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A photo of apartment buildings near NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., that was run through the Prisma app's "wave" filter.

Arts

These Apps' Creations Sure Look Like Masterworks, But Is It Art?

2:07pm September 04, 2016

by Yvonne Muther

Prisma turns your photos into images that look like paintings and Artisto does the same for videos. Art experts say they are tools for artistic play, but the results aren't art in the purest sense.

This 4-inch-by-5-inch tintype depicts Billy the Kid and several members of his gang, The Regulators, playing croquet in 1878. Billy is fourth from the left.

National

$2 Photo Found At Junk Store Has Billy The Kid In It, Could Be Worth $5M

7:02am October 16, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

The 4-inch-by-5-inch tintype depicts Billy the Kid playing croquet in the summer of 1878. The only other known photo of the outlaw was taken in 1880 and sold for $2.3 million in 2010.

Longtime Associated Press photographer Jim Cole has covered every New Hampshire presidential primary since 1980.

Capturing Campaign History In The Granite State

12:25pm August 22, 2015

by Brady Carlson

Associated Press photographer Jim Cole has covered every New Hampshire presidential primary since 1980. Now he's preparing for the 2016 primary.

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An image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the galaxy cluster SDSS J1038+4849 shows that it seems to be smiling. The space agency says it's the result of a symmetrical alignment of the galaxy cluster and the telescope — along with a powe

From The Cold Depths Of Space, A Smile Emerges

11:41am February 11, 2015

by Bill Chappell

In the Hubble image of a galaxy cluster, two bright galaxies resemble eyes, NASA says, "and the misleading smile lines are actually arcs caused by an effect known as strong gravitational lensing."

A striking image of autumn trees lining a drive in Vermont.

National

Photo Break: America Puts On Its Fall Colors

9:03pm October 04, 2014

by Bill Chappell

October brings the peak of the autumn foliage season in many U.S. states. Thanks to the NPR community, we've collected some photos that are worth taking a break from the news to stare at.

This photo of a women's pro cycling team from Colombia raised both eyebrows and the question of who designed the uniforms. One of the team's riders reportedly created the design.

'Nude' Or Not, Women's Cycling Team Uniform Makes Waves

2:46pm September 15, 2014

by Bill Chappell

Some observers called the outfits — which in photos seem to feature a swatch of flesh-tone-colored fabric in their lower region — "rude," "wrong" and a "disaster."