Photography

For this photographer, the fall of Assad means a rediscovery of his home country

Syria

Alaa Hassan was 25 years old when the uprisings against Bashar al-Assad began in Syria. He was part of the movement that grew quickly against the former president, and turned into a civil war. In 2013, facing mandatory military conscription and the death of some of his closest friends at the hands of security forces, Hassan decided to leave the country. It wasn’t until last December, when the Assad government fell, that he was able to return. Now, he has a new mission: to document both the loss and the rebirth of his country.

A bee is shown collecting pollen off an bright orange flower in a park in the Bulgaria's capital Sofia.

Earth Day: Species at risk

Environment
A woman is shown walking past a red building with blue and green shutters.

Squatters occupy Venice homes in housing protest as tourism surges

Conflict & Justice
Man in protective gear points large gun at man holding a toddler, at close range. Toddler is screaming.

An iconic image challenged the politics of Cuban Americans

Media
John Waters in 2014.

John Waters: The king of filth

O. Winston Link

Arts, Culture & Media

A profile of photographer O. Winston Link, who captured the romance and beauty of steam engine trains during the final years of the Norfolk and Western Line. Produced by Karen Frillman.

Photographer Max Aguilera-Hellweg Goes Inside the Human Body

Arts, Culture & Media

Portrait photographer and photojournalist Max Aguilera-Hellweg has documented the magnetic realm of the operating-room in his book, The Sacred Heart: An Atlas of the Body Seen Through Invasive Surgery, and the experience led him to change his life. Kurt Andersen talks with him about his extraordinary, beautiful, and sometimes disturbing images, and about the blurred […]

The Art of Photojournalism

Arts, Culture & Media

Photojournalist Ken Light observes his profession and its struggle toartfully capture reality.

Roy DeCarava

Arts, Culture & Media

WNYC’s Sara Fishko talks to a photographer who for decades has been looking at the joys and sorrows of the human condition.

Photographing Barbara

Arts, Culture & Media

In 1985 photographer Andrea Modica had taken a teaching job in upstate New York when she first met Barbara who was 6 years old. She continued to photograph Barbara for the next 16 years.