These Apps' Creations Sure Look Like Masterworks, But Is It Art?
Ever dream of creating paintings like those by Picasso or Van Gogh? These days you just need some artificial intelligence, which can be delivered through your smartphone.Two of this summer's much...
View ArticleJazz Photography
In this archival edition of Fishko Files: insights into photographing jazz musicians from two late, great jazz photographers, Herman Leonard and Roy DeCarava, both interviewed by WNYC’s Sara Fishko...
View ArticleFor this photographer, following the storm produces awe-inspiring results
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioIn our NewsHour Shares series, we show you things that caught our eye recently on the web. What about you? Leave your suggestions in the comments below, or tweet to...
View ArticleFamily of Man
In the 1950s, Edward Steichen of the Museum of Modern Art wanted to say something about the world. He said it, as Sara Fishko tells us, with a photo exhibit that made history. In this edition of Fishko...
View ArticleSept. 17: Where Art and Science Collide, High-Rises Made of Wood, The Minders...
Will Future High-Rises be Made of Wood? Among all the buildings going up in the biggest boom in Portland history, only one of them can be called the first of its kind in the nation. Instead of relying...
View ArticleLife After Iconic Photo: Today's Parallels Of American Flag's Role In Racial...
We all know the photo: It captures the rage, division and the racial tension from 40 years ago, that is still so present now in our country.Titled "The Soiling of Old Glory," the photo won a Pulitzer...
View ArticleHow Luck And Intuition Helped To Build Instagram
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View ArticlePHOTOS: A Peephole Into The Lives Of Coal Miners, Teen Moms, City Folk
It's a puzzling image — with a crime story behind it.Women in colorful saris — hot pink, highlighter yellow, teal and royal blue — snake up a dusty gray quarry, carrying baskets of coal over their...
View ArticleThe Jazz Legends Next Door
Between 1957 and 1965 in New York, dozens of jazz musicians jammed night after night in a dilapidated Sixth Avenue loft, not realizing that much of what they played and said was being captured on tape...
View ArticleThe Jazz Legends Next Door
Between 1957 and 1965 in New York, dozens of jazz musicians jammed night after night in a dilapidated Sixth Avenue loft, not realizing that much of what they played and said was being captured on tape...
View ArticleSelvmord i Grønland: Det er ikke mørket, som dræber dig
Det første dødsfald skete om natten den 9. januar.Det var en lørdag. Pele Kristiansen brugte formiddagen på at sidde hjemme og drikke øl med sin ældre bror, hvilket ikke var så udsædvanligt. Der var...
View ArticlePhotographer documents the beauty of difference across the LGBT spectrum
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: Now to another in our Brief But Spectacular series, where ask interesting people to describe their passions.Tonight, we hear from artist iO Tillett...
View ArticleA Photographer Gets Old — Over And Over — In 'The Many Sad Fates'
A friend of photographer Phillip Toledano once said "He is the most self-absorbed person I've ever met — but he wears it well."The Many Sad Fates of Mr. Toledano is a new short film in which the...
View ArticleWho's The Woman With The Camera Chasing Smiles And Styles In Nigeria?
She wants to take pictures of happiness.That's one of the goals that Fati Abubakar set when she started her Instagram feed bitsofborno last year.Borno is a state in the troubled northeast of Nigeria,...
View ArticleA Photographer Gives Cameras To Child Brides. Their Images Are Amazing
For 15 years, Stephanie Sinclair has taken photos of child brides around the world — from Tahani in Yemen, married at age 6, to 14-year-old Niruta in Nepal, and many more. In 2012, she started the...
View ArticleAn intimate portrait of black fatherhood in East New York
Raheem Grant, 39, poses for a portrait with his daughter, Nature Grant. “When I was growing up I didn’t have a father. My little one, she gets scared of the dark: ‘You don’t have to be scared because...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Finalists For The 2016 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
The 2016 finalists for the second annual Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards have been announced, and they are predictably delightful.A grinning owl. A fish slapping a bear in the face. An unfortunate...
View ArticleSpooky Scary Studio 360: She Sees Your Every Move
In anticipation of Halloween, Studio 360 is sharing some of our favorite spooky segments from our archive. Photographer Michele Iversen captures strangers in private spaces — without their permission....
View ArticleMaking Art Off The Grid: A Monthlong Residency At A Remote National Park
Imagine: the chance to live on an uninhabited tropical island for a month, off the grid, creating art.No phone, no television, no Internet.Instead, spectacular night skies, crystalline turquoise waters...
View ArticleVine Withers, Reminding Us That Nothing Is Forever
Twitter shocked the Internet Thursday with a farewell to Vine: "In the coming months we'll be discontinuing the mobile app."We could have seen it coming. The six-second looped-video site hasn't gotten...
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