Harken Back to the Glory Days When ‘Time’ Magazine Was King
A new show honors the once powerful cover shot and the artists who made celebs shine bright
These Rarely Seen Images Show Jazz Greats Pouring Out Their Hearts
Frank Wolff’s gritty portraits, the hallmark of Blue Note Records, became a visual catalog of jazz in action
A Changing Mecca Is the Focus of the First U.S. Exhibition to Feature a Saudi Artist
The works of Ahmed Mater at the Sackler examine the stark collision of the sacred and profane
This Designer Makes Animations With Nature
Paul Johnson turns Twin Cities landscapes into hypnotic stop-motion
This New Collection of 12,000 Photographs Chronicles the American Jazz Scene
A donation from the family of photographer and historian Duncan Schiedt captures the music’s “essence”
This Firefly Time-Lapse Video Is Beautiful
A visit to a serene lake in Missouri kicked off an obsession with creating time-lapse images of fireflies
Announcing the Winners of the 2013 Smithsonian In Motion Video Contest
We received over 200 videos about a wide range of subjects, but only one could be declared our grand prize winner
Watch New York City Come Alive in This Amazing Timelapse
Take a sped-up tour of Midtown Manhattan and its residents, non-stop traffic and historic landmarks
Flowers Writ Large
With his Botanica Magnifica, podiatrist-turned-photographer Jonathan Singer captures flowers on the grandest of scales
Cindy Sherman: Monument Valley Girl
The artist’s self portrait plays with our notions of an archetypal West
Richard Misrach’s Ominous Beach Photographs
A new exhibition of oversized photographs by Richard Misrach invites viewers to have fun in the sun. Or does it?
More With Richard Misrach
The Photographer explains how a series of beach pictures were inspired by the events of September 11
Gregory Crewdson’s Epic Effects
The photographer uses movie production techniques to create “in-between moments.” But you’ll have to supply the story line
What Camera?
Look what photographer Robert Creamer can do with a flatbed scanner
They Needed to Talk
And family friend William Eggleston, his camera at his side, felt compelled to shoot
The Deciding Moment
A newly published scrapbook of Henri Cartier-Bresson’s early photographs is changing some notions about how he worked
Time After Time
William Christenberry embraces the impermanent
Model Family
Sally Mann’s unflinching photographs of her children have provoked controversy, but one of her now-grown daughters wonders what all the fuss was about
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
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