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Tuesday

Bruce Talamon on photographing Black excellence in the 1970s

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Bruce Talamon on photographing Black excellence in the 1970s

Name a Black musician from the 1970s and chances are Bruce Talamon has photographed them. The Jackson 5. Aretha Franklin. Marvin Gaye. Donna Summer. Bob Marley. The list goes on.

Bruce Talamon on photographing Black excellence in the 1970s

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Monday

PHOTOS: Congolese artists channel 'Mad Max' and Chewbacca with costumes made of trash

Nada Thsibwabwa poses in a robot-like costume that he created using old mobile phones, in Matonge district, Kinshasa. The country is a major producer of coltan, an ore used in cellphones and other electronics. Colin Delfosse hide caption

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PHOTOS: Congolese artists channel 'Mad Max' and Chewbacca with costumes made of trash

Using found materials and trash, artists from the Democratic Republic of Congo create getups that draw attention to Kinshasa's woes. Belgian photographer Colin Delfosse snaps their portraits.

Saturday

Thursday

A photographer uses toys to reflect children's experiences in war

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A photographer uses toys to reflect children's experiences in war

Brian McCarty's nonprofit provides art therapy to kids who have escaped conflicts, then transforms some of their traumatic drawings into toy dioramas to help people understand the horrors of war.

A photographer uses toys to reflect children's experiences in war

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Tuesday

Encore: Paris exhibit looks back on Graciela Iturbide's photographs

Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide has won international renown for her portraits of indigenous and marginalized peoples across the globe. (This story first aired on ATC on April 8, 2022.)

Encore: Paris exhibit looks back on Graciela Iturbide's photographs

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Sunday

PHOTOS: How this Bolivian all-female skate crew is celebrating their Indigenous roots

Members of the all-female skate crew ImillaSkate in Cochabamba, Bolivia. The athletes wear polleras, skirts traditionally worn by Bolivia's Indigenous Aymara and Quechua women, when they skate at tournaments. "Many girls who see us skating feel proud to see us dressed [this way]," says skater Fabiola Gonzales. "Even our own families feel proud we're showing our traditions." Luisa Dörr hide caption

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PHOTOS: How this Bolivian all-female skate crew is celebrating their Indigenous roots

The young women skateboard while wearing polleras, colorful, layered skirts worn by their country's Indigenous Aymara and Quechua women. They want to show girls and women it's OK to be themselves.

Saturday

Sony photo awards: Computers on horseback, magnificent mountains, bathing elephants

A woman and a man ride in a vintage car as hot air balloons float behind them in the region of Cappadocia, Turkey. Emre Çakmak, Turkey, Shortlist, Open, Street Photography, 2022 Sony World Photography Awards hide caption

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Sony photo awards: Computers on horseback, magnificent mountains, bathing elephants

The 2022 Sony World Photography Award-winners include a photo of a man in Argentina transporting computers on horseback and twin sisters at a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar.

Friday

Art bearing witness to the agonies of war

Pierre-Georges Jeanniot (French, 1848–1934), The Survivors of a Massacre Used as Gravediggers, 1915. Lithograph on wove paper, image: 8 9/16 x 11 7/16 in. sheet: 13 1/4 x 19 1/8 in. Clark Art Institute hide caption

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Art bearing witness to the agonies of war

An exhibition at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass. shows four centuries of war images, giving powerful witness to how art forms have reflected the brutalities of war.

9,000 digital art NFTs are being released to raise funds in George Floyd's memory

Terrence Floyd speaks during a news conference during the unveiling of three sculptures as part of the "SEEINJUSTICE" art exhibition that feature the likenesses of his brother George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and John Lewis, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, at Union Square in the Manhattan borough of New York. John Minchillo/AP hide caption

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America Reckons With Racial Injustice

9,000 digital art NFTs are being released to raise funds in George Floyd's memory

In the fight to get justice for his brother's murder, Terrence Floyd has turned to the unlikeliest corners to do just that: NFTs — or non-fungible tokens.

9,000 digital art NFTs are being released to raise funds in George Floyd's memory

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Friday

A Paris exhibit looks back on the photographs of Graciela Iturbide

Graciela Iturbide's work is on display at the Cartier Foundation in Paris through May. Michel Slomka/MYOP hide caption

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A Paris exhibit looks back on the photographs of Graciela Iturbide

Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide has won international renown for her portraits of indigenous and marginalized peoples across the globe.

A Paris exhibit looks back on the photographs of Graciela Iturbide

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Friday

Thursday

Chester Higgins' camera brings a 360 degree view to Black life

Several pyramids in the morning light in the royal burial grounds in Meroe, Sudan. Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York hide caption

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Chester Higgins' camera brings a 360 degree view to Black life

Acclaimed African-American photographer Chester Higgins has made dozens of trips to Africa since the 1970's to document the continent's history and culture. Now 75, he has no plans on slowing down.

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Saturday

A photojournalist in Ukraine heads toward deadly conflict to humanize war

Maksim Chepchenko near a burning home in in Irpin, Ukraine, after Russian bombings on Saturday. Marcus Yam/Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images hide caption

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A photojournalist in Ukraine heads toward deadly conflict to humanize war

The deaths of three journalists this week in Ukraine are a reminder of the perils of covering conflicts from behind a camera. Photojournalist Marcus Yam is on assignment in Kyiv covering the war.

A photojournalist in Ukraine heads toward deadly conflict to humanize war

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Tuesday

Some of Ukraine's Orthodox churches want to break away from their Russian patriarch

Services at Church of St. George on Sunday in Lviv, Ukraine. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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Some of Ukraine's Orthodox churches want to break away from their Russian patriarch

At church, Ukrainians pray for an end to war. But a rift is forming: The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has defended Moscow's invasion. Some in Ukraine want to break away from his leadership.

Some of Ukraine's Orthodox churches want to break away from their Russian patriarch

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Saturday