Introducing Sunday Stills

From the Stacks: Meow Mix, 1938. Look Now. View the email on a web browser. Sunday Stills ISSUE 01 Sunday, October 6, 2013 Sunday Stills is a biweekly digest that pulls together items from across the National Geographic visual universe. It will include favorite moments from both in front of and behind the camera, and will hopefully add a few minutes of wonder to your weekend. These mini-features will be delivered right to your mailbox—but don’t let that stop you from diving in deeper at our blog Proof, through the Your Shot photo community, and on nationalgeographic.com. Happy Sunday. THE PHOTOGRAPHERS Abelardo Morell on Capturing Dreams ABELARDO MORELL, FROM THE OCTOBER 2013 STORY “VISIONS OF EARTH” “Artists, the good ones, tend to re-create the world for us.”—Abelardo Morell Abelardo Morell’s love for photography was founded in his uncle’s house in Cuba, poring through the pages of photographs in National Geographic magazine. “The pictures always felt like they were magically made,” he says. Since immigrating to the United States at age 14, Morell has captured his own form of magic in his camera obscura photographs… READ PROOF Visualizing Race, Identity, and Change MARTIN SCHOELLER, FROM THE OCTOBER 2013 STORY “CHANGING FACES” A feature in National Geographic’s October 125th anniversary issue looks at the changing face of America in an article by Lise Funderburg, with portraits of multiracial families by Martin Schoeller, that celebrates the beauty of diversity and shows the limitations of current categories when talking about race.  In many ways race is about difference and how those differences are codified through language, categories, boxes, segmentation, and even the implicit sorting that goes on in our heads in terms of the way we label others and even ourselves. READ MUSINGS Jackson Patterson’s Recollected Memories JACKSON PATTERSON, FROM “MUSINGS: JACKSON PATTERSON’S RECOLLECTED MEMORIES” How do you tell a story that began before you were born? As visual storytellers, we look for new ways to tell a story, ways that can make the viewer look at the world—and perceive time—differently. We look for things that make you take a second glance. For photographer Jackson Patterson, this means combining two separate images to create a narrative. While projects like Dear Photograph have popularized the practice of combining old photos with new, Patterson’s work takes the trope to a new level with technique and a clear voice. In the photo series “Recollected Memories,” Patterson explores themes of family, land, and western migration. READ ARTIFACTS Photographer Ikuru Kuwajima IKURU KUWAJIMA, FROM “ARTIFACTS: PHOTOGRAPHER IKURU KUWAJIMA” “These are things that I have kept despite moving a number of times in the past six years. I don’t know exactly why I keep them—except, of course, the passport, panoramic camera, and the cigarettes, which are the most essential belongings for me.” READ YOUR SHOT Vietnam 1970, Long Exposure at Night PHOTOGRAPH BY JAMES SPEED HENSINGER, YOUR SHOT Hensinger on his Your Shot submission to “The Night” assignment: “I know that photos from 2013 were requested, but sometimes you have to break the rules. I took a series of these in April 1970 near Phu Tai, Vietnam, in the 173rd Airborne Brigade Company A Admin Compound. We were attempting to suppress a sniper. 15 sec to 1 min exposures. Nikon FTN 50mm f1.4 Ektachrome.” READ Show Your Support:   SHOP DONATE SUBSCRIBE TRAVEL BECOME A MEMBER You are receiving this email because ignoble.experiment@arconati.us is signed up to receive National Geographic communications. If you prefer not to receive emails from us, please unsubscribe. To ensure that you receive your National Geographic emails, please add ngs@e.nationalgeographic.com to your address book now. Learn how. Contact Us | Privacy Policy | About Us | Customer Service National Geographic | 1145 17th Street N.W. | Washington, D.C. 20036 Copyright © 2013 National Geographic Society. All Rights Reserved.