Seeing Barack Obama Through the Viewfinder
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. In the months since he left the White House, chief photographer Pete Souza’s photos and subtle trolling on his Instagram and Twitter pages has...
View ArticleInstagram Crowds May Be Ruining Nature
You scroll through your friend's Instagram feed and see the most beautiful setting, and think: "I want to go there." And so you do.According to travel photographer Brent Knepper, you are part of the...
View ArticleNew Exhibit Shows Off Special Effects Pioneer Ray Harryhausen's Lasting Works
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View Article"Obama: An Intimate Portrait" By Photographer Pete Souza
Pete Souza spent eight years in the White House, photographing President Barack Obama.“He was so comfortable in front of the camera,” Souza says. “Meaning that he didn’t really change how he did...
View ArticleReview: A Shore Thing
The Stephen Shore retrospective opening Sunday at the Museum of Modern Art could not have come at a better time. In an age when iPhones have turned most everyone into a wandering photographer of...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Peep At The Toilets Of 7 Families Around The World
If you search for images of "toilet" on Google, you'll get a page of sparkling white ceramic toilets.That's the typical toilet for people in a high-income country. But not every toilet looks like...
View ArticleLebanese Photographer Visits U.S. Cities Named 'Lebanon'
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View ArticleFrom Moonscape To Lush: Photographs Capture California Drought's Story
In California, an extremely wet winter put an end to the state's record-breaking drought. Heavy rainfall also produced welcome spring scenes — like replenished reservoirs and fields in bloom."It's a...
View ArticleNewly Discovered Andy Warhol Art Up For Auction
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View ArticleThe Influence of Affluence
In her exhibit “Generation Wealth,” Lauren Greenfield, a photographer and documentary filmmaker, chronicles how evolving perceptions of money, status and celebrity have transformed societies around the...
View ArticleTodd Webb's New York Of The 1940s/50s
Todd Webb was an iconic photographer who spent all hours of the day capturing the people, buildings and avenues that made up New York City during the 1940's and '50s. Sean Corcoran, Curator of Prints...
View Article'I Came, I Saw, I Selfied': How Instagram Transformed The Way We Experience Art
You are suspended in an endless dark chamber as thousands of red, green, yellow and blue lights flicker across the air like tiny diamonds in the sky.Or at least that's how it appears in the selfie you...
View ArticleHere Come The Penitent Penguins: The Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards Are Back
Penitent penguins. A seal aghast. A turbocharged wigeon, a vain gnu and a kickboxing kangaroo.The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are back. This year's winners were announced Thursday morning.The...
View ArticleOutcry Over Photo Showing The Face Of A Girl Allegedly Being Raped
On April 28, the magazine LensCulture posted a photo of what appeared to be a man raping a girl who looks like a young teenager.The magazine — which has nearly a million Facebook followers — was using...
View ArticlePhotographing The Furious Stampede Of The Kentucky Derby
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View ArticlePHOTOS: Malick Sidibe Shows Mali's Youth With A Groovy 'Twist'
Flared-leg pants, oversized glasses and hats. Unflinchingly proud expressions. Groovy dance moves.This was the youth culture of 1960s and 1970s Bamako, the capital city of Mali. And it was captured by...
View ArticleLebanese Photographer Visits U.S. Cities Named 'Lebanon'
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View ArticleA Drone's Eye View Of The World: Hippos, Palm Trees, Motor Scooters
In the countries that we cover in our blog, we sometimes focus on the problems they face. But the images in the International Drone Photography Contest remind us that every country has many sides — and...
View ArticleA 70-Year-Old Photograph, A Brand New Lens
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segmentJessica Bennett of the New York Times and Koa Beck of Jezebel recently talked on The Takeaway about consuming art and popular culture in the...
View Article'America From The Bottom': Documenting Poverty Across The Country
For the past four years, Matt Black has tried to document poverty in the U.S. He's traveled to places where it's both very common and often overlooked, trying to make poverty more visible to...
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