TEHRAN (REUTERS).- A 1977 Peugeot sedan belonging to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sold for $2.5 million on Tuesday in a charity auction, Iranian media reported. Ahmadinejad announced last year he would put up the vehicle for auction and do…
Jasper, Texas: The Community Photographs of Alonzo Jordan at the ICP in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- In 1998, the small East Texas town of Jasper was shaken by the brutal, racially motivated killing of a forty-nine-year old African American named James Byrd Jr. The international media coverage of that traumatic race crime did not for th…
Jasper, Texas: The Community Photographs of Alonzo Jordan at the International Center of Photography
NEW YORK, NY.- In 1998, the small East Texas town of Jasper was shaken by the brutal, racially motivated killing of a forty-nine-year old African American named James Byrd Jr. The international media coverage of that traumatic race crime did not for th…
Take Me to the Water: Photographs of River Baptism at International Center of Photography
NEW YORK, NY.- Religious rituals in America are not often public spectacles. A key exception is the tradition of river baptisms that flourished in the South and Midwest between 1880 and 1930. These outdoor communal rites were public displays of faith, …
Smithsonian Institution’s "New Harmonies" Traveling Exhibition on Five-State Tour
ASBURY PARK, NJ (AP).- The Smithsonian hears America singing, playing instruments and telling its history through music. The Washington cultural institution’s New Harmonies program will feature this musical history with a traveling exhibit in five stat…
Smithsonian Music Exhibit on 5-State Tour
ASBURY PARK, NJ (AP).- The Smithsonian hears America singing, playing instruments and telling its history through music. The Washington cultural institution’s New Harmonies program will feature this musical history with a traveling exhibit in five stat…