Photography

What Does Your #Selfie Say About You?

Virginia Prescott — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:00:00 +0000

The growing emergence of self-portraits – “selfies” – shows no signs of stopping its domination of the social media sphere. By 2012, 86% of the U.S. population had a cell phone. Moreover, research indicates that six out of every ten women use their mobile devices to take self-portraits, most of which end up on Facebook. Narcissism, egotism and vanity are commonly associated with these snapshots – but our guest, Dr. Pamela Rutledge, argues that “selfies” are important, and expand on a rich history of self-portraiture. Pamela is the director of the Media Psychology Research Center.

The Bunkers of Albania

Rebecca Lavoie — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:45:08 +0000

More than 25 years after the death of former dictator, Enver Hoxha, Albania has more concrete bunkers than it knows what to do with. Hulking relics of a bygone era, the forgotten structures number around 750,000; that’s one bunker for every four Albanian citizens. The process of “bunkerization” which lasted Hoxha’s entire 40-year rule has fascinated historians but remained as obscure to the rest of the world as Albania itself. David Galjaard is hoping to change that. He’s a photographer and author of the award winning, and sold out photo book, Concresco, which paints a portrait of Albania and its landscape of historic paranoia.

The Ballet Girls: A Portrait of Life in Damascus During the Revolution

Virginia Prescott — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:39:46 +0000

As the Syrian revolution grinds on, middle-class Damascus clings to the rituals of everyday life. Photographer Emma LeBlanc and Phil Sands capture the other story of the revolution. It is the story of a tension that has come to define this new Syria in transition, though the quiet, frightened, quotidian voices of the majority are those less often heard amidst the shouts for freedom and those for president Bashar.

Tintype Photography: An Exhibition

Virginia Prescott — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:12:15 +0000

Photographer Keliy Anderson-Staley works with tintype photography, a medium that came out ten years after the daguerreotype. Just like the photographers of the 1850’s, she uses similar chemical recipes, period brass lenses, and wooden view cameras.

The Disappearing Daguerreotypes

Virginia Prescott — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:37:20 +0000

In 2005, the International Center of Photography opened an exhibit called “Young America”. The exhibit largely featured a collection of ghostly daguerreotypes - antique images made through the pioneer process that paved the way for modern photography. The exhibit opened to rave reviews - but within weeks many of the historic images began disappearing before the curators very eyes, aging decades in a matter of days.

The Business of Nostalgia: Contoocook Photographer Builds a DIY Photobooth

Taylor Quimby — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:58:35 +0000

No matter what the economy throws our way, the wedding industry churns on, now topping seventy billion dollars a year. Here's the story of one photographer vying for a slice of that cake by building his own version of the latest wedding trend…a “new-timey” photobooth.

Robot Cameras Help Carry the Load at the Olympics

Taylor Quimby — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:13:07 +0000

While the world’s top athletes compete at the London 2012 Olympics, hundreds of photographers are contending to capture the game’s defining moments on camera. To maximize its odds of snapping a winning pic, Reuters is getting some help, from robots. The new shutter-bots will be stationed at Table Tennis, Boxing, Taekwondo, Judo, Fencing, Weight Lifting, and at the main Olympic Park for some of the big events. Word of Mouth Producer Taylor Quimby caught up with Patrick C

Are you really my friend??

Virginia Prescott — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:13:02 +0000

A Photographer decides to go to the homes of all her Facebook friends and see if she likes them, and to take their photo.

Fabulous Photos? There's an App for that.

Virginia Prescott — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:46:38 +0000

A new book offers tips on taking great pics with your phone.

Postcards From Nowhere - Revisited

Virginia Prescott and Taylor Quimby — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:04:57 +0000

Produced with Emma Ruddock

The Other Homebrewing: Modified Cameras Catch Rare NH Wildlife

Sam Evans-Brown — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 21:04:15 +0000

In December Fish and Game announced that for the first time they had captured photographs of Canadian Lynx alive in Northern New Hampshire. The photographer that snapped those pictures was an amateur biologist and student at UNH, named Peter Abdu.

Photographed, but not forgotten

Virginia Prescott — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:39:56 +0000

The “morgue” goes viral, millions of photos and story clippings dating back to the 1800’s, belonging to The New York Times archive (also known as the morgue) finds a new home on Tumblr.

Kickstarter: Postcards from Nowhere

Virginia Prescott — Wed, 02 May 2012 18:22:20 +0000

Jake Jones and Andrew Kenney are New York photographers heading out for the open road in June. They’ll send an original, freshly photographed, newly minted postcard to anyone who helps fund their trip on Kickstarter. The cost: 2 dollars per postcard, per state. And with more than $15,000 pledged so far, that’s gonna be a lot of postcards…

Unknown No More: Identifying A Civil War Soldier

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:53:00 +0000

A Washington, D.C.-area collector and his family have donated more than 1,000 Civil War photographs to the Library of Congress. But you won't find the men in these photos in history books — they're enlisted soldiers, and most of them are unidentified.

In one striking photo, the man depicted has crazy sideburns, a steady expression, and very clear eyes — maybe gray, or perhaps blue. He holds a rifled musket at his side. He is a Union soldier in the Civil War.

Photo Series Explores Faces of New Hampshire's Immigrants

Brady Carlson — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:28:37 +0000

In our series, New Hampshire’s Immigration Story, we’ve talked about how immigrants and refugees have affected New Hampshire’s economy, health care system, law enforcement, schools, now we look at art. Last year photographer Mary Catherine Jones began an ongoing photo series called “New Faces New Hampshire” featuring portraits and images of refugees and immigrants in Manchester. She joined NHPR’s Brady Carlson to talk about her photo series.