photography

Ukrainian refugee Anastasiia Ivanova reads the Bible on the terrace of the apartment in Prudentópolis, Brazil, where she now lives with her mother and siblings. The devout 22-year-old says her faith is what's helped her get through all of her trials. She

Health & Safety

PHOTOS: Ukrainian refugees feel surprisingly at home in Brazil's 'Little Ukraine'

12:58pm August 23, 2022

Eight families fled the war and traveled 5,000 miles to Brazil to live in a town settled by Ukrainians over a century ago. The language and customs — and kindnesses — have eased their transition.

Arts

How to take better photos

5:12pm August 20, 2022

Is it even a vacation if you don't have the pics to prove it? NPR's Life Kit has tip from a professional photographer on getting the most out of your camera.

Robert Adams, Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs, 1969 gelatin silver print image: 14 x 14.9 cm (5 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.) Private collection, San Francisco.

Arts

America, the (disappearing) beautiful

12:24pm August 12, 2022

by Susan Stamberg

Robert Adams' obsession with the decay and beauty of the American landscape is on display at the National Gallery's exhibition "American Silence: The Photographs of Robert Adams."

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a speech before he was shot from behind by a man in Nara, a city in western Japan, on Friday.

World News

Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was killed. Here's what the scene was like

11:00am July 08, 2022

by Catie Dull

Here are photos from the scene when Japan's former leader, Shinzo Abe, was assassinated while giving a campaign speech.

Wajahat Malik, right, and a Pakistan Navy seaman navigate the Indus River. Malik organized a 40-day expedition down the 2,000-mile river to document "the peoples, the cultures, the biodiversity and just whatever comes our way," he says — including the i

Floating in a rubber dinghy, a filmmaker documents the Indus River's water woes

12:54pm June 28, 2022

Pakistani filmmaker Wajahat Malik pulled together an expedition to raft down the 2,000-mile river. He hopes to reconnect people with the Indus, which is being threatened by overuse and climate change.

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An artist in Ukraine captures the war in black and white

4:07pm June 23, 2022

by Jason Beaubien

Vladyslav Krasnoshchok describes himself as a "geopolitical surrealist" painter. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began, he's been photographing the war with a vintage Olympus 35 mm camera.

Fishermen haul in a fishing net in the eastern central Atlantic off Senegal. Belgian photographer Pierre Vanneste documents commercial fishing in his black-and-white photos.

Must-see art from Senegal's Biennale: Sculptures of sugar, paintings of old postcards

2:46pm June 10, 2022

by Nick Roll

Sidelined by the pandemic, the Dakar Biennale is back. The theme of this year's festival is "Ĩ Ndaffa" — meaning "out of the fire," as artists forge bold visions of the world.

Gordon Parks' photography masterfully captured the range of Black life in America

2:15pm June 10, 2022

by Miranda Mazariegos

One of the country's most celebrated photographers, Gordon Parks used his camera as a weapon against racial injustice. Howard University has recently acquired more than 250 of Parks' images.

Ryan, Grand Canyon, 2013 Ryan, Chinese-Japanese-American, Cowboy

Arts

A photographer's journey to reconnect with his Chinese American identity

7:53am May 28, 2022

by Grace Widyatmadja

Photographer An Rong Xu reconnects with his identity through capturing images of his community through his perspective.

A drawing from the War Toys project and Brian McCarty's photo that interprets that image.

A photographer uses toys to reflect children's experiences in war

5:01am May 19, 2022

by Ben Abrams

Brian McCarty's nonprofit provides art therapy to kids who have escaped conflicts, then transforms some of their traumatic drawings into toy dioramas to help people understand the horrors of war.

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