May 25 Watch Soldier documents experience in Afghanistan in tintype photographs By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 09 Watch Carrie Mae Weems on using photography to peel back the image of power By PBS News Hour Artist Carrie Mae Weems has used photography to explore national and personal history, using herself and her family as stand-ins to explore common narratives, and using the medium as a tool to challenge stereotypes. Chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown talks… Continue watching
May 02 What does (insert your race here) look like? Impossible answers to an impossible question By Victoria Fleischer Here at Art Beat, we don’t want to shy away from difficult conversations and sensitive topics when they are depicted in art. Such was the case when we posted the story “Photographer examines what being white looks like.” It elicited… Continue reading
May 01 Photographer examines what being white looks like By Victoria Fleischer In 2007, photographer Myra Green had just finished “Character Recognition,” a collection of images of her face printed through a historical photographic process called ambrotype on black glass. The project sparked a conversation with one of her friends about race. Continue reading
Mar 21 20 photos that define 'American Cool' By Colleen Shalby The question "what is cool?" remains a topic of debate, a generational point of contention. But for Frank Goodyear and Joel Dinerstein, it’s the question "who is cool?" that takes center stage in the "American Cool" exhibit they curated for… Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch Breaking stereotypes and sharing stories, women use cameras to take aim at hunger By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 18 Picturing hunger in America By Mary Jo Brooks "Hunger Through My Lens" gives digital cameras to food stamp recipients and asks them to chronicle what it's like to be hungry in America. So far, 15 women --who come from all walks of life-- have participated. Over the months,… Continue reading
Feb 14 So long hair curlers and lonely salads, the new Getty woman has chutzpah By Sarah Sheffer A business woman standing in her cluttered office, an infant child chewing on her phone cord. The working mom juggling an iron, a baby and a cell phone in the air. The frazzled pregnant mother, on the phone while children… Continue reading
Dec 09 Photo: Riding high on the hog in Phnom Penh Bringing home the bacon: A Cambodian couple ride a motorbike loaded with porks along a street in Phnom Penh pic.twitter.com/vy6xZimRsh— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) December 9, 2013… Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch Nat Geo's female photojournalists capture and share visions of the world By PBS News Hour Nat Geo's female photojournalists capture and share visions of the world… Continue watching