Deborah Luster Radio Pictures After Mother's Murder, Artist Photographs Prisoners June 30, 2010 • On April 1, 1988, Deborah Luster's mother was murdered in her bed by a contract killer who came in through her kitchen window, walked down her hall and shot her five times in the head. Luster, who was 37 at the time of the murder, says she was able to "dig out" of the "mess" she found herself in by photographing prisoners. After Mother's Murder, Artist Photographs Prisoners Listen · 7:49 7:49 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/128212442/128212808" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Strange News Amazing Photo Captures Double Lightning Strike June 26, 2010 • Lightning struck Chicago this week. Tornadoes were in the forecast Wednesday night, and Chicago Tribune photographer Chris Sweda rushed up to the top floor of the John Hancock building and snapped his shutter just as two bolts of lightning simultaneously zapped the spires of both the Willis Tower and the new Trump Tower. Amazing Photo Captures Double Lightning Strike Listen · 1:47 1:47 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/128126168/128127231" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Picture Show American Landscape Photographer Joe Deal Dies At 62 June 23, 2010 • The accomplished photographer helped change the landscape of American photography.
George Steinmetz/National Geographic The Picture Show Flying Photographers And Watery Deserts June 22, 2010 • The only thing more surprising than this geographic anomaly is how the photographer captured it.
Tell Me More Now And Then: Disaster Images From The Gulf Coast June 21, 2010 • Lee Hill, of NPR's Tell Me More, offers a slide show of images by Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Ted Jackson depicting very different disasters along the Gulf Coast.
Opinion National The Challenges Of Photographing Disaster June 21, 2010 • Since the oil spill started almost two months ago, images of people impacted by the spill, and wildlife covered in oil have put viewers around the world in almost direct touch with the effects of the spill. But do the pictures put recent disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina and Rita, in the same context with the oil spill? To find out, guest host Tony Cox speaks with two seasoned photojournalists -- Keith Jenkins, supervising senior producer for Multimedia at NPR, and Ted Jackson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer for the New Orleans Times-Picayune. The Challenges Of Photographing Disaster Listen · 6:24 6:24 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/127985065/127985045" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Rob Kesseler and Wolfgang Stuppy/Stuppy Papadakis Publisher The Picture Show Wolfgang Stuppy, Seed Morphologist Extraordinaire June 21, 2010 • A botanist in England has teamed up with an artist to capture vivid images of seeds.
What's A Picture Worth? Polaroid Auctions Photos June 19, 2010 • More than 1,000 Polaroid photographs are being auctioned at Sotheby's in New York City as part of Polaroid's bankruptcy court order. The auction includes legendary photography dating back to the 1940s. Some artists argue that they only lent their work to Polaroid and that the company does not have the right to auction it. What's A Picture Worth? Polaroid Auctions Photos Listen · 3:48 3:48 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/127932109/127932108" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Picture Show <!--StartFragment-->Muybridge Contest Update: Winners To Be Announced Soon<!--EndFragment--> June 18, 2010 • Muybridge Contest Update: Winners To Be Announced July 1
Books Geek Your Father's Day June 18, 2010 • This Sunday, forget the BBQ and try constructing a balloon-powered sky-cam or folding some electronic origami. Ken Denmead, author of Geek Dad: Awesomely Geeky Projects and Activities for Dads and Kids to Share, describes projects for science enthusiasts of all ages. Geek Your Father's Day Listen · 17:10 17:10 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/127932758/127932745" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Photos Of Afghanistan's Past: Modernity Lost June 18, 2010 • Imagine an Afghanistan with clean streets and cars, a hopeful place where women take their children to the parks to play and teens shop for pop music in new stores. That's how the country looked in the 1960s. And Mohammad Qayoumi has the pictures to prove it. Photos Of Afghanistan's Past: Modernity Lost Listen · 4:13 4:13 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/127914602/127923387" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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David Gilkey/NPR The Picture Show On Assignment: "Shooting" Special Forces June 17, 2010 • U.S. Green Berets in Kandahar are working with Afghan special forces to improve security for locals. It is a constructive collaboration but a difficult thing to photograph. Special forces cannot give names or show their faces.
James Balog/National Geographic The Picture Show Photographing White, Blue Or Greenland? June 16, 2010 • James Balog is more than a photographer. He's an explorer and researcher documenting fascinating, frightening and beautiful things.
AP Show Me Your Cleats! - World Cup 2010 Blog <!--StartFragment-->Major Scandals From World Cup History <!--EndFragment--> June 14, 2010 • Prostitution rings, drugs, allegedly corrupt referees, match-fixing and a career-ending head-butt — it's all part of the World Cup's messy history.
The Picture Show 'Black In White America:' Revisiting A 1960s Photo Essay June 10, 2010 • A 1960s photobook that explored race issues in America has been republished.
