Nov 14 JFK November 22, 1963: A Bystander’s View of History By Kristin Miller A selection of images from the exhibitions JFK November 22, 1963: A Bystander’s View of History (at the International Center of Photography, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, October 4, 2013 –January 19, 2014). Continue reading
Oct 12 Who are the Uighurs? Men at a local Kashgar chai house watch a Pakistani film dubbed in Uighur. Credit: Eleanor Moseman In May of 2010, photographer Eleanor Moseman embarked on a bicycling trip from her then-home in Shanghai, China with no clear… Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch Conflict minerals from the Congo to your cellphone National Geographic photographer Marcus Bleasdale finds beauty in trauma. His work in the Congo is featured in the magazine’s 125th anniversary issue. “The Price of Precious” documents child labor in camps that extract not blood diamonds, but tin, tungsten and… Continue watching
Sep 18 Watch Capturing Mathew Brady, Photographer Who Shaped Our Vision of the Civil War Capturing Mathew Brady, Photographer Who Shaped Our Vision of the Civil War… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch Exhibit of War Photography Pulls Between the Aesthetics and Horror of Conflict Exhibit of War Photography Pulls Between the Aesthetics and Horror of Conflict… Continue watching
Sep 07 Watch Anne Tucker on Carolyn Cole’s "War Paint Anne Tucker, co-curator of War/Photography, talks about "War Paint" by Carolyn Cole. Continue watching
Jul 29 Passing Impressions of the American Road By Ellen Rolfes While the 19th century vision of America was as untrammeled wilderness -- overwhelming, majestic and sublime -- a new exhibit at the Smithsonian American Art Museum shows a grittier 20th century America, altered by its inhabitants. "Landscapes in Passing" features… Continue reading
May 15 Watch Photographer Explores ‘Chicago’s Bloody Year’ Ray Suarez talks to photographer Jon Lowenstein about covering violence in Chicago. Continue watching
Feb 19 Watch The Gun as Image Artist George Blakely presents photos, paintings and movies that depict the gun. Continue watching
Nov 29 ‘Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop’ By Tom LeGro From simple retouching like removing red-eye to complex manipulation like removing people, Photoshop has dramatically changed the way we use the medium of photography. Or has it? An exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York explores the… Continue reading