Results for "Photojournalism"
Link Love: 10/14/2011
- Date: October 14, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Tractorcade
- Date: February 21, 2012
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: The story of the February 1979 Washington, DC tractor rally organized by the American Agriculture Movement to change agriculture policy.
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Link Love: 8/12/2011
- Date: August 12, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: The Smithsonian’s Around the Mall blog has an interview with our Smithsonian Historian, Pam Henson, about the famous, real-life Smokey the Bear (you can also read our earlier post on the subject). Need to get a 17th century recipe for almond cakes? The Wellcome Library’s online Recipe Manuscripts is the place for you. This is a really fun collection to browse [via Marcel
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A Photographer, Not a Terrorist
- Date: March 11, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: Starting last fall, stories started popping up in the British media and online about photographers who’d been stopped by officials empowered to question and search them if they seemed suspicious or might have some links to terrorism.
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SIA RU000589, Smithsonian Institution Office of Telecommunications, Productions, 1969-1983
- Date: 1969 1969-1983
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Both Sides Now
- Date: April 13, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="197" caption="Candice Bergen, October 1981, LIFE Magazine, © Time Inc."][/caption] Most of us know what it’s like to be the subject of a photograph and to take one, to be seen and to see. But some of us, due to unusual circumstances, know more about that than others. In her 1984 autobiography, Knock Wood, Candice Bergen wrote with
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Help Us ID These Mystery Women and Scientists
- Date: March 9, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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Life & Death. Still & Moving Pictures.
- Date: July 23, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Marey Wheel Photographs of Unidentified Model, with Eadweard Muybridge Notations, by Thomas Eakins, 1884, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden."][/caption] Please be aware that some of the photographs included in links within this post may contain graphic and emotionally disturbing material. Which are more powerful,
Love Thy Neighbor's Mug Shot
- Date: September 17, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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The man, the myth, the lens
- Date: May 17, 2010
- Creator: Susannah Wells
- Description: [caption id="attachment_6524" align="alignright" width="220" caption="Linsey Scott, Intern, and Michael Barnes, Photographer, from the Center of Scientific Imaging and Photography stand in front of the freshly remounted world-record Black Marlin that was caught in 1953 using 130 pound test line by Alfred C. Glascock, Jr."][/caption] I had the recent opportunity to sit down
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The Empress of the Galapagos Islands, Part I
- Date: June 7, 2011
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Saving the Treasures from the Morgue
- Date: June 28, 2012
- Description: US newspapers have rich photo archives that need attention to make sure they are around for future generations.