Sorin Adam Matei
Analysis, research, maps, and essays from Sorin Adam Matei.
Digital Humanities Showcase: Walter Lord’s Day of Infamy mapped Walter Lord’s meticulously documented book “Day of Infamy” recounts the trivia of every day life at Pearl Harbor on that last morning of peace, December 7, 1941, when the Japanese planes attacked the…
A P-51 Mustang WWII plane nicknamed “Galloping Ghost” piloted by Jimmy Leeward (74) crashed in the stands of an air show at Reno-Stead airport, Nevada on September 16, 2011. There were 11 known dead and over 50 wounded. Reno Nevada Ari Crash…
The girl walks down the street defiantly, clutching her shawl. Young, and not so young, men stare, catcall, and grab their crotch. The place is Florence, the year is 1951, the photographer Ruth Orkin, and the mood is of budding feminism fighting…