Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="413" caption="William Temple Hornaday, taxidermist, working on a tiger model in the Taxidermy Shop located in the South Yard, c. 1880, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 13, Folder 39, and Box 28, Folder 31-A, Negative Number: 3687."][/caption]
Description: While we at the Photography Initiative like to argue that photography changes everything, it’s not always the case. On June 2nd, in a controversial ninth inning call, baseball umpire Jim Joyce denied Detroit Tigers’ pitcher Armando Galarraga a shot at making history for pitching a “perfect” game. Joyce—from his point of view behind first base—saw a batter hit a ball, make it