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Encore: Paris exhibit looks back on Graciela Iturbide's photographs

5:08am April 26, 2022

by Eleanor Beardsley

Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide has won international renown for her portraits of indigenous and marginalized peoples across the globe. (This story first aired on ATC on April 8, 2022.)

Members of the all-female skate crew ImillaSkate in Cochabamba, Bolivia. The athletes wear polleras, skirts traditionally worn by Bolivia's indigenous Aymara and Quechua women, when they skate at tournaments. "Many girls who see us skating feel proud to s

PHOTOS: How this Bolivian all-female skate crew is celebrating their indigenous roots

1:59pm April 17, 2022

by Malaka Gharib

The young women skateboard while wearing polleras, colorful, layered skirts worn by their country's indigenous Aymara and Quechua women. They want to show girls and women it's OK to be themselves.

A woman and a man ride in a vintage car as hot air balloons float behind them in the region of Cappadocia, Turkey.

Sony photo awards: Computers on horseback, magnificent mountains, bathing elephants

3:28pm April 16, 2022

by Jennifer Swanson

The 2022 Sony World Photography Award-winners include a photo of a man in Argentina transporting computers on horseback and twin sisters at a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar.

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Veteran war photographer David Hume Kennerly reflects on the impact of his craft

9:16am April 16, 2022

Scott Simon interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist David Hume Kennerly about photographs coming out of Ukraine and how they are changing the public's perception of the war.

Unknown, Portrait of a Civil War Veteran Wearing a Grand Army of the Republic Medal, c. 1866-1870. Tintype, 3 1/2 × 2 7/16 in.

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Art bearing witness to the agonies of war

12:27pm April 15, 2022

by Susan Stamberg

An exhibition at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass. shows four centuries of war images, giving powerful witness to how art forms have reflected the brutalities of war.

Terrence Floyd speaks during a news conference during the unveiling of three sculptures as part of the "SEEINJUSTICE" art exhibition that feature the likenesses of his brother George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and John Lewis, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, at Unio

9,000 digital art NFTs are being released to raise funds in George Floyd's memory

8:31am April 15, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

In the fight to get justice for his brother's murder, Terrence Floyd has turned to the unlikeliest corners to do just that: NFTs — or non-fungible tokens.

Graciela Iturbide's work is on display at the Cartier Foundation in Paris through May.

A Paris exhibit looks back on the photographs of Graciela Iturbide

10:22am April 09, 2022

by Eleanor Beardsley

Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide has won international renown for her portraits of indigenous and marginalized peoples across the globe.

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New exhibit shows photographer Adger Cowans range — from Civil Rights to movie stars

8:52am April 09, 2022

by Ryan Caron King

Photographer Adger Cowans, who covered everything from the Civil Rights Movement to Hollywood, has a new exhibit at age 85 in Fairfield, Conn.

Photographer Patrick Demarchelier is seen at a fashion show in New York in 2004.

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Famed fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier dies at age 78

10:35am April 01, 2022

by Neda Ulaby

A close friend of Princess Diana, Patrick Demarchelier was one of the leading fashion photographers of his era.

Several pyramids in the morning light in the royal burial grounds in Meroe, Sudan.

Chester Higgins' camera brings a 360 degree view to Black life

3:47pm March 31, 2022

by Jon Kalish

Acclaimed African-American photographer Chester Higgins has made dozens of trips to Africa since the 1970's to document the continent's history and culture. Now 75, he has no plans on slowing down.