photography

Photography Exhibit Portrays 100 Years Of Missouri Immigrants

Susan B. Wilson and Monica Sandreczki — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:59:36 +0000

The cultures of Kansas and Missouri was shaped by wave after wave of immigrants: from Germany, Ireland, Italy and Eastern Europe. A new exhibit called, The Missouri Immigrant Experience: Faces and Places portrays vivid images of the state’s diverse immigrants from the early nineteenth century to today. The exhibit was sponsored by the Missouri Immigrant and Refugee Advocates (MIRA), a coalition of organizations that advocates for immigrants.

Two KC Artists Earn Prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships

Stephen Steigman and Steve Kraske — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:32:38 +0000

Two Kansas Citians were announced yesterday as winners of this year's very prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships.

Around The World With A Camera

Beth Lipoff and Suzanne Hogan — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:00:00 +0000

From the Australian Outback to Bollywood, Albanian farmland to Vietnam, National Geographic travel photographer Catherine Karnow has been around the world to capture its images with her camera.

Inventing A World With A Pinhole Camera

Laura Spencer and Matthew Long-Middleton — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:02:22 +0000

A pinhole camera is a simple tool – and it can be constructed with basic materials. You could even make one at home with your child on a snow day. All you need is cardboard, tape, and aluminum foil. But, it’s the eye behind the camera that draws a line between child’s play and the potential for photography.

Gordon Parks' 100th Birthday

Jabulani Leffall, Jeffrey Harvey and Matthew Long-Middleton — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

On Wednesday’s Central Standard, we examine the legacy of Gordon Parks; the photographer, essayist, film maker, and native Kansan whose 100^th birthday is this Friday.

Terry Evans: Revealing The Secrets Of The Prairie

Laura Spencer — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:00:00 +0000

It’s fitting that the first career retrospective for photographer Terry Evans takes place in her hometown of Kansas City, Mo., at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, a place where she took art classes as a child.

A Photographic Cabinet Of Curiosities

Laura Spencer — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:00:00 +0000

In Shadow of Night - the second book in a supernatural trilogy by Deborah Harkness - the main characters travel back in time to Elizabethan England in search of a mysterious book called Ashmole 782.

The Iraqi Refugee Portrait Project

Andrea Silenzi and Jabulani Leffall — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 14:27:32 +0000

On this Tuesday's Central Standard, an Iraqi refugee explores the time he spent in a refugee camp through photographs. In his images, widows show him the one item they kept when they fled their homes.

Encore Broadcast: National Geographic Photographer Annie Griffiths On Work-Life Balance

Stephen Steigman and Steve Kraske and Greta Wendelin — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:21:58 +0000

National Geographic staff photographer Annie Griffiths says she's "learned that even without a shared language, it’s easy to let people know that their children are beautiful, their homes are lovely…and that their stories are worth sharing with the world.”

Father & Son Photographs

Andrea Silenzi and Jabulani Leffall — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:33:31 +0000

It was playwright Arthur Miller who said that a man's masterpiece is his son. How can you capture that relationship in a photograph?

PHOTOS: What Kansas Looked Like Then And What It Looks Like Now

Susan B. Wilson and Suzanne Hogan — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 13:30:05 +0000

If you happen to stand in one spot in a Kansas town or city, did you ever wonder what things looked like 100+ years ago?

Celebrity Photographer Greg Gorman

Stephen Steigman, Brian Ellison and Kathleen Pointer — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:00:20 +0000

If you don’t recognize his name, you’ll likely know his work. Photographer Greg Gorman has documented some of the world’s most familiar faces. Meryl Streep, Al Pacino, Elton John and Halle Berry have all stood in front of his lens.

Clifford Owens: How Performance Provokes, Engages

Charlie Upchurch, Andrea Silenzi and Jabulani Leffall — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:23:01 +0000

On this Thursday's Central Standard, we speak to artist Clifford Owens, whose piece Anthology is currently showing at MoMA PS1 in New York. Owens' multidimensional pieces focus on the interaction between audience and viewer, the intersections of race, culture, and class, issues of identity, and bringing attention to the contributions of African American artists.

National Geographic Photographer Annie Griffiths On Work-Life Balance

Stephen Steigman and Steve Kraske — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:23:34 +0000

Final Kodachrome Images Developed in Kansas

Alex Smith — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:53:12 +0000

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Kansas City, MO – For the past several years, Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, Kansas, has been the last place on the planet that officially develops Kodak's Kodachrome film. But with the end of 2010, the lab stopped processing Kodachrome.