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In Verse: Congregation
Studio 360
November 13, 2009
In Gulfport, Mississippi, Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Natasha Trethewey visits her cousin Tamara Jones, still battling financial problems triggered by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. It inspired Trethewey's poem "Believer," and the visit was documented by photographer Joshua Cogan. Produced by Studio 360's Lu Olkowski.
In Verse: Women of Troy, Continued
Studio 360
November 06, 2009
Susan B.A. Somers-Willet wrote a poem about DJ Guerrin, another one of Troy's single mothers struggling to get by. "In Verse" is Studio 360's series documenting the lives of the working poor through poetry and photography. It was created by Lu Olkowski and Ted Genoways, editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review.
In Verse: Women of Troy
Studio 360
November 06, 2009
A century ago, Troy, New York, was a thriving industrial capital. Today many of its residents live in poverty. Studio 360's Lu Olkowski went to Troy with poet Susan B.A. Somers-Willet and photographer Brenda Ann Kenneally to document some of Troy's stories. They spent a lot of time with a single mother, Billie Jean Hill.
"Who Shot Rock and Roll" at Brooklyn Museum
October 30, 2009
“Who Shot Rock and Roll” opens today at the Brooklyn Museum. It's the first major museum exhibition to acknowledge the role photographers played in ushering in the rock-and-roll revolution. ....
Annie Leibovitz
Studio 360
October 16, 2009
Although Annie Leibovitz is known for skillfully staged portraits, she still struggles to capture the moment as it unfolds. Kurt visits the photographer in her Greenwich Village studio and she reminisces about her work chronicling the lives of rock stars for Rolling Stone. (Originally aired: December 26, 2008)
Over 700 Retailers Celebrate Fashion Night Out
September 11, 2009
Hundreds of retailers across the city kept their doors open late last night to celebrate "Fashion's Night Out," an evening of special events and promotions marking the start of fall fashion week. At....
The September Issue
September 09, 2009
Filmmaker R.J. Cutler has covered politics and race, but now he's moved on to another volatile arena - fashion. His new film "The September Issue" focuses in on Vogue editor Anna Wintour - considere....
A Walk through Nowhere
August 21, 2009
When New Yorkers want a green space in the city, they usually go to a park. But photographer Matthew Jensen is more interested in small patches of green that are way off the beaten path. He’s calle....
Galleries Banding Together
The Brian Lehrer Show
August 18, 2009
A new photography exhibition may be a model for a collective approach to running a gallery.
William Christenberry
Studio 360
July 10, 2009
William Christenberry returns every year to Alabama to chronicle the slowly morphing rural landscape of his childhood: faded barns, kudzu-covered buildings, and a certain old barbecue joint. He explains how he avoids cliches while capturing familiar images of the South. (Originally aired: September 1, 2006)
On the Beach
Studio 360
May 29, 2009
Wall-sized color seascapes of water, sky, sand, and bathers make up Richard Misrach's photographs called On the Beach. An exhibit opens next week at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. Misrach might be the prototypical California artist -- surfer, Berkeley alumnus, VW bus owner -- but Studio 360's Sarah Lilley discovered that Misrach's "On the Beach" photos are more complicated than they look. (Originally aired: May 23, 2008)
Eddie Adams
The Leonard Lopate Show
May 26, 2009
Photojournalist Eddie Adams won the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for his picture of Nguyen Ngoc Loan, police chief of Saigon, firing a bullet at the head of a Vietcong prisoner. We’ll talk about Eddie’s 45-year career as a photojournalist with his widow
YUEI: Billboard Art
The Brian Lehrer Show
May 04, 2009
YUEI: Add your story to Your Uncommon Economic Indicators.
The Pictures Generation 1974-1984
April 21, 2009
In 1977 a small art show created a big splash on New York's art scene. It was called "Pictures" and it featured five artists who went on to influence a generation of contemporary artists. Douglas Cri....
Photographer Helen Levitt Dead at 95
March 30, 2009
Photographer Helen Levitt has died. She was renowned for her street scenes of New York City life -- especially of children in the 1930s and 40s. Levitt died Sunday in her sleep in her Manhattan apar....
World's Fair 1939
The Fishko Files
March 27, 2009
Seventy years ago, in the spring of 1939, New Yorkers - as well as visitors from all over the globe - were treated to a spectacular World’s Fair. As WNYC’s Sara Fishko tell us, it was happening at one of the most perilous moments in history. Here is the next Fishko Files...
For photo essays, original audio and assorted memorabilia and text from the time, visit the Art.Cult blog.
Photography: Into the Sunset & Faces of a Village
March 25, 2009
Two new photography exhibitions demonstrate how places, as much as people, can provide artistic inspiration. This Sunday, MoMA unveils a new exhibition called, "Into The Sunset". It's a survey of 150....
Mikhail Baryshnikov
The Leonard Lopate Show
March 03, 2009
He may be one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century, but
Event: Mikhail Baryshnikov will be speaking and signing books
Tuesday, March 10, at 7:30 pm
Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Triangle
1972 Broadway
For more information, call 212-595-6859.
NYC Wins Transit Award
January 14, 2009
New York has become the first U.S. city to win an international sustainable transit award. WNYC’s Andrea Bernstein has more. REPORTER: Despite failing in its signature transportation initiative t....
Photos from Film Sets
The Leonard Lopate Show
January 08, 2009
Celebrated photographer
Events:
An exhibition of Mary Ellen Mark's work opens tonight at Staley-Wise Gallery and runs through February 14th.
Seen Behind the Scene Exhibition
Staley-Wise Gallery
560 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York City
Photoshop Detective
Studio 360
December 26, 2008
He's officially in digital forensics, but Hany Farid is really a Photoshop detective, inventing software to catch what the eye can’t. Farid gives Douglas McGray, an Irvine fellow at the New America Foundation, a glimpse at his current caseload – from fraud in cancer research to white supremacists in prison.
Annie Leibovitz
Studio 360
December 26, 2008
Kurt goes behind the scenes of Annie Leibovitz’s iconic photographs in her Greenwich Village studio. Leibovitz reminisces about her work at “Rolling Stone,” which is collected in her new book, At Work. Although she’s known for skillfully staged portraits, Leibovitz still struggles to capture the moment as it unfolds.
Whitney Museum Honors Photographer in Color
November 06, 2008
In the mid-60s, American photographer Bill Eggleston introduced color photography to the art world. Up until that point, ad agencies used color photography, but art photography stuck to black and whi....
Documentary Photography
The Leonard Lopate Show
October 20, 2008
Photographer and MacArthur fellow
