From Drug Kingpin to FBI Informant, 'Crown Heights,' A Year Spent Diving...
Roman Caribe and Robert Cea discuss their book Confidential Source 96, the story of a former drug kingpin turned informant for the FBI, ICE and DEA. Nnamdi Asomugha talks about his film “Crown...
View ArticlePHOTOS: The Hidden World Of Afghanistan's Nameless Women
In 2015, Kiana Hayeri was living in Kabul and noticed something strange. She was helping her roommate, an Australian TV producer, with a script translation. The main character, a mother of three who...
View ArticleMiniskirts and Military Intervention: Behind the 1970s Kabul Photo That...
President Trump has announced his decision to remain in Afghanistan and increase U.S. troop levels there, continuing the 16-year-long conflict.And what helped shape his decision, according to The...
View ArticleA Retired Marine And A Photojournalist Confront War's 'Invisible Injuries'
After Marine Sgt. Thomas ("TJ") Brennan was hit by the blast from a rocket-propelled grenade in Afghanistan in 2010, he suffered a traumatic brain injury that left him unable to recall much of his...
View ArticleIn 'More Than A Picture' Exhibit, History Happens Now
Remembering our nation's history through photographs is the focus of the newest and first special exhibition at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C."More Than...
View ArticleSmall Michigan museum holds massive collection of Edward Curtis’ Native...
Photo by Edward S. Curtis, courtesy of Muskegon Museum of ArtIn 1907, a Michigan librarian named Lulu Miller had a wild proposal. She wanted her library in Muskegon, then a bustling industrial port on...
View ArticleUsing Black Celebrities To Push Pop, Pudding And Politics
We take black mega-celebrity endorsers as a given today: Michael Jordan, Oprah Winfrey, Beyonce, the husk that was once Tiger Woods. They wield a kind of agency that seems to continually reset the...
View Article'From The Mundane To The Magnificent': Photos From The Chicano Rights Movement
Ask Luis Garza how the La Raza exhibition came to be at The Autry Museum of the American West, and he raises his palms, eyes heavenward:"Karma," he says. "Fate. Serendipity. The gods have chosen to...
View ArticlePHOTOS: A 4-Year Mission To Present A New Vision Of Beauty
Romanian photographer Mihaela Noroc spent nearly four years shooting portraits of — and collecting stories about — women from around the world.The product of her vision — and her travels to 50...
View ArticleWho Was The First Great Portrait Photographer?
In 19th-century Paris, there were few artists/entrepreneurs as popular as Gaspard-Félix Tournachon. Tournachon made a name for himself as the first great portrait photographer, a pioneering balloonist...
View ArticleTransforming Lives Through Art
In “Faces Places,” the eminent French filmmaker Agnès Varda teams with the street artist JR (known for his recent mural on the Mexican border). They take a wondrous journey of making art and...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Trees That Tell Stories About The World We Live In
Not long ago, two Americans caused a scene in a Mozambique village. Locals were mystified by the tourists spending several days photographing a single tree."Sometimes we have to explain to people what...
View ArticlePhotos: Four decades of William Wegman’s Weimaraners
Photo courtesy of William WegmanFor more than 40 years, artist William Wegman has been making portraits and videos of his beloved Weimaraner dogs, who have appeared in numerous publications and on...
View Article‘How do I know she’s being forced?’: New exhibit reveals the dark underbelly...
Credit: Kay ChernushWhere does human trafficking take place? In Russia, China, Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo and… all over the United States. Labor trafficking occurs in elder care, nail...
View ArticleWilliam Eggleston's Secret World Of 'Musik'
In the art world, William Eggleston is a revered photographer. In the music world, he's virtually unknown. But now the 78-year-old Memphis native, celebrated for legitimizing color photography in the...
View ArticleWhat's Behind Annie Leibovitz's Portraits
Annie Leibovitz is a legendary photographer who began her career in the 1970s, shooting photos for Rolling Stone. She joins us to discuss her recent work in portraiture and her new book Annie...
View ArticlePrize-Winning Photos Show A Different Side Of Instagram
At first glance, you see a young girl goofing around with her friends. But there's one crucial detail: This girl — 16-year-old Nirma — has a traditional stripe of vermilion powder smudged into her...
View ArticlePHOTOS: An Amazing Eye For The Colors Of India
In the early 1970s, when many professional photographers were shooting in black and white, Raghubir Singh pioneered the use of color film to capture scenes from his homeland India. Back then, color...
View ArticlePhotographer Pete Souza Reflects On 8 Years (And 1.9 Million Photos) Of Obama
As the chief official White House photographer for President Barack Obama, Pete Souza had top security clearance and sat in on most meetings and major events with the president."I was there all the...
View ArticleA Deadly Error
Coming up on today's show:Just five days ago, Devin Kelley walked into the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas and murdered 26 people with a AR-15 style military rifle. As officials try...
View Article