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The Phantasmagoria of the First Hand-Painted Films
How the silent screen burst to life with color.
A Photographer Who Tinkers with Time
How Adam Magyar slows down in the most impatient places.
Einstein Among the Daffodils
A science historian and English professor discuss how physics and poetry mix.
Six Pictures of Paradise
I was puzzled by the artist’s photographs of my home in the Amazon—then I looked again.
Photographing Time
The speed of photography through the ages.
Not Merely the Finest TV Documentary Series Ever Made
A reflection on Bronowski’s “The Ascent of Man.”
Not Merely the Finest TV Documentary Series Ever Made
A reflection on Jacob Bronowski’s “The Ascent of Man.”
When Photographers Are Neuroscientists
Artists who manipulate photos capture the ambiguity—and beauty—of vision itself.
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