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As recently as last month, reading material on photographer Robert Bergman was scarce. But now he's storming onto the scene. After nearly 60 years as a photographer, he finally has a solo show at the National Gallery of Art
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Afghanistan is not camera-friendly terrain. "Everything is either made out of mud, steel or rocks," NPR photographer David Gilkey explains over the phone, before offering an update on the Marines of 1st Platoon Golf Company.
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Clyde Butcher and Ansel Adams have a few things in common: big cameras, a love of landscapes and beards. But Butcher is alive and well. He's an award-winning environmental photographer based in the Florida wetlands. View some of his photos on NPR's Picture Show.
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National Geographic's International Photography Contest has come to a close, and winners will be announced in early December. Here's a selection of a few submissions.
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Cameras have come a long way since 1839, and Smithsonian's National Museum of American History currently has a display of 22 cameras to celebrate the evolution.
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Photographer Pam Spaulding took the concept of the long-term assignment to an extreme -- spending more than 30 years photographing the McGarvey family of Anchorage, Ky.
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Plaid may be back and more beautiful than ever. But the real grunge look of the 1980s and 90s was emblematic of a more serious subculture. Renowned photographer Michael Lavine was there to photograph the music scene, and his photos are now in a new book.
NPR Radio Pictures If you're in D.C. on November 9, you should come to NPR + National Geographic's Fotoweek event. RSVP to pictureshow@npr.org !
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National Geographic and NPR are each renowned for storytelling. And both have adapted to new digital technologies that facilitate -- and change -- the way they report. Join NPR's Jacki Lyden as she hosts a panel discussion and presentation about the evolution of storytelling in sights and sounds.
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Roy DeCarava, renowned photographer who captured the face of Harlem, died this week at the age of 89. View a gallery of his photos that introduced black America and jazz to the greater public.
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"The first five minutes of any run always feels like a bad idea. Same thing with photographing," says Guggenheim Fellow Greg Miller. These were this thoughts upon arriving in Nashville, Tenn.
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As children we learn that owls are wise, but who knew they could be this cute?
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National Geographic's International Photography Contest will be coming to a close in about a week. Here's a selection of some submissions from this past week.
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A new exhibition at the National Gallery of Art will take you into the darkroom, exposing you to processes from daguerreotypes to chromogenic prints. An introduction to the darkroom -- or a eulogy? The Picture Show says, "Vive la Darkroom!"
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A freewheelin Bob Dylan saunters down the street, arm in arm with his girlfriend. You've seen the photo, but do you know who took it? A new book focuses on the photographers who fashioned our vision of rock 'n' roll.
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Photographer James Nachtwey is in a league of his own. If you haven't heard of him, you've probably at least seen his work. It appears in the October issue of National Geographic, to tell the story of Islam in Indonesia.
