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
Sep 20 Photo Contest Showcases Sugarcane Town By Larisa Epatko A photo contest in the Dominican Republic is meant to show people what life is like in a batey, or sugarcane working community. Continue reading
Jun 29 Julian Cardona's Focus on Juarez By Larisa Epatko Mexican photojournalist Julian Cardona, who lives in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, documented the city's job-fueled growth and now drug-fueled violence. Continue reading
Feb 02 Watch Juvenile Education: Inside a Confined World Juvenile Education: Inside a Confined World… Continue watching
Feb 02 Juvenile Education: Inside a Confined World Photographer and professor Richard Ross has spent the last five years documenting juvenile detention facilities throughout the nation. The NewsHour recently spoke with him in his studio at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Continue reading
Dec 08 'Crime Unseen' at the Museum of Contemporary Photography By Tom LeGro In "Crime Unseen" at the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, artists look at crime and violence through the lens of a camera. Continue reading
Dec 01 'Harry Callahan at 100' at the National Gallery of Art By Tom LeGro Harry Callahan was one of the most innovative and influential photographers of the 20th century. On the centennial of his birth, an exhibition of his work at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., explores his work. Continue reading