|
||
|
© Mark Moffett, Adventures Among Ants In his stint as guest editor for LIFE.com, Dr. Mark Moffett takes us on a tour through the photo archives of LIFE Magazine in this online slide show. Moffett, a photojournalist, researcher at the Smithsonian Institute, and author of Adventures Among Ants, describes a series of entomological scenes shot [more...]  In this presentation for Hot Science – Cool Talks, a lecture series at UT Austin, Dr. Mark Moffett, author of Adventures among Ants, describes his adventures around the world with marauder ants, army ants, weaver ants, slavery ants, leafcutter ants, and invasive ants, combining lively storytelling with detailed science about the parallels between [more...] Ever wonder about the back story behind Walker Evans’ iconic image of an Alabama tenant farmer’s wife? Or the camera technique Berenice Abbott used to capture such striking images of New York City’s skyscrapers? In American Modern, an illustrated companion guide to the photography exhibition of the same name, Sharon Corwin, Jessica May, [more...] Social documentary photographer Ken Light was featured this week on the New York Times Lens Blog, along with a slideshow of his photographs of Appalachian coal mining towns. These photos, along with residents’ stories and text by Melanie Light, are collected in the book Coal Hollow. The recent disaster that killed 29 people at the Upper [more...] |
||
|
Copyright © 2013 University of California Press Blog - All Rights Reserved |
||
