photography

The two control cabs at the Stockholm Arlanda Airport symbolize two ravens from Nordic mythology that were tasked with watching over the earth.

Arts

Prepare For Takeoff: Smithsonian Celebrates The Art Of The Airport Tower

2:04pm December 21, 2015

by Susan Stamberg

Photographer Carolyn Russo says these beacons of the landscape serve as "cultural greeters." Her dramatic photographs are on display at the Air and Space museum in Washington, D.C.

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Pindar Van Arman in his studio with paintings created by his bitPaintr portrait-painting robot.

Arts

You Can Give A Robot A Paintbrush, But Does It Create Art?

9:09am December 06, 2015

by Allie Caren

Pindar Van Arman is a painter — and a software designer. His latest project? A portrait-painting robot. Its paintings "dance on the edge" between creations by humans and machines, he says.

The photographer brings a surreal touch to the epidemic that struck West Africa in photos titled "Le Temps Ebola." The suits worn by the people portraying health professionals evoke carnival masks and animal masks. The question the photographer ponders: "

Ghost Towns, Surreal Ebola Docs, Hip Hats: It's Africa's Big Photo Show

11:42am December 05, 2015

by Vicky Hallett

This year, the Biennale of Photography is all about "Telling Time" — and it comes at a telling time for the host country of Mali.

National

Building The Library Of Congress — In A GIF

11:04am December 04, 2015

by Linton Weeks

Strung together into a short video, images of the construction of the Library of Congress in the late 19th century illustrate a nation's commitment to knowledge.

Arts

Photojournalist Pays It Forward After Earning Thousands In Copyright Fees

6:13pm December 02, 2015

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to photojournalist Yunghi Kim who has taken copyright fees from her photographs and created small grants for other photographers.

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Yao Chen, Annie Leibovitz, Tavi Gevinson, Agnes Gund, and Marco Tronchetti Provera attended the launch of the 2016 Pirelli Calendar by Annie Leibovitz at Grosvenor House in London Monday.

Arts

Heroic Women In Strong Poses: Serena Williams, Amy Schumer In Pirelli Calendar

4:25pm December 01, 2015

by Bill Chappell

"Beautiful, gross, strong, thin, fat, pretty, ugly, sexy, disgusting, flawless, woman." — that's how comedian Amy Schumer sums up this year's Pirelli calendar.

This 11-year-old boy lives with his family in a Roma settlement in Belgrade. "He and his brothers and sisters are without documents, but he had this amazing confidence," Constantine says.

Eye On The Invisible: A Photographer's Quest To Spotlight The Stateless

6:13am November 21, 2015

by Ben de la Cruz

Greg Constantine has spent 10 years documenting the world's stateless people. They live without passports, without ID cards, without dignity — but not without hope.

A Christian holds a crucifix made in the Dogon style in Bugudunjuru, Mali in 1996.

Photographer Abbas Chronicles 'What People Do In The Name Of God'

10:15pm November 19, 2015

Abbas became interested in religion while covering the Iranian Revolution. "I could see that the waves of passion [that were] raised by the Revolution were not going to stop at the borders," he says.

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Union commanders in composite photo, 1883-84.

National

Civil War Leaders — In An 1880s Insurance Ad?

2:20pm November 12, 2015

by Linton Weeks

If getting all of these Union commanders together in one room to pose for this photo seems like an impossible task, it was. It didn't happen.

During his decades-spanning career Irving Penn photographed everything from fashion models to frozen food. Above, Ball Dress by Olivier Theyskens for Nina Ricci, New York, 2007.

Arts

For Irving Penn, Perfect Portraiture Wasn't Just For Fashion Models

1:37pm November 10, 2015

by Susan Stamberg

Penn created many of the stark, glossy pictures of stick-thin fashion models that appeared in Vogue. He also made portraits of nudes, celebrities and also everyday objects, like cigarettes.

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