Articles tagged with 'npr' — 2 found
Steve McCurry’s Kodachrome career, and legacy
The famous Afghan Girl, taken by National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry You may not recognize the name Steve McCurry, but I bet you have a vivid memory of this photo, and maybe a vague notion of the story behind it. McCurry has made a career out of photographing the world’s faces, many of which have [...]
July 28th, 2010An idol for the “emperors”
On the way to work this morning, I heard part of this report from NPR, about a wildly popular young writer who defines himself as “the voice of a generation.” He is a pop culture figure in China, a twenty-five-year-old who sounded a bit narcissistic to say the least. His appeal to the “little emperors”– [...]
May 28th, 2009