forthcoming “Sensing the Material World 1850–1930.”
Kate Flint
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Writing on Public Books
Talk about the Weather
In his series of black-and-white images, Bad Weather (1980), English photographer Martin Parr captured some recognizably damp, gray scenes.
Breaking Down Walls at the Havana Biennial
The Malecón, Havana’s five miles of curving, spray-soaked seawall and esplanade, is both magnificent and intimate. Since the early 20th century, it has been the site for evening promenades, a meeting spot for lovers, and a place for fishermen to cast their lines. The far side of its roadway used to be fronted with elegant […]
