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“This is the first time that anybody has been out in the...

Thu, 31 May 2012 17:47:27 -0400

“This is the first time that anybody has been out in the little hamlets and villages in years. And pretty much every time we went on a patrol, we were getting shot at.” - David Gilkey/NPR

NPR photographer David Gilkey, who was recently embedded with U.S. troops in eastern Afghanistan, spoke with Morning Edition co-host Renee Montagne earlier today about an offensive in the Ghazni province. Visit the Picture Show to see more images and hear the interview.

nprmusic: Metal is catharsis, metal is flooring it to “Love Me...

Thu, 31 May 2012 17:03:35 -0400

nprmusic:

Metal is catharsis, metal is flooring it to “Love Me Like a Reptile” on an open highway, metal is a flailing mosh pit-punch to the eye (and the killer shiner afterward) and, when in the throng of tens or thousands of headbangers, metal is where I find my brothers and sisters, horns up and ready to scream bloody gore. — Lars Gotrich

Meet four people who headbanged and high-fived at Maryland Deathfest.

Chris Martin, 14, greets his great-grandmother AnnaBelle...

Wed, 30 May 2012 16:24:47 -0400

Chris Martin, 14, greets his great-grandmother AnnaBelle Bowers, 87, who lives part time with the Martin family in Harrisburg, Pa. Occasionally, Chris stays at home to watch “Snootzie,” as the family affectionately calls her, when his parents are busy. (Kainaz Amaria/NPR)

This week NPR’s eight-week series, Family Matters: The Money Squeeze, circles back to the Martin Family, with LaDonna and David who are taking care of their two children and David’s grandmother, AnnaBelle.

Do you live in a multigenerational household? Share your candid photos and stories with us on Tumblr or on Twitter and Instagram with the tag #nprfamilymatters.

nprfreshair: A Civil War in the Olive Garden Parking Lot

Tue, 29 May 2012 11:41:54 -0400

nprfreshair:

A Civil War in the Olive Garden Parking Lot

magnumohio: Betty. Gary’s Diner. Clyde, Ohio. I came here with...

Sat, 26 May 2012 20:23:13 -0400

magnumohio:

Betty. Gary’s Diner. Clyde, Ohio.

I came here with my daughter, granddaughter, and ex-husband. We like the chicken dinner. Believe me, it’s rare that you’d see me getting along with my family the way I was today. We had to put down our 12-year-old toy poodle this morning. I carried her in there and held her in my arms while she died. She was like one of the family, and I guess she brought us close one more time. This was a good day, but —what can I say— families just aren’t the way they used to be.

This sculpture is beautiful! So delicate but massive. The...

Tue, 22 May 2012 16:45:16 -0400

This sculpture is beautiful! So delicate but massive. The filmmakers do a wonderful job of capturing it, a nice consolation for those of us who can’t see it in person. - Mito

“She was my buddy,” says Frank of his mother Ida,...

Tue, 22 May 2012 10:30:00 -0400

“She was my buddy,” says Frank of his mother Ida, “I miss her because there was always something to laugh about.” Since her 2009, Ida’s dementia has required full-time care as she fades in and out of awareness. (Kainaz Amaria/NPR)

This week NPR’s eight-week series, Family Matters: The Money Squeeze, circles back to the Hunter-Christian Family as they decide on what to do with 89-year-old Ida Christian’s home. She lived with her son, Frank, in a house they built TOGETHER, until she became too sick and had to move out.

Do you live in a multigenerational household? Share your candid photos and stories with us on Tumblr or on Twitter and Instagram with the tag #nprfamilymatters.

keithwj: New Multimedia Obsession! #magicthegathering (Taken...

Thu, 10 May 2012 13:57:04 -0400

keithwj:

New Multimedia Obsession! #magicthegathering (Taken with Instagram at NPR Headquarters)

New lunch time activity in the multimedia department.

Painting with light + GIFs = awesome check out the behind the...

Wed, 09 May 2012 15:06:15 -0400

Painting with light + GIFs = awesome

check out the behind the scenes video, and one of his previous projects we featured on The Picture Show.

-mito

“I’m not rich money-wise, but with family I’m...

Tue, 08 May 2012 13:47:00 -0400

“I’m not rich money-wise, but with family I’m a millionaire,” AnnaBelle Bowers, 87, says acknowledging the care she is getting from her relatives Kelley Hawkins and LaDonna Martin. (Kainaz Amaria/NPR)

This week NPR’s eight-week series, Family Matters: The Money Squeeze, is featuring the Martin-Hawkins family. LaDonna Martin, 40, and Kelley Hawkins, 46, both nurses with two children, joined forces to take care of Kelley’s grandmother AnnaBelle Bowers.

Do you live in a multigenerational household? Share your candid photos and stories with us on Tumblr or on Twitter and Instagram with the tag #nprfamilymatters.

This photo was taken by one of our Flickr Group users,...

Wed, 02 May 2012 15:37:46 -0400

This photo was taken by one of our Flickr Group users, Giovanni Savino, of a group of Ecuadorean children participating in the May Day rally in Union Square, on May 1st. You can see more of Giovanni’s work at his website: http://www.giovannisavinophotography.com/

Submit to The Picture Show Flickr group here.

“I’ve been watching her deteriorate since 2009....

Wed, 02 May 2012 10:20:00 -0400

“I’ve been watching her deteriorate since 2009. … Back then we could still play chess and talk,” says Yolanda Hunter who cares for her grandmother Ida Christian, “It’s the regression that is the hardest part.” (Kainaz Amaria/NPR)

The Hunter-Christian family is one of three families being profiled in NPR’s eight-week series, Family Matters: The Money Squeeze, which airs each Tuesday on Morning Edition. Each family is struggling with how to afford care for an older generation.

Do you live in a multigenerational household? Share your candid photos and stories with us on Tumblr or on Twitter and Instagram with the tag #nprfamilymatters.

What does daily life look like in Afghanistan? It’s...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:01:37 -0400

Dog-walking in Kabul

Gas shop

Afghan national flag

What does daily life look like in Afghanistan? It’s something we rarely see despite more than a decade of U.S. military involvement.

Headlines of war and political crises usually occupy the news out of Afghanistan.

But beyond all that, ordinary life goes on.

See more of NPR Staff Photographer, David Gilkey’s, photos of Kabul at The Picture Show: A Glimpse Of Daily Life In Afghanistan

Morning Edition is in the midst of a special series called...

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:41:00 -0400

Morning Edition is in the midst of a special series called “Family Matters: The Money Squeeze.” It profiles three families struggling with the complexities of living in multigenerational households and we asked if you could share your experiences.

We’ve gotten a wave of responses like this photograph of Nathan, 11 months, and his grandmother Patricia, 64, who has M.S. and dementia, sent in from Michelle Peltier, 40. Michelle writes:

In January, I went back to work fulltime and it was necessary to move her into a nearby assisted living facility. There are never enough hours in the day for me to feel like I’m present enough for her, the baby and my husband. I know many, many families are dealing with the needs of the generations on either side of them, but I wonder if there’s ever any way to do it without compromising on everybody’s needs.”

Do you live in a multigenerational household? Share your candid photos and stories with us on Tumblr or on Twitter and Instagram with the tag #nprfamilymatters.

wnyc: nprfreshair: Best Pledge Drive video I’ve seen this...

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:48:59 -0400

wnyc:

nprfreshair:

Best Pledge Drive video I’ve seen this Pledge Drive. (via WBEZ) [Any others you’ve seen that are funny?]

WNYC sees your two cats and raises you two sad chihuahuas…..

Remember to support your local member station, and stations, keep the animal pledge drive videos coming! -Emily

npr: Your ‘Food Porn’ Verdict? Keep The Photos Coming Snarky...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:01:24 -0400

npr:

Your ‘Food Porn’ Verdict? Keep The Photos Coming

Snarky comedians who mock people who share food photos on Facebook and Twitter (see this video) may be good for a chuckle, but they don’t have the will of the people behind them.

That’s what we’ve learned from our poll this week, which asked: “Are your friends bombarding you with ‘food porn’?”

Of the 9,000 people who voted, about 47 percent responded with a resounding, “No!” It seems this group enjoys seeing what their friends are eating and cooking. And we’d wager (based on our unscientific survey of comments and tweets) that many of them are snapping photos themselves.

Still, it seems there is a pretty healthy contingent of people who are fed up with food photo sharing — some 28 percent of respondents. And another 25 percent of you said you don’t feel that strongly one way or another. -Eliza Barclay (Photo credit: Keith Jenkins/NPR)

Jors Moentsabato: “It helps me a lot, this bicycle of...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:54:22 -0400

Jors Moentsabato: “It helps me a lot, this bicycle of mine. There where I go, I ride my bike. I bought this bike at the shop where they sell old stuff, I found it there.

Courtesy of Stan Engelbrecht

“Our initial interest was in maybe photographing a few commuters that ride beautiful hand-me-down racers as commuter bikes,” [photographer Stan] Engelbrecht writes via email. “But we soon found that very, very few South Africans actually commute by bicycle. Slowly we became interested in why so few choose … to ride in a country where it makes such absolute sense to do so.”

Bicycle Portraits: What Do Bikes Say About A Culture?

nprmusic: For Of Montreal’s latest tour, frontman Kevin Barnes...

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:30:03 -0400

nprmusic:

For Of Montreal’s latest tour, frontman Kevin Barnes and the rest of his crew promised a “hallucinatory and transportive” stage show, with more than a dozen projection screens and strange, wandering creatures that look like amoebas.

Watch video from Of Montreal’s 9:30 Club concert now.

Photos: Mike Katzif and John Rose/NPR

Ben Waxman, Washington, D.C.Met through Toby HollanderYears...

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:09:51 -0400

Ben Waxman, Washington, D.C.
Met through Toby Hollander
Years Known: 20-25
(Photo by Tanja Hollander)

Two years ago, photographer Tanja Hollander had 626 Facebook friends. They included ex-lovers, ex-partners of friends, fellow high school students she hadn’t seen in 20 years, people she no longer talked to and people she’d never met. And she wondered: How many of these people are actual friends, in the conventional sense? So she began a mission: to photograph every single one of them.

Are Your Facebook Friends Really Your Friends?

life: What makes color photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson so...

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:15:15 -0400

life:

What makes color photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson so rare?

There’s a reason, it turns out, why coming across his color photos can be so jarring; not only did Cartier-Bresson infrequently shoot in color, but he destroyed virtually all of his color negatives, leaving an almost exclusively black-and-white legacy to future generations. Finding out that Cartier-Bresson shot professionally in color — and sometimes worked on major assignments in color — is a bit like reading Just Kids and learning that Patti Smith is not only a poet, but a thrilling, moving, utterly masterful writer of prose. One has a sense of happy surprise and, somehow, of enlargement.

One of Cartier-Bresson’s most significant color projects was a 1958 assignment for LIFE: a four-month, 7,000 mile tour through communist China during that country’s convulsive “great leap forward,” when the huge, ancient nation was being alternately pushed and pulled, dragged and harried by its leaders to leave its past behind and to embrace industrialization, collectivism and the precepts of Chairman Mao.

See the layouts from this photo essay here.