Arbitrary Restrictions on Photographers
At times during the last decade, authorities have arbitrarily stopped photographers from taking pictures in the name of national security. For example, University of Maryland student Reza Farhoodi was...
View ArticleThe Perils of Filming Police
It is not illegal to film police, but there have been several instances of citizens being arrested because the police didn't want to appear on camera. Bob talks to Mickey Osterreicher, general counsel...
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John Albok
John Albok, a Madison Avenue tailor, looking through his collection of thousands of photographs he took in New York City. He has been shooting for 43 1/2 years. Every picture has its own story or...
View ArticleAi Weiwei Photo Exhibit Opens at the Asia Society
An exhibition of 227 black-and-white documentary photos taken by the controversial Chinese artist Ai Weiwei in New York from 1983 to 1993 opened at the Asia Society on Wednesday. The show marks the...
View ArticleManhattan Galleries Focus in on Edward Burtynsky
A sweeping overhead shot of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and abstract aerials of dryland farming in northeastern Spain. These are some of the large-scale chromogenic color prints by Canadian...
View ArticleMary Ellen Mark and Martin Bell Document Prom
Photographer Mary Ellen Mark and her husband, the filmmaker Martin Bell, talk about traveling across the United States to document teenagers going to the prom. For the book Prom, Mark used a Polaroid...
View ArticleNative Americans Captured on Film
Timothy Egan tells the story behind the most famous photographs in Native American history—and the driven, brilliant man who made them, Edward Curtis. In Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher is a...
View ArticleBest of 2012: The Year In (Your Cell Phone) Pictures
There are plentyofroundups of the year's best photography, but we want to gather 2012's best photos -- that are sitting on your cell phone. Sandy, Nets in Brooklyn, the 2012 Election, Olympics...there...
View ArticlePetrochemical America
Kate Orff, an assistant professor at Columbia University and founder of SCAPE, a landscape architecture studio in Manhattan, discusses the causes of sustained environmental abuse along the largest...
View ArticleGreat Minds and Stellar Talents Consider the State of Modern Photography
"What Is Modern Photography?" is the question posed at this symposium hosted by the Museum of Modern Art's Edward Steichen. An all-star panel of photographers, including Margaret Bourke-White, Walker...
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The Glaciers of Patagonia, Inside a Gallery
Patagonia has the third largest ice cap in the world. German photographer Frank Thiel’s show at the Sean Kelly gallery brings this dramatic landscape to New York City.When Thiel first saw the immense...
View ArticleLost Arctic Photos Open Window Back in Time to Age of Exploration
The cold of the Antarctic was the final frontier during the last era of exploration. From 1492 until the early 20th century, explorers ventured off to discover new lands and plant their national...
View ArticleCan Photos Change Our Laws?
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.In an interview with The Takeaway, former Attorney General Eric Holder raised an interesting point about the gun debate in America.A few days...
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Documenting One Bronx Neighborhood on the Cusp of Change
The de Blasio Administration is eyeing 73 blocks around Jerome Avenue in the Bronx for a rezoning. The city says the goal is to revitalize the area, while protecting existing residents and businesses....
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For creating travel memories, Russell Banks prefers words to images
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: If you’re planning to travel to Iceland or some other destination, you might want to take a tip from novelist and poet Russell Banks. In the age of...
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