Photography

The Complex Identities Of Some Of America's Most Famous Black Men

Nicole Campbell and Frank Stasio — Wed, 08 May 2013 15:56:21 +0000

Have you ever thought of Jay-Z having multiple personalities? There's Jay-Z, Sean Carter, Hova, and Jigga. And they're all wrapped up inside one black man. In Mark Anthony Neal's latest book "Looking For Leroy: Illegible Black Masculinities," he explores the complex identities of figures like Jay-Z, Avery Brooks and Luther Vandross (NYU Press; 2013).

Photographer Spends Forty Years Capturing Rural County

Nicole Campbell and Frank Stasio — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:16:44 +0000

Many photographers in this day and age seek to capture as many worlds as they can in their lifetime. Paul Kwilecki did all of this while staying in Decatur County, Georgia for over four decades.

Photographer Explores Artifice Of Nature In New Exhibit

Alex Granados and Frank Stasio — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:42:54 +0000

Photographer Peter Goin thinks nature isn’t all its cracked up to be, and he’s not sure just how natural it really is. He has an exhibit up at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design at North Carolina State University called “Humanature. It’s a collection of photographs documenting the ways in which humans shape and create nature, and it explores ideas about the nature of reality and artifice. Host Frank Stasio talks to Peter Goin, a professor of art in photography and videography at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Project Follows A Year In The Life Of The Durham Bulls

Frank Stasio and Nicole Campbell — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:02:29 +0000

Yesterday was the first home game for the 2013 baseball season at Durham Bulls Athletic Park, and fans gathered to watch the heroic Bulls defeat the Gwinnett Braves.

Photo Exhibit Tells NC Story Of Civil War

Eric Hodge — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:01:00 +0000

North Carolina's role in the Civil War is the subject of a photo exhibit opening today in Fayetteville at the Cumberland County Public Library. "Freedom, Sacrifice and Memory" is a traveling show that will visit fifty public libraries across the state.

Photographing the Ninth Ward

Frank Stasio and Susan Davis — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:14:00 +0000

John Rosenthal is renowned for his black and white photographs of New York City in the 1970s. The photos archived parts of the city that were vanishing and eventually disappeared: a dusty model of a ship in a bottle in the window of a social club in Little Italy, for example, or seltzer bottles stacked in wood crates.