Results for "smithsonian photo collections"
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A Tongue-Twisting New Photo App
- Date: December 23, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="331" caption="14th Street and Broadway, NYC (man with goggles), 1947, by Louis Faurer, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of anonymous donors, 2007.40.61 "][/caption] Earlier this month, Google introduced the Beta and Android-based version of the new and, for some, startling photo-based search feature they’ve calling Google Goggles.
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Everyone into the White House Photo Pool!
- Date: May 28, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="attachment_1085" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="President Barack Obama and health care executives leave the State Dining Room of the White House following a press statement May 11, 2009. Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson."][/caption] A few days ago, watching TV and seeing Barack Obama face yet another gaggle of photographers and
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When Photos Stop Being Pictures
- Date: March 18, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="Wallet, by Amanda Govaert, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0."][/caption] A recent article by Caitlin McDevitt in the Washington Post, describing Facebook’s expanding role as a hub for digital photography, while providing some surprising facts, raises one particularly interesting issue. As more people post and share
Remembering Jessie Cohen
- Date: October 29, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: At SPI, we were sad to learn that Jessie Cohen died earlier this week. Jessie was one of the photographic mainstays at the Smithsonian; she started working at the Smithsonian National Zoo in 1979, photographing animals, their living quarters, and behind-the-scenes events for exhibition, education, and marketing purposes. In addition, Jessie also managed the Zoo’s exhibition
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Up In the Air: The New 9/11 Photos
- Date: February 15, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="403" caption="Untitled, 2001, by Susan Watts, Digital photograph, National Museum of American History, Behring Center, Division of Information Technology and Communications, Courtesy of Susan Watts/New York Daily News, Image No. watts012."][/caption] Given how quickly photographs are spread by the news and social media, we’ve come to
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Look at Me! No. Look at You!
- Date: July 10, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: Toward the end of a long day last week, tired of looking at and thinking about still pictures, I decided to take a break to check out what kinds of videos about photography had been posted on YouTube. The key word "photo" yielded 885,000 videos and feeling a little daunted, I started scanning the first couple of hundred to see what turned up. All the how-to videos about
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Photos Can Turn Down the Heat
- Date: October 20, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="Natural Gas Fracing, by Melissa Peffs."][/caption] Photography is valued for, among other things, seeing what the human eye cannot. From medical scans to red light cameras to artworks made by image makers offering up new perspectives, photography reminds us that there’s always more to observe than we’re physically able to
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That Picture Looks Great On You
- Date: August 28, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="attachment_2114" align="aligncenter" width="240" caption="Flickr Photographer T-shirt with Flickr Badge, photo by Ritsa, from RobW_'s Flickr photostream."][/caption] Not only are photographs everywhere, but they’re on everything. And you, too, can contribute to the picture pile-up.
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With a Little Unpaid Help From My Friends
- Date: August 15, 2011
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: Late in July, LENS, a New York Times blog that focuses on images and issues photographic, posted an interesting story by James Estrin. Magnum Photos, the legendary co-operative photo agency founded after World War II by photographers including Robert Capa and Henri Cartier Bresson, announced that to boost the visibility (and paid use) of the hundreds of thousands of images it
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Wipe That Grin Off Your Face!
- Date: June 2, 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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Politics: Prettier When Pictured
- Date: December 8, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="attachment_3084" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="President Obama conducts interviews in the Map Room 3/30/09. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza."][/caption] Some photographs, instead of illustrating the news, are designed to make news. Given the speed at which photographic images can be distributed, the audiences they reach, and the attention they
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Gone, But Not Forgotten
- Date: June 30, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="attachment_1433" align="aligncenter" width="263" caption="Outdated kodachrome '73, '79, '83, by Goodimages."][/caption] Recently, Kodak announced it was discontinuing production of Kodachrome products. Known for its vibrant color, Kodachrome, was a child of the Depression, a process invented by two musicians—violinist Leopold Godowski Jr. and pianist Leopold