photography

Depression-Era Photos Make A Mark In American Photography

6:35pm December 29, 2014

by Leah Scarpelli

A Yale University project has organized and mapped photographs taken for the Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information from 1935 to 1946. Now there's an online tool to explore them.

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Arts

Look At This: Seeing The Story Inside A Photo

1:01pm December 21, 2014

The NPR Visuals team has published a new project called A Photo I Love. Editor Kainaz Amaria tells NPR's Rachel Martin about the first beloved image, from a book, Gangsters and Grifters.

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A boy lies on a mattress on the floor of Redemption Hospital, a holding center for Ebola patients in Monrovia, Liberia.

A Michel Du Cille Disciple Remembers His Late, Great Boss

4:18pm December 13, 2014

by Marc Silver

NPR's Ben de la Cruz worked for du Cille at the Washington Post. Stunned by the news of the photographer's death in Liberia, de la Cruz tells what he learned from the man with the gentle soul.

Ebola survivor Klubo Mulbah (center), a physician assistant who was infected by a patient, celebrates among friends and family on Sept. 24 in Monrovia, Liberia. She was among 15 Liberian patients who recovered from Ebola and were released from the ELWA 2

World News

Remembering Michel Du Cille: Photos Of Sorrow And Triumph In Liberia

1:14pm December 12, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

The three-time Pulitzer winner died Thursday while on assignment in Liberia for The Washington Post. Regarding those tough assignments, du Cille always emphasized compassion and dignity.

Arts

First Rule In iPhone Photography: Edit, Edit, Edit

12:44pm November 30, 2014

Professional photographer David Hume Kennerly has produced a book of photos taken with his iPhone. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks to the Pulitzer Prize winner about how to avoid "visual mediocrity."

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Galindo's "zapatello" uses gears and cranks to hit a shoe and glove on a drum made of a tire and rawhide.

Arts

Lost — Then Found — Along The Border, Objects Become Art

8:16pm November 23, 2014

by NPR Staff

A photographer's journey along the U.S.-Mexico border turned up dramatic images of lost possessions. Those found items were later made into instruments that sound just like that desolate landscape.

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At the school that Eunice (right) co-founded in Navaisha, Kenya, tenants living nearby often used the bathrooms and left them dirty. So she designed tiny bathrooms with doors just big enough for young children. "Parents will enroll their children here bec

Me, Myself And The Loo: A Woman's Future Can Rest On A Toilet

2:49pm November 19, 2014

by Linda Poon

"My Toilet," a new photo exhibit in London, documents how commodes — or the lack of a proper one — affect the health, safety and education of girls and women around the world.

At the annual kite festival in Jaipur, India, photographer Stuart Franklin recalls, "I couldn't count the number of people who had kites flying up in the sky from the roofs."

World News

An 'Orphaned' Photo Of Kites And Love, Rescued From Oblivion

5:05pm November 13, 2014

by Rena Silverman

A noted photographer talks about a favorite image — from the hundreds of thousands he's shot in the past three decades — that never quite got the attention it deserved.

For decades, Kodak's Shirley cards, like this one, featured only white models.

Arts

How Kodak's Shirley Cards Set Photography's Skin-Tone Standard

9:45am November 13, 2014

by Mandalit del Barco

Named for the original model — an employee of Kodak — the portraits were used by photo labs to calibrate printers. But until the 1970s, that model was always white.

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A striking image of autumn trees lining a drive in Vermont.

National

Photo Break: America Puts On Its Fall Colors

9:03pm October 04, 2014

by Bill Chappell

October brings the peak of the autumn foliage season in many U.S. states. Thanks to the NPR community, we've collected some photos that are worth taking a break from the news to stare at.