Magnificent Intentions: John Wood, First Federal Photographer (1856-1863)

Magnificent Intentions: John Wood, First Federal Photographer (1856-1863)Despite his prolific career as the first US federal photographer, John Wood has been largely forgotten. With 160 stunning, high resolution images, Magnificent Intentions establishes Wood as a leader among American photographers of the time and provides historical context for his overlooked work and legacy, which includes: The first inauguration photo, from James Buchanan's inauguration in 1857 Newly uncovered evidence that Wood was the photographer

an opportunity to reduce and eliminate harm in the first place

Trim your tree with history

Recent years have brought a reckoning in America

Red ribbon

Mel Bochner's and Liz Kotz's narratives of Conceptualism

Forty years ago

and the third establishing a national treasury and the earliest delineation of a Republican party

Mia’s abuela has left her sunny house with parrots and palm trees to live with Mia and her parents in the city

Written by Alex Zamalin

With piercing honesty

dpuf Reknown calligraper Donald Jackson is the artistic director and illuminator for the Saint John's Bible

A 15-year-old girl whose body was found in an abandoned lot