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World in Frames: RFI traces the stories behind the world's most famous photos

As France marks 200 years since inventor Nicéphore Niépce took the world’s oldest surviving photograph, RFI looks back at photos that changed our view of history – or even history itself. Here we tell the story of how a portrait of an unnamed woman came to represent the suffering of…

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California flooded Monticello in 1956; Its streets still lie beneath Lake Berryessa

A small California community of ranches, farms, schools and family homes has been covered by water for nearly 70 years. Beneath the waters of Lake Berryessa rests the ghost town of Monticello, preserved in fragments: its roads, foundations and historic bridge still visible beneath the surface while photographs and memories…

The Times of India

These 20th century photos of Mexican workers being rounded up and sent back highlight how mass deportations from the USA are nothing new

A new exhibition traces a century of recruitment and removal, from the 1930s to the 1950s

Digital Camera World

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From the Great Depression to Japanese-American internment, Dorothea Lange's camera bore witness to some of the darkest moments in US history

A forthcoming retrospective celebrates one of the most morally urgent photographers of the 20th century

Digital Camera World

Burning flags, busty blondes and bison skulls: 50 photographs that capture America at 250

From the gold rush to civil rights, the moon landing to 9/11, the US has always understood, mythologised and sold itself through the power of the still image

The Guardian - UK

She was Kodak's "Turn Around" girl before she ever picked up a camera. Now Judy Glickman Lauder's collection of Dorothea Lange, Gordon Parks, Diane Arbus & Nan Goldin photos is going on tour, and there's a lot photographers can learn from it

Long before she became one of photography's great collectors, Judy Glickman Lauder was the subject of her father's lens. That history now shapes an exhibition worth paying attention to.

Digital Camera World

As Route 66 turns 100, what is it that we’re actually celebrating?

Working in concert, the American Association of State Highway Officials and the Bureau of Public Roads adopted a uniform highway numbering system and corresponding map on November 11, 1926. The numbering system and map replaced the confusing patchwork of highways and trails, like the Lincoln Highway or the Old Trails…

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Revisiting Dorothea Lange's lost Californian valley: 3,200 photos from an almost-forgotten 1950s project just went free online

A Texan rainstorm killed one of the greatest photo essays you've never seen. Now you can download every frame, including the ones Lange chose not to publish

Digital Camera World

Did you know that much of Robert Capa's photography was actually shot by a woman?

For International Women's Day, we look at the women who defined and evolved photography –from Anna Atkins to Cindy Sherman

Digital Camera World

58 Old Colorized Photos That Might Change The Way You Perceive History, By Sebastien De Oliveira (New Pics)

French artist Sébastien de Oliveira is best known for his meticulous colorization of historical black and white photographs, a process that blends archival research with a distinctly artistic sensibility. Drawing on his background as a painter and photographer...

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The troubling relevance of Woody Guthrie’s new album, released 58 years after his death

A new album by Woody Guthrie (1912–1967), perhaps the most influential US folk artist, was released late last summer. Woody at Home, Vol. 1 & 2 contains songs – some already known, others previously unreleased – the artist recorded from 1951 to 1952 on a tape recorder he received from…

The Conversation

“Dolly turned it down - and I’m glad that she did because what Kate did on it is brilliant”: How Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush brought one of the most emotive songs of the 1980s to life

What happened when two musical icons joined forces? The birth of a timeless duet with a surprising country origin…

MusicRadar

A stranger asleep in beautiful morning light: Joanne Leonard’s best photograph

‘My marriage had abruptly collapsed. I was longing for intimacy – yet this was not someone I knew well’

The Guardian - UK

30 female photographers whose work deserves to be celebrated on World Photography Day

For World Photography Day, let's recognize how these innovative and prolific female photographers have shaped the artform

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The Camera Never Lies… or does it? UK exhibition considers the power of documentary photography

First part of a series called ‘What is Truth’ focuses on the role of photography in shaping the narrative of global events

The Guardian - UK

Photoespaña: the exhibition where the staging is as impressive as the art

Madrid’s yearly photography festival has shone light on new photographers, established industry names, and artists whose work has gone unrecognised for decades

The Guardian - US

Artist and activist LaToya Ruby Frazier: ‘I come from community that’s been forgotten’

The photographer, one of Time’s most influential people of 2024, prepares for a major survey of her work at the MoMA

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Exploring The Top Political Photographers In History

Explore the works of renowned photographers like Steve McCurry, Annie Leibovitz, and Dorothea Lange in political photography.

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Why analogue photography is making a creative comeback

And it's not all down to nostalgia.

The Conversation

Four historical figures who you may not know had a disability

When we look back over years past, whose achievements make it into the history books? There are important stories and contributions that have long been overlooked because the people responsible were part of a marginalised group.

The Conversation

Photography: Real and Imagined at the NGV – a huge and dazzling exhibition that reexamines our thinking

Photography is almost 200 years old and Photography: Real and Imagined at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) can be interpreted as an attempt to make sense of its history.

Digital Camera World

The 50 best photographers ever

Covering a range of genres and styles, these are the 50 greatest photographers the world has ever seen (probably)

TechRadar

World Photography Day 2023: 17 must-see documentaries and movies

Celebrate World Photography Day 2023 by looking through the pin-sharp lens of these photo-centric films and documentaries.

The Guardian - UK

‘Manus wants the washing machine door, not the horse’: Lorraine Tuck’s best photograph

This image sums up my son. He’s absolutely in love with doors. I didn’t have to do anything to get the horse’s attention. It seems to be asking me, ‘What the heck?’

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