Artist Shirley Woodson described how she works: “I pay attention to blues, I listen to jazz.” “Does what you happen to be listening to inspire the portray?” asked correspondent Rita Braver, Get Auto Repair. “Oh, surely, absolutely. A further coloration, a extra brilliant color. That translation, that interpretation is part […]
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As a final result of the space race in the 1960s, NASA developed some of the most iconic artworks of the 20th century in their quest to get to the moon. These ubiquitous pictures were being printed on the addresses of magazines and newspapers, featured on tv, and even illustrated […]
In 2021, our photographers told some of the most profound stories in America. They captured personal moments, like a man assessing the remnants of his home after Hurricane Ida. There were inspirational stories, like how a majority Black high school created a girls lacrosse team during the pandemic. And there […]
Kikuji Kawada was 25 when he frequented Hiroshima for the 1st time. It was July 1958 and he had been assigned by a Japanese news journal to support Ken Domon, a renowned photographer 14 yrs his senior. As Domon labored in and all around the Hiroshima Peace Park, Kawada uncovered […]