Alan Grant photographed Jayne Mansfield in 1957 in her Hollywood swimming pool, among hot-water bottles in her image, which now fetch hundreds of dollars each on Internet auction sites. "I could have been a multimillionare [if I'd saved some]," jokes Grant.

Slices of Life

From Hollywood to Buchenwald, and Manhattan to the Kalahari, the magazine pioneered photojournalism as we know it. A new book shows how

For the 2005 Festival of China, artist Cai Guo-Qiang created a fireworks display over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.

Art That Goes Boom

The works of Cai Guo-Qiang, director of visual effects for the opening ceremonies at the Beijing Olympic Games, truly sizzle

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Subway Spy

Walker Evans’ underground-breaking photographs resurface for the centennial of New York City’s rapid transit system

Les Demoiselles d’Avignon

Cleaning Picasso

The artist’s groundbreaking Les Demoiselles d’Avignon gets a face lift from experts at New York’s Museum of Modern Art

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Point, Shoot, Submit

Our new and improved photo contest swings into gear

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Man of Action

An eccentric photographer and a racehorse made history one day in 1878. The world would never look the same

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Lee Bontecou’s Brave New World

A star of the 1960s art scene returns with a triumphant exhibition of futuristic works

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Token of Appreciation

A grateful Pomo Indian’s gift to a friend exemplifies the brightest form of Native American artistry

Left-right: Zola Budd, Mary Decker, Maricica Puică, 3000 m, 1984 Olympics

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

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Impressionism’s American Childe

A new exhibition of works by Childe Hassam, a pioneering interpreter of the French style, highlights his “incorrigibly joyous” break with the past

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Dazzle by the Dozen

A 1947 portrait by the renowned Irving Penn broke the fashion mold and celebrated an elegance all too rare today

Adirondack chair

Everybody Take A Seat

Comfort for the masses? Or a tacky blight? Seemingly overnight, the one-piece plastic chair has become a world fixture. Can you stand it?

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Tons of Talent

Picking the winner of our first photo contest required a bit of heavy lifting

Back to Nature

Artist Steve Tobin turns organic forms into sculpture

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The Wizard of Odd

Illusionist Ricky Jay, a keeper of magic’s secrets, conjures up a dirty deal in TV’s “Deadwood”

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Panorama Mama

In Los Angeles, bulldozers are circling Sara Velas’ mural in the round

"A picturesque subject indeed!" Sarony said before making the photograph, Oscar Wilde, No. 18, that figured in a historic lawsuit.

Supremely Wilde

How an 1882 portrait of the flamboyant man of letters reached the highest court in the land and changed U.S. law forever

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

Alfred Hitchcock

Colossal Ode

Without Emma Lazarus’ timeless poem, Lady Liberty would be just another statue

Art photographer Terry Evans' 2001 colorful homage to museum collections, titled Fields Museum, Drawer of Cardinals, Various Dates.

Photos for All Time

A new book, At First Sight, draws on all the Smithsonian’s vast archives to chart photograph’s profound place in history

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