From the Archives: Snap Judgments
This week's uproar over Newsweek's Michele Bachmann cover reminded us of a piece we originally aired in 2008 about the ethical rules that govern journalistic portrait photography. As Bob puts it so...
View ArticleThe Ethics of Photographing Tragedy
This week a man was shoved off a New York subway platform and killed by an oncoming train. A freelance photographer on assignment for the New York Post happened to be on the platform, camera in hand....
View ArticleShould the White House Release a Photo?
Since Obama announced Osama Bin Laden's death last Sunday, reporters have besieged the White House for more information on the operation's details, including photos of the corpse. The administration...
View ArticleThe Photo of Aylan Kurdi
This week, a photo of a drowned Syrian toddler, Aylan Kurdi, shocked the world. The three-year-old's body washed ashore in Turkey, after the boat his family was on capsized on the way to the Greek...
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Photos: 3 Very Different Views Of Japanese Internment
After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the U.S. War Relocation Authority made a decision it would soon regret. It hired famed photographer Dorothea Lange to take pictures as 110,000 Japanese and...
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Haunting Photo Of Migrants Takes World Press Photo's Top Prize
An image of man passing a baby under a fence at the Hungarian-Serbian border has taken top honors at this year's World Press Photo of the Year.The photo, titled "Hope for a New Life," was taken by...
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'When People Can See Time': Photographer Captures Day, Night In One Image
Of all of the arts, photography may be the discipline most accustomed to the nudge of technology, and photographer and artist Stephen Wilkes fully embraces the challenge. His latest project, "Day to...
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Photographer documents power and survival in communities of color
Text by Niema Jordan, video by Debora SilvaPhotographer Brittani “Brittsense” Sensabaugh. Photo by Nema Etebar, courtesy of KQEDThe images are striking. Photographs of young girls with Afro-puffs and...
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American Icons: Migrant Mother
This is America's image of hard times.“Migrant Mother” was one of thousands of pictures Dorothea Lange took on assignment for the federal government, documenting the poverty of the Dust Bowl. But this...
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She Sees Your Every Move
Traditional street photography usually catches strangers passing through a public space, but the photographer Michele Iversen catches strangers in private spaces — without their permission. At night...
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Scott Kelly Reflects On His Year Off The Planet
"I have taken a lot of pictures because I've been up here for a long time," NASA astronaut Scott Kelly said during a recent press conference from the International Space Station. "I've definitely taken...
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Ayqa Khan Draws Unapologetic Women
It’s common for women depicted in cartoons and comics to have idealized, exaggerated features: think of the impossibly small waists, extra-long legs, and ample chests in comic books — a medium still...
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Meet Alphonse Bertillon, The Man Behind The Modern Mug Shot
For more than a century, mug shots have helped police catch criminals. Those photos of a person's face and profile trace their roots to Paris in the late 19th century.Now, some of the earliest mug...
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Canine Or Cuisine? This Photo Meme Is Fetching
We here at The Salt like to bring you serious journalistic tails from the world of food. But hey, we like to unleash our silly side, too — and like the rest of the world, we've got a soft spot for...
View ArticleTaste of Streep Is the Instagram Account You Didn't Know You Needed
The best mashups are simple, unexpected, and greater than the sum of their parts. Like tasteofstreep, the Instagram account that combines photos of Meryl Streep with assorted food items. It's a simple...
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"Things Organized Neatly" makes organization into art
Austin Radcliffe organizes the internet, one pristine photo at a time. The curator of the tumblr “Things Organized Neatly,” Radcliffe takes extremely satisfying photos of, well, things organized...
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Robert Mapplethorpe's Provocative Art Finds A New Home In LA
Artist Robert Mapplethorpe was as controversial as he was celebrated. In 1989, his photographs depicting nude men and sexual fetishes helped ignite the culture wars. Now, an upcoming HBO documentary,...
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How Can Hidden Sounds Be Captured By Everyday Objects
Part 1 of the TED Radio Hour episodeHiddenAbout Abe Davis' TED TalkComputer scientist Abe Davis explains how you can turn a plant or a bag of chips into a microphone, and capturing the hidden sound...
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Bob Adelman, Who Photographed Iconic Civil Rights Moments, Dies
When Martin Luther King Jr. made his "I Have A Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, Bob Adelman was standing just a few feet away with a camera to his eye.From the March on Washington to Dr....
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Tourist photos trace the fall and rise of Swedish seabirds
Incubating common guillemots in island of Stora Karlsö. Photo by Aron Hejdström/Hentati-Sundberg and Olsson, Current Biology, (2016).Instead of throwing away those old vacation photos, consider saving...
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