NPR2 days agoPhotographer David Johnson, who chronicled San Francisco's Black culture, dies at 97verified_publisherNPR - Chloe VeltmanDavid Johnson generally wasn't interested in people posing for his camera. As the photographer and civil rights activist put it in a 2017 interview at the University of California, Berkeley: "A big smiling photograph? That wasn't my style." Johnson died at his home in Greenbrae, north of San …
NPR5 days agoDuring March Meowness, library fines can be paid with cat photosverified_publisherNPRThis month the public library in Worcester, Mass., is letting people pay any lost and damage fees with cat photos. The program is meant to help library borrowers who might not be able to pay.
NPRWhat to know about the 'confusion' over Kate Middleton's edited family photoverified_publisherNPR - Bill Chappell , Fatima Al-KassabThe family photo might have helped ease concerns and questions about Kate, the Princess of Wales — but then viewers noted irregularities in the image, and a flurry of new questions emerged. And now the princess has acknowledged that the photo she released on Sunday was manipulated. "Like many …
NPRCapturing Yosemite's gorgeous — and elusive — natural 'firefall'verified_publisherNPR - Michael LevittCalifornia's Yosemite National Park is full of natural wonders. But at a certain time each year, photographers and visitors from all over gather hoping to see something extra special. Horsetail Fall is a seasonal waterfall that spills off the eastern face of the iconic El Capitan rock formation. For …
NPRPHOTOS: What it's like to be 72 — the faces (and wisdom) behind the ageverified_publisherNPR - Laurel DalrympleThe world's population is facing a historic shift: By 2030, one in six people will be age 60 or over. So every nation will face the rising social, economic and health-care challenges that accompany an aging population. Low- and middle-income countries – the world's fastest growing — will drive the …
NPRIn today's global migrant crisis, echoes of Dorothea Lange's American photosverified_publisherNPR - Susan StambergMigration is global these days. In this country, it echoes the desolation of the 1930s Depression, and the Dust Bowl, when thousands of Americans left home to look for work somewhere ... anywhere. In Dorothea Lange: Seeing People an exhibition at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., the …