The Blue Marble (1972): Apollo 17’s Full-Earth Photo That Changed How We See Our Planet
The blue marble earth photo apollo 17 captured December 7, 1972, remains the most iconic Earth image. Discover the technical details, photographer mystery,…
20th Century Photography
The Genius of Photography: BBC’s Eight-Part Documentary Series on Photo History
Complete guide to the genius of photography BBC documentary series (2007): episode breakdowns, featured photographers, streaming availability, and lasting…
New Topographics (1975): The Exhibition That Redefined Landscape Photography
New Topographics made suburban sprawl a subject for serious photography. See what the 1975 show displayed and why it divided critics.
Mirrors and Windows (1978): American Photography’s Identity Crisis
Explore John Szarkowski’s influential Mirrors and Windows 1978 exhibition at MoMA—the framework that defined American photography’s subjective vs objective…
Gandhi and the Spinning Wheel (1946): Margaret Bourke-White’s Portrait of India’s Independence Leader
Margaret Bourke-White’s 1946 gandhi spinning wheel photo bourke white captured Indian independence in one frame. Discover the story behind this iconic…
Eugène Atget: Photographer of Old Paris, His Life and Work
Eugène Atget (1857–1927) spent more than thirty years photographing Paris and its surroundings, and he made perhaps 10,000 photographs, according to the Museum of Modern Art. Almost nobody outside a … Read more
Jacques Henri Lartigue: Life, Work and the 1963 MoMA Show
Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894–1986) was a French photographer, painter and diarist who began photographing as a child and became widely known only in 1963, when the Museum of Modern Art … Read more