How Pete Souza Fits Into the Storied History of Presidential Photography
The President with the First Lady in a freight elevator heading to an inaugural ball in 2009. Pete Souza On Pete Souza’s Instagram, it’s almost as if Barack Obama is…
The Real Story of Pinocchio Tells No Lies
By Perri Klass Photographs by Simona Ghizzoni The town of Collodi, Italy, about 45 miles west of Florence, is set on a slope behind a fabulous 17th-century villa. The garden,…
Who Was Edna Lewis? | Smithsonian
Edna Lewis gathers ingredients in the garden behind Ellerslie Plantation west of Charlottesville, Virginia, 1975. John T. Hill Some children are obsessed with soldiers, dinosaurs, princesses. Edna Lewis grew up…
See Photos From the 1924 Mount Everest Expedition That Led to the Vanishing of Two Explorers
Kayla Randall Digital Editor, Museums One hundred years ago, two men set out to summit Mount Everest. Neither of them returned. British explorers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine tried to…
The Feminist Who Inspired the Witches of Oz
Every living generation has been petrified by The Wizard of Oz. Early in the 1939 film, a cranky neighbor riding her bicycle through a tornado suddenly transforms into a witch.…