Freeze Frame
Beginning in the 1880s, amateur photographer Wilson A. Bentley revealed the hidden structure of falling flakes
January 2005 |
By Owen Edwards
Subway Spy
Walker Evans' underground-breaking photographs resurface for the centennial of New York City's rapid transit system
November 2004 |
By Terence Monmaney
When the Shooting Started
A century and a half ago, Britain's Roger Fenton pioneered the art of war photography
October 2004 |
By Vicki Goldberg
Man of Action
An eccentric photographer and a racehorse made history one day in 1878. The world would never look the same
September 2004 |
By Victoria Olsen
Fallen Star
When Mary Decker crashed to the ground at the Los Angeles Olympics 20 years ago this month, a young photographer was there to catch the anguish
August 2004 |
By Nadira A. Hira
Dazzle by the Dozen
A 1947 portrait by the renowned Irving Penn broke the fashion mold and celebrated an elegance all too rare today
July 2004 |
By Owen Edwards
Off the Beaten Track
During a civil rights march in 1965, photographer Bruce Davidson left the highway to focus on a single Alabama sharecropper and her nine children
June 2004 |
By Paul Maliszewski
A Fresh Look at Diane Arbus
A new retrospective featuring an unprecedented number of the troubled photographer's images makes the case for her innovative artistry
May 2004 |
By Tessa DeCarlo
Tunnel Visionary
Intrepid explorer Julia Solis finds beauty in the ruins of derelict urban structures
April 2004 |
By Stephen P. Williams
Private Eye
Noted for her sensitive photojournalism in postwar magazines, Esther Bubley is back in vogue
March 2004 |
By Beverly W. Brannan
Shooting Stars
Photographer Jack Pashkovsky disarmed Hollywood's royalty with his ardor and persistence
January 2004 |
By Barry Avrich
September 11 From a Brooklyn Rooftop
Photographer Alex Webb captured a moment that showed, he says, the "continuity of life in the face of disaster"
September 2003 |
By Paul Maliszewski
Stieglitz in Focus
A new exhibition at Washington's National Gallery of Art tracks the development of seminal photographer Alfred Stieglitz
June 2002 |
By Doug Stewart
Multiple Viewpoints
Photographer Edward Burtynsky's politically charged industrial landscapes are carefully crafted to elicit different interpretations
April 2002 |
By Sean Callahan
Shades of Merriment
Robert Capa, famous for his battle photographs, made friends along the way
April 2002 |
By Smithsonian magazine
Cheeky Charmer
For half a century, photographer Harry Benson has been talking his way to the top of his game
March 2002 |
By Sean Callahan
Portraits of Her People
Historian, photographer and Macarthur "genius," Deborah Willis documents the black experience
December 2000 |
By Michael Kernan
