Sometimes photographers are so busy looking out at the world that they forgot to look up, or down. Andreas Gefeller isn’t particular interested in what is overhead, but he’s totally tuned into what’s underfoot.     Above, for instance, you will see his picture of a room used by students in...

Last night I crammed myself into Aperture's exhibition space in Manhattan for the opening of Jonathan Torgovnik's "Intended Consequences: Rwandan Children Born of Rape." It was crowded, like a lot of Thursday-night exhibition openings, so I'll be going back to get a better sense of the show. But I c...

If you fly on Southwest Airlines, perhaps you've seen the planes with the picture of 2009 Sports Illustrusted Swimsuit Issue cover girl Bar Rafaeli painted on the side. Even if you are earthbound, you may have read reports about the latest aggressive marketing project. The airline has a lighter-than...

The APEX Telescope in Chile has produced an image showing what is going on in a supermassive black hole that lies at the center of the Centaurus A gallexy, which is a relatively short 13 million light years away from Earth.      The image reveals jets of subatomic particles being ejected from the...

There are the wars, the rising ranks of the unemployed, the danger of climate change, and the geese that bring down airplanes in the Hudson River. These are indeed tough days that require wise leadership. It is time put to away childish things, as the new president said, and focus on what is importa...

The White House has released images made inauguration day by Barack Obama's official photographer, Pete Souza. And they're great...behind the scenes, informal, yet tinged with a sense of history. Above, President-Elect Obama steps to the podium to be sworn in. Belo the new president and Michelle Oba...

A shot of President and Mrs. Obama at once of yesterday's inauguration balls. I foundit while scanning Buzz Trend. Is this for real? --David Schonauer...

Photographer Mike McGregor tipped me off to an interesting story from New York magazine. McGregor shot the lead image (above) showing a group of programmers from the New York Times website. Writer Emily Nussbaum profiles the group, who have invigorated the website with tons of photographic and inter...