Curator and writer Marvin Heiferman served as the chief editor and creative consultant for The Bigger Picture blog from 2009-2011, and was the creative consultant to the Smithsonian Photography Initiative, now a part of the Smithsonian Institution Archives, from 2005 to 2011. During his time at the Photography Initiative he conceptualized and curated click! photography changes everything.
The Bigger Picture: Visual Archives and the Smithsonian
Marvin Heiferman

Blog Posts
12/22/2009
The Billionaire Club . . .
12/16/2009
No We Can't
12/15/2009
Beautiful Dreamers
12/9/2009
Upon Closer Inspection . . .
12/8/2009
Politics: Prettier When Pictured
12/2/2009
Who Wears Short Shorts?
12/1/2009
Wish You Were Here?
11/23/2009
The Shadow of Your Smile
11/11/2009
Someone To Watch Over Me: Home Edition
10/29/2009
Remembering Jessie Cohen
10/20/2009
Photos Can Turn Down the Heat
10/9/2009
And the Winner Is . . . Photography!
10/1/2009
Coming into Focus
9/25/2009
The More I See You, the More I Want You
9/17/2009
Love Thy Neighbor's Mug Shot
9/11/2009
Here Comes the Revolution?
9/2/2009
Be It Ever So Humble. . .
8/28/2009
That Picture Looks Great On You
8/19/2009
When Good People Love Bad Pictures
8/13/2009
Do You See What I See?
8/5/2009
What price fame?
7/30/2009
Who do you trust?
7/23/2009
Life & Death. Still & Moving Pictures.
7/10/2009
Look at Me! No. Look at You!
7/1/2009
Look! Up In the Sky! It's . . .
6/30/2009
Gone, But Not Forgotten
6/25/2009
Someone to Watch Over Me . . .
6/2/2009
Wipe That Grin Off Your Face!
4/30/2009
OUCH: Scary Pictures of Broad Daylight
4/20/2009
Let Freedom Ring?
4/17/2009
Stop. Or They’ll shoot!
4/6/2009
What should “reality” look like?
3/23/2009
Kodak Girl
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