Photography
Gaga Over a Gargoyle
From Margaret Bourke-White to Annie Leibovitz, photographers have scaled dizzying heights to frame the perfect prop
February 2008 |
By David J. Marcou
Portraits of Resistance
The inaugural show of the National Museum of African American History and Culture
February 2008 |
By Lucinda Moore
Celebrating Resistance
The curator of a portrait exhibition discusses how African Americans used photography to resist stereotypes
February 01, 2008 |
By Lucinda Moore
Trunk Show
Even in 1992, Steve McCurry says, Kabul was full of surprises
November 2007 |
By Robert M. Poole
Portrait of the Kennedys
Never-before-published photographs reveal a personal side to the first family
October 26, 2007 |
By Nicole Wroten
West Side Glory
Out of Hell's Kitchen came an image that would epitomize one of Broadway's greatest love stories
October 2007 |
By Owen Edwards
In Living Color
An obscure photographic process unveiled 100 years ago opens a fresh window on the past
September 2007 |
By Robert M. Poole
Behind the Veil
Photographer Alen MacWeeney wanted to see Ireland's Travellers as they were
July 2007 |
By David Zax
They Needed to Talk
And family friend William Eggleston, his camera at his side, felt compelled to shoot
May 2007 |
By Emily Yellin
The Deciding Moment
A newly published scrapbook of Henri Cartier-Bresson's early photographs is changing some notions about how he worked
April 2007 |
By Sarah Boxer
Operatic Entrance
As Paris feted Queen Elizabeth II, photographer Bert Hardy found a circumstance to match her pomp
March 2007 |
By David J. Marcou
A Life Less Ordinary
One of Life magazine's original four photographers, Margaret Bourke-White snapped shots around the world
March 01, 2007 |
By Dina Modianot-Fox
Fallen Giant
"A whole lifetime was over," legendary quarterback Y.A. Tittle recalls
February 2007 |
By Michael Shapiro
Beard's Eye View
When elephants began dying, Peter Beard suspected that poachers were not entirely to blame
December 2006 |
By Owen Edwards
Through the Mill
Because of a Lewis Hine photograph, Addie Card became the poster child of child labor. But what became of Addie Card?
September 2006 |
By Elizabeth Winthrop
Morning In America
Space shuttle-watchers took their place in the sun, not yet awakened to the true risks of exploring the heavens.
August 2006 |
By Henry Allen
Wild in the Yukon
A Danish photographer goes the extra mile to document wildlife in one of North America's most remote, most pristing areas, now coveted by mining and oil companies.
July 2006 |
By Frank Clifford
Coal Miner's Daughter
"I'm 15. I'm getting married. My mother doesn't want me to get married." But that's just the beginning of the story.
June 2006 |
By Maryalice Yakutchik
Fearing the Worst
A church is bombed. A daughter is missing. A rediscovered photograph recalls one of the most heart-wrenching episodes of the civil rights era.
May 2006 |
By Diane McWhorter
The Power of Prayer
A news photographer in India captures a devotional moment that goes back a thousand years
March 2006 |
By Maura Moynihan
