Portraits and snapshots
Since the Civil War, portrait and snapshot photography have provided a visual history of life - and transformed society. This program explores how professional and amateur photographers capture the essence of people while considering the intensely p...
Photography: making art and recording life
Once strictly considered a visual recording device, the camera has expanded beyond its documentational niche and made places for itself in the worlds of fine art, advertising, and news media as well. This program describes existing and emerging genr...
Aging in America : The Years Ahead
With another baby boomer turning 50 every eight seconds, by 2010 there will be more Americans over 55 than under 18 for the first time in history. This stunning reality is impacting every community in the country. But old age isn't what it used to b...
The Sacrifice Zone
If you travel down a one-mile stretch of Doremus Avenue in Newark, NJ, you pass a natural gas plant next to a sewage treatment facility next to an animal fat rendering plant next to a series of ominous looking chemical storage containers behind acre...