Photography

The Thousand-Yard Stare

December 2001

A Lens on the Land

Twelve noted photographers respond in images to areas designated by the Nature Conservancy as Last Great Places

August 31, 2001

Finding the Eye of the Whirlpool

Adventure photographer Peter McBride tells what it was like to shoot whirlpools while hanging from a ship’s radio antenna.

July 31, 2001

Preacher on the Go

Tiny Smith Island has three churches but only one pastor, who gets around by boat and Golf Cart

April 30, 2001

Photo Tips and Tricks

Put a ghost in your ghost town photographs…and other easy tips to create cool pictures

May 2001

Executive Images

To assemble “The American Presidency” exhibition, experts scour a treasure trove of historic pictures

April 30, 2001

What’s Wrong with This Picture?

Hint: It’s Real

November 1, 2000

The Pinhole Point of View

A new generation of photographers is pushing the artistic possibilities of the simple, old-fashioned technique of taking pictures through a hole in a box

April 30, 2000

Brassaà: The Eye of Paris

From mist-shrouded monuments to gritty street scenes, the 20th-century photographer Brassaà created a compelling portrait of cosmopolitan life

September 30, 1999

Pictures of a Tragedy

February 1999

Growing Pains

May 1998

A Traveling Exhibition On Women Photographers Doesn’t Skirt the Issue

March 1997

A Curator Hunts Down the American Photography Collection of Her Dreams

A curator hunts down the American photography collection of her dreams

May 1996

An Editor’s Note

A book from Smithsonian’s editor recounts tales of writers and wars, photographers and Presidents, and the experiences of life in journalism

November 1, 1995