John Edwin Mason: Documentary, Motorsports, Photo History

"Wow, Quel Babes!": Gordon Parks & American Teens in Paris, 1952

Gordon Parks was a serious man. His claim to fame as a photographer rests on the searing photo-essays that he produced for Life magazine on issues such as poverty and racial justice. But he had a lighter side, and he revealed it, from time to time, to Life's readers. Today... Read more →

Eleanor Macnair's Photographs Rendered in Play-Doh

The most fun that I had with photography in 2014 was watching Eleanor Macnair recreate iconic photos in Play-Doh. A project that started out small and on a whim, not too long ago, became a phenomenon. Besides the original Tumblr, which has many thousands of followers, there's now a book... Read more →

Happy New Year, 2015

Happy New Year, everyone! Marjory Collins/Office of War Information: New York, New York. Blowing horns on Bleeker Street on New Year's Day. January 1943. We're celebrating, today, with Marjory Collins, who worked for Roy Stryker's now legendary Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information [FSA/OWI] documentary project during World War II.... Read more →