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NYT Op-Ed Celebrates 40 Years of Amazing Illustrations

Sep 27, 2010

The New York Times has been able to document some of the best illustrators' work over the last 40 years in the Op-Ed column of The New York Times. On September 21st, 1970 NYT premiered a new section called the Op-Ed (Opposite Editorial Page) with a repertory of political savvy illustrators. This inspiring video interviews Louis Silverstein, Jean-Claude Suares, Brad Holland, Jerelle Kraus, Mirko Ilic, Nicholas Blechman, Brian Rea, Alicia Cheng and Maira Kalman.

Produced by Gabe Johnson and Aviva Michaelov, written and narrated by Steven Heller.

Click on the link below to view the video.