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Story Archives of 'Photography'
The End of an Era: Nashua's Cameraland is Closing
By Sheryl Rich-Kern on Wednesday, December 23, 2009.Americans are taking more pictures than ever these days. One might think that would be good news to the local camera shop. But think again.
A lot of those photos are coming from cell phones, and a lot of the cameras are coming from big box stores and internet sales. From 1997 to 2007, the Photo Marketing Association reports that the number of camera retailers has dropped about 40 percent.
In Nashua, the latest casualty is Cameraland. It’s been a downtown fixture for more than six decades. The store closes at the end of the month.
NHPR Correspondent Sheryl Rich-Kern has the story.
Here's What's Awesome: Looking Into the Past, Gunshot Art
By Brady Carlson on Sunday, December 13, 2009.Good evening, and welcome to our clinic for what we hope will be a revolutionary procedure. Tonight, I and my team of specialists will attempt to surgically reattach three awesome links at once. This procedure, known as the "Here's What's Awesome" transplant, has rarely been done successfully on this continent. We aim to change all that, and in doing so, bring all the procedure's benefits to the general public at a substantially reduced cost. We will begin just as soon as we dim the lights.
"In Verse": Chronicling Communities in Crisis
By Virginia Prescott on Wednesday, December 9, 2009.
A carefully-crafted line of poetry can move the spirit. A photograph can powerfully capture a moment. We’re revealing our bias as radio producers, but we believe that sound and voice can evoke mental images that engage the mind and connect to the heart. This story combines all three techniques of storytelling in an ongoing multimedia project called "In Verse”.
The first installment, “Women of Troy,” documents the lives of working mothers in Troy, New York. Troy was once among the richest cities in America. Now one in five residents live in post-industrial poverty. Combining reporting, verse, sound and images, the “In Verse” project follows some of the women who live there.
We talk to radio producer Lu Olkowski and poet Susan B.A. Somers-Willet from the Argot Network in New York City to talk about the process of making “In Verse.” The project came out of photographer Brenda Ann Kenneally's multi-year reporting project "Upstate Girls."
Transom: "'In Verse: The Making of 'Women of Troy'"
(Photo courtesy Brenda Ann Kenneally)
Photographer Kept Alive by Deadly Leopard Seal
By Jen Nathan on Thursday, November 19, 2009.National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen wanted to photograph one of the most dangerous animals on Antarctica, the Leopard Seal.
The seal put his entire camera and head in its mouth, inches from its razor sharp teeth. As soon as it saw that Nicklen wasn't a threat, the seal started bringing him penguins. The seal did this for four days, as if it was trying to prevent Nicklen from starving.
The video is stunning, both for its content and artistry. Watch it in full screen to get the full effect!
The Celebrity Media Bubble
By Avishay Artsy on Wednesday, November 18, 2009.President Obama posed for the cameras today atop the Great Wall of China, a major sightseeing stop during his diplomatic tour of Asia. Photographers captured the president walking down the last ramp by himself, a shot carefully planned by White House aides.
Policing Photography
By Zach Johnk on Thursday, August 13, 2009.
Here in the U.S., some citizen groups complain that their rights have been infringed upon by the Patriot Act, and now similar incidents are taking place in the United Kingdom.
A Greek tourist was arrested in April for taking pictures in the London Underground, and, more surprisingly, a Kent man was detained for snapping shots of a fish bar last month. Both were suspected of terrorism.
Here's What's Awesome: Emo Robot Bands, Time-Shifting Self-Portraits
By Brady Carlson on Sunday, August 2, 2009.Summer. It means sun, fun, fast cars, friends and food. Warmth, wind, water, wild times and, for some, Weekend At Bernie's screenings (!). For us, it means your weekly collection of awesome links is celebrating its birthday! Here are a few links that'll make great conversation starters as you stand around the pool at your local Here's What's Awesome birthday party:
Maybe Skynet just needs a date
Here's What's Awesome: Flashless Flash Photos, Carbon-Capturing Molecules
By Brady Carlson on Sunday, July 19, 2009.
Shooting Beauty
By Virginia Prescott on Wednesday, July 15, 2009.
Disabled people have been the subject of photographs--as Diane Arbus famously showed in the 1960s--but rarely photographers themselves.
Boston-based fashion photographer Courtney Kent happened upon a group of people in wheelchairs at a dance club. Curious, she later photographed the group at a Cerebal Palsy Day program in Massachusetts. Courtney got beyond her own disquieted feelings, rigged up some cameras and taught 27 people with various disabilities how to shoot.
Courtney's now husband, filmmaker George Kachadorian, followed her work with the group, eventually landing them a show at an important Cambridge gallery. The resulting documentary, Shooting Beauty, is playing at the Maine International Film Festival, which wraps up this weekend at the Music Hall of Portsmouth. George Kachadorian joined us to talk about the making of the film.
