Dec 05 From shattered glass to blank canvas, Missouri communities paint to heal By Corinne Segal Today if you walk down S. Grand Boulevard, one of the main thoroughfares in St. Louis, you are likely to find boarded-up windows in the aftermath of protests and ensuing riots from the Michael Brown grand jury ruling. What would… Continue reading
Dec 04 Nashville photographer’s dreamy snaps expose hidden truths in the Deep South By Laura Santhanam "Southern Route,” a series of photographs by Tamara Reynolds, offers glimpses into the lives of people throughout the Deep South, as if she's capturing something out of the side of her eye. Her images are romantic and nostalgic, but not… Continue reading
Dec 03 Photos: NASA prepares Orion to send humans to Mars By Travis Daub and Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy It will take a big rocket to get to Mars, and a big space capsule to protect humans during the months-long journey. It also takes decades of testing and development to plan a mission that will take humans… Continue reading
Nov 25 Photos: Protesters respond to Ferguson grand jury decision By Vanessa Dennis Protesters assembled in Ferguson, Missouri, and across the U.S. Monday night following the announcement that a grand jury would not indict the officer who killed 18-year-old Michael Brown. Demonstrations were planned around the country in anticipation of the decision. Many… Continue reading
Nov 17 Photo essay: The burn pits of Iraq and Afghanistan By Dan Sagalyn There were at least 230 burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan according data from the Government Accountability Office and the Department of Defense. Beginning in 2008, veterans across the United States began suing former Haliburton subsidiary KBR Inc., the company… Continue reading
Oct 29 Photos: These punk hippies prefer horses to cars By Victoria Fleischer Photographer Iain McKell spent the last 10 years closely documenting UK’s Horsedrawn “tribe,” a group of nomads who live with their families on wagons. His images are on display at New York's Clic Gallery and collected in the 2011 book,”… Continue reading
Oct 28 Photo essay: What’s growing in West Virginia’s urban ruins? By Jason Kane, Ariel Min Under the bridge of a four-lane highway in West Virginia, a movement is growing that some believe could help a struggling Rust Belt city recover. Continue reading
Oct 22 Photos capture post-punk and hip hop icons before they made it big By Colleen Shalby Before Tony Alva and Jay Adams were skateboarding legends, before the Beastie Boys went mainstream and before Fugazi was a post-punk icon, photographer Glen Friedman captured their lives on film. Continue reading
Oct 16 Capturing blues in black and white By Frank Carlson Tim Duffy has spent the last 20 years helping struggling blues and roots musicians make ends meet while bringing their music to a wider audience. He’s also a photo hobbyist who has documented his friends and performers -- at home,… Continue reading
Oct 08 Photographers sneak into London’s underground world By Victoria Fleischer A dentist, a bus driver and a surgeon pop open a manhole cover and shimmy into the opening, abseiling into the depths of London's sewer system. They're not authorized to do this, mind you, but they're determined. You see, they,… Continue reading