Major Donation to MoMA Spotlights a Century of Women Photographers
Newly announced gift of 100 works by 76 artists runs the gamut from photojournalism to experimental images
How Photography Tells the Story of the Civil War’s Black Soldiers
A new book by scholar Deborah Willis features more than 70 photos, as well as letters, journal entries and posters
A Cider-Can ‘Camera’ Captured Eight Years in a Single Photograph
The ethereal snapshot, recorded by a drink can left in an observatory for almost a decade, may be the longest-exposure image ever taken
How Has Photography’s Relationship With Nature Evolved Over the Past 200 Years?
A new exhibition at London’s Dulwich Picture Gallery features more than 100 works documenting the natural world
Recreating Modernist Artwork by Photograph
Niko Luoma takes a fresh look at paintings that may seem stale
Why Photographer Cindy Sherman Is Still the Queen of Reinvention
A retrospective at Fondation Louis Vuitton highlights the artist’s manipulation of femininity and identity
Take a Deep Dive Into This Awesome Example of 1970s Photorealism
Smithsonian’s Carolyn Russo says to study this 1973 artwork by photorealist painter Audrey Flack is like looking at a plane spotting puzzle
Start With a Polaroid, Then Add Disinfectant. Here’s the Result
A quarantined photographer makes the most of the harsh materials at hand to create a fragile portrait of life in a pandemic
100 Years of Women at the Ballot Box
Recreating a Suffragist’s Barnstorming Tour Through the American West
Inez Milholland Boissevain’s campaign to win the vote for women inspires a dramatic homage a century later
These Portraits Revisit the Legacies of Famous Americans
Photographer Drew Gardner painstakingly recreates the images with the notable figures’ descendants
Native American Photographers Develop the Stories of Their People
Through their images, these artists combat the stereotypes perpetuated by American history and culture
These Photos From the First Decade of Smithsonian Magazine Show Where Art and Science Meet
How do you select one image to represent half a century of photography and art? You don’t
Library of Congress Acquires 100,000 Images by Harlem Photographer Shawn Walker
The African American photographer was a founding member of the Kamoinge Workshop, an art collective launched during the 1960s
Nearly a Decade After Fukushima, Photos Capture Residents’ Bittersweet Return
A new photo series titled “Restricted Residence” features 42 thermal images of locals and their changed landscape
A Conversation With Katie Couric and 23 Other Smithsonian Associates Events in November
A Conversation with Katie Couric and 23 Other Things to Do at the Smithsonian in November
What David Levinthal’s Photos of Toys Reveal About American Myth and Memory
A new show at the Smithsonian American Art Museum reflects on iconic events including JFK’s assassination, flag raising at Iwo Jima and Custer’s last stand
Dramatic New Photographs Recreate Scenes of Artists at Work
Adrien Broom’s series brings vitality to how we think about the likes of Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner or Mark Twain
How the Camera Introduced Americans to Their Heroines
A new show at the National Portrait Gallery spotlights figures including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Lucretia Mott and Margaret Fuller
Photographer Captures Stunning Images of Ice Shards Along Lake Michigan
As the lakes melts, glassy sheets of ice are piling up along another along parts of the Michigan shoreline
Photographer’s Innovative Pictures Captured Lesser-Seen Faces of Jim Crow South
Hugh Mangum’s portraits reveal his subjects’ array of emotions and defy stereotypical snapshots
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