Photographers
Clarence Dally — The Man Who Gave Thomas Edison X-Ray Vision
"Don't talk to me about X-rays," Edison said after an assistant on one of his X-ray projects started showing signs of illness. "I am afraid of them."
Shooting Stars: Eli Reed Presents Tamir Ben Kalifa
The youngest of our featured photographers, Kalifa is a documentarian on the rise
General Grant in Love and War
The officer who gained glory as a warrior in the Civil War also had a domestic side.
Vivian Maier: The Unheralded Street Photographer
A chance find has rescued the work of the camera-toting baby sitter, and gallery owners are taking notice
Ralph Eugene Meatyard: The Man Behind the Masks
The "dedicated amateur" photographer had a strange way of getting his subjects to reveal themselves
3-D Movies Through the Years
The current craze has its roots in the 19th century
Charles Conlon: The Unheralded Baseball Photographer
Stalwarts of early 20th-century sports pages, Conlon’s photos of the national pastime have their second chance at the plate
A New Look at the Men of Baseball’s Past
Charles Conlon’s classic photographs of baseball players from the early 20th century offer a glimpse into a familiar sport at an otherworldly time
J. P. Morgan as Cutthroat Capitalist
In 1903, photographer Edward Steichen portrayed the American tycoon in an especially ruthless light
A Breathtaking New Bridge
The construction of the bridge that bypasses the Hoover Dam was an Erector Set dream come true for this photographer
Shooting the American Dream in Suburbia
Bill Owens was seeking a fresh take on suburban life when he spotted a plastic-rifle-toting boy named Richie Ferguson
Allen Ginsberg's Beat Family Album
The famous beat poet's photographs reveal an American counterculture at work and play
Victorian Womanhood, in All Its Guises
Frances Benjamin Johnston's self-portraits show a woman was never content playing just one role
Glimpses of the Lost World of Alchi
Threatened Buddhist art at a 900-year-old monastery high in the Indian Himalayas sheds light on a fabled civilization
The Scurlock Studio: Picture of Prosperity
For more than half a century the Scurlock Studio chronicled the rise of Washington's black middle class
Photograph Captures the Centennial Ride to Wounded Knee
On December 29, 1990, photographer James Cook caught sight in the distance of more than 350 horseback riders who were recreating the ride to Wounded Knee
Photographer Robert Morrison’s Montana
The artist’s eye for the off-kilter and unusual offers a distinctive portrait of the West at the turn of the 20th century
Harlem Transformed: the Photos of Camilo José Vergara
For decades, the photographer has documented the physical and cultural changes in Harlem and other American urban communities
Flowers Writ Large
With his Botanica Magnifica, podiatrist-turned-photographer Jonathan Singer captures flowers on the grandest of scales
Herman Leonard’s Eye for Jazz
In the 1940s and 50s, photographer Herman Leonard captured icons of the jazz world, including Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington
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