Do Parents Invade Children's Privacy When They Post Photos Online?
When Katlyn Burbidge's son was 6 years old, he was performing some silly antic typical of a first-grader. But after she snapped a photo and started using her phone, he asked her a serious question:...
View ArticlePhotography Writ Large: The Monumental Art Of Thomas Struth
A big blue rooster has appeared on top of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. It's part of the museum's renovated East Building, which recently opened to the public with several new...
View ArticleA View from the Pastures
James Rebanks runs a family-owned farm in the Lake District in Northern England and also serves as an expert advisor to UNESCO on sustainable tourism. He also runs the popular Herdwick Shepherd account...
View ArticleRevisiting Susan Sontag On the Pain of Others
Taking pictures of war is complicated. The late philosopher Susan Sontag thought a lot about the moral implications of taking and looking at photos of human conflict. She wrote a classic book on the...
View ArticleVideo Webcast: Food Styling Secrets
Three-time James Beard Award winner and longtime WNYC afternoon host Leonard Lopate makes audiences salivate – and taste new things – with Lopate & Locavores, the popular live event series back for...
View ArticleIn ‘Whitman’s Descendants,’ photographing some of America’s greatest living...
Poet Anis Mojgani appears in a portrait based on his poem “we were horses.” It reads: “I was in a dream country. You were there. / And all those little blonde hairs that run up your legs / and over...
View ArticleMichael Stipe on R.E.M. and Fear of Collage
In the 1980s, Athens, Georgia, rock band R.E.M. was the epitome of the artful "alternative" band— producing a string of beautiful, if occasionally inscrutable albums, and slowly evolving over time. But...
View ArticleTyphoons And Sand Dunes: Photos Of Everyday Life From Around The World
Can you find beauty in a life of hardship?If the photos from the Siena International Photo Awards are any indication, the answer is yes. Last month, the winners and runners-up in 11 categories,...
View ArticleRemembering Ruth Gruber, Who Photographed The 20th Century's Darkest Moments
The photographer and author documented life in Nazi Germany and in Josef Stalin's gulags, as well as the arrival of Jews in Israel. She died Thursday in New York, at the age of 105. You can see several...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Your Bedroom Says A Lot About You
Your posters. The color of your walls. The size of your bed. Where you sleep says a lot about who you are.That's the idea behind photographer and filmmaker John Thackwray's photo series My Room...
View ArticleWilliam Christenberry, Artist Whose Muse Was Rural Alabama, Dies At 80
It was in 1974 that William Christenberry found the little red house.The photographer and painter, a vital chronicler of rural Alabama, came across the building standing alone among the pine trees,...
View ArticleHarry Benson on Capturing the Defining Moments of 20th Century America
Photographer Harry Benson, the subject of the documentary, “Harry Benson: Shoot First” discusses the film along with director Matthew Miele, who co-directed it with Justin Bare. Benson has been there...
View ArticlePipeline Explosions, Iconic Photographer Harry Benson, Sleep Disorders
Journalist Christopher Leonard and senior fellow at the New America Foundation investigated the recent Colonial Pipeline explosion in Alabama that disrupted the energy supply along the Eastern...
View ArticleHow I Got Over: Vision and Justice in Racialized America
For all the pain, anxiety and devastation caused by the widely circulated video footage of black lives being literally extinguished, we are also bearing witness to a pronounced moment of black cultural...
View ArticleBest of 2016: Kurt’s Favorite Conversations
This year, I loved trying to learn from dialect coach Amanda Quaid how to speak with a British accent, and joining Mary Harris of Only Human at a "laughter yoga" session. I really enjoyed my...
View ArticlePortraits show the complex, devastating legacy of Canada’s residential schools
MIKE PINAY, Qu’Appelle Indian Residential School, 1953-1963. “It was the worst ten years of my life. I was away from my family from the age of 6 to 16. How do you learn about family? I didn’t know what...
View ArticlePhotography Roundtable: The Most Powerful Images of 2016
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment.This morning, The New York Times posted its annual "Year in Photos." It's a list of some of the most striking photos that were published in 2016....
View ArticleMini Time Capsules: Photographer Wants Your Undeveloped Film For New Project
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View ArticleThe Best Picture (Sitting On Your Phone) of 2016
Street snappers, Instagrammers, on-the-go photogs -- we at the Brian Lehrer Show salute you (as we do every year) with our annual, year-end "Best Picture on Your Phone" contest!How to play: Send us the...
View ArticleObamacare From the Patient's View; Actress Harriet Walter; Tracking the Flu;...
Coming up on today's show: New York Times healthcare reporter Abby Goodnough discusses what the Affordable Care Act means for patients, as the Republican-led Congress attempts to repeal the law.Jarrett...
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