Feb 10 These Chinese cities begin life with empty streets and skyscrapers By Kai Caemmerer Some of China's newly constructed urban areas, not yet fully populated, have earned the name "ghost cities."… Continue reading
Jan 27 What I found while photographing Japan’s abandoned amusement parks By Reginald Van de Velde I went to Japan for the sole purpose of exploring the effects of time on its abandoned structures. Continue reading
Jan 19 How a photographer captured these stunning views of space By Alaska Public Media Travis Rector photographs the far-flung corners of space that are normally undetectable to the human eye. Continue reading
Jan 15 Watch 0:54 Library lets you check out a millennium of images By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, you can now view more than 180,000 images from the New York Public Library, with treasures dating back to the 11th century. Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch 3:02 What makes a photographer when everyone is taking pictures By PBS News Hour When photographer Ken Van Sickle was 23 and living in Paris, he could barely afford rolls of film. One night, hearing that jazz great Chet Baker was playing, he went and took only two pictures, and one was blurry. So… Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch 6:38 MacArthur fellow LaToya Ruby Frazier captures the town that survived By PBS News Hour, Frank Carlson Braddock, Pennsylvania, was once a thriving steel town before the town’s industry collapsed. It's where LaToya Ruby Frazier grew up, like her mother and grandmother before her, and it's where the visual artist and 2015 MacArthur fellow has returned to… Continue watching
Dec 28 12 stunning snowflake photos you won’t believe were taken by an amateur photographer By Abbey Oldham No, these designs aren’t the latest in 3D printing technology; they are photographs of snowflakes taken by self-taught Moscow photographer, Alexey Kljatov. Continue reading
Dec 26 Watch 2:58 A tribute to one of America’s first female photojournalists By PBS News Hour In 1965, photographer and writer Dickey Chapelle was killed in Vietnam, becoming the first female American journalist to be killed covering a war. In the new book, "Dickey Chapelle Under Fire," author John Garofolo talks about Chapelle's work, influence, and… Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch 7:30 Humans of New York gives U.S.-bound refugees a voice By PBS News Hour Brandon Stanton stops random people on the street, takes their photo and learns what about their personal stories makes them unique. He's the photographer behind Humans of New York, a blog and social media feeds seen by millions. Lately Stanton… Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch 1:39 Humans of New York gives U.S.-bound refugees a voice By PBS News Hour Continue watching