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PICTURE DEPT is a new venue for photography presented by the award-winning Newsweek & The Daily Beast photo teams. As photo sharing has exploded online with services like Instagram, Tumblr, Facebook, and others, there has never been more content available for viewing. But as more great, new photography venues are created, it is increasingly hard to keep up with the seemingly endless stream—and to find the very best of what’s out there. PICTURE DEPT is designed to both filter and condense this information into a single resource. The site includes curated photo features and recommendations of the best of what is happening in photography—not just from Newsweek & The Daily Beast but also from Tumblr, around the Web, and the world beyond the computer screen.
About the name:
When we decided to create a photo Tumblr, we turned to the amazing Newsweek archives for inspiration, and there we discovered a battered metal box that contained hundreds of faded yellow 4 x 6 note cards. On each card was the date of an issue of the magazine and the complete listing of its photo spreads. And they were all titled “PICTURE DEPT”, the original moniker of the photo department. The cards ranged in date from the 1930’s - 1970’s and reminded us of the amazing legacy of the magazine. So we decided to resurrect Picture Dept for the 21st century.
Awesome. This is going to be great, in the spirit of the Lively Morgue, but with even more community engagement. Congrats guys!
16 May 2012 / Reblogged from picturedept with 74 notes / tumblrs photography archives history newsweek the daily beast
Exclusive photo of Dr. Claw meeting with Tumblr’s David Karp.
(Andrew Hetherington for Newsweek)
I think the first thing I said at my first Tumblr job interview was “Can I sit in the supervillain chair??”
30 Apr 2012 / Reblogged from rachelfershleiser with 494 notes / tumblr karp newsweek
The first sentence of this book (out from Public Affairs Press in September):
“Jessica Bennett grew up in the era of Girl Power.”
«OMG!»
(Taken with instagram)
28 Apr 2012 / 34 notes / feminism newsweek not so humble bragging
On this Administrative Professionals’ Day, a photo of our author Lynn Povich—who became the first woman senior editor at Newsweek—back when she was a researcher in the Paris office. Lynn’s book, The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace, comes out in September.
And we are the NEWSWEEK women who, 40 years after that lawsuit, wrote about what had — and hadn’t — changed for women at NEWSWEEK. Can’t wait to see the full book.
26 Apr 2012 / Reblogged from equalitymyth with 253 notes / Feminism Lynn Povich Equality Myth Newsweek Lit
Ashley Judd has had enough of what she calls a “pointedly nasty, gendered, and misogynistic conversation about femininity in our culture, and she’s inviting women—and men—to speak up about their own experiences. “I want people to share their puffy-face moment,” Judd said on NBC’s Nightly News. “I think what happened to me is very common. It might look a little different than other people’s lives because they might not be public figures, but we all go through it.”
So let’s hear it! Tell us your puffy-face moment—those times you were bullied or judged for your looks, and what you did about it—by writing about it on your tumblr! Be sure to use PUFFYFACEMOMENT as a tag so we’ll see it! We’ll be publishing a bunch of them on The Daily Beast, and reblogging our favorites right here on nwktumblr.
In case you missed it and have no idea what we’re talking about, see this post for some background.
This is awesome. Do it, Tumblr!
12 Apr 2012 / Reblogged from newsweek with 314 notes / Ashley Judd Misogyny Newsweek News
“What Role for the Educated Woman?” “Midi v. Mini” and other so-ridiculous-they’re-amazing vintage Newsweek covers. See the full gallery: The Language of Liberation.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY… CELEBRATING LADIES ON NEWSWEEK COVERS
8 Mar 2012 / Reblogged from equalitymyth with 153 notes / Women Newsweek Vintage Covers
Q: Why do you like to wear a bikini?
A: Husbands are scarce. You know of a better way for me to beat the competition?
Newsweek July 22, 1963
Did this appear in the issue featuring the great debate over Mini v. Midi-skirts?
7 Mar 2012 / Reblogged from newsweek with 73 notes / Newsweek Women Vintage Advertising
Newsweek October 3, 1966
Zap! Impress your friends by quoting Newsweek.
The world’s most quoted Newsweekly?!
Half an hour after smoking a reefer, the subject become jovial, carefree, and capable of raw feats of strength …
— Newsweek, August 1937
Read the full piece.
We feel so… strong.
3 Nov 2011 / Reblogged from nwkarchivist with 24 notes / Weeeed News Newsweek Hallucinations Drugs Marijuana Reefer Reefer Madness
20 Oct 2011 / Reblogged from newsweek with 187 notes / Newsweek Andy Cohen Gaddafi Copy Editors News
Welcome to the colorful world of the Newsweek Archivist. Hope you enjoy as much as we do!
INTRODUCING… the latest from the Newsbeast Tumblr camp, and our fabulous research team: NEWSWEEK ARCHIVIST. Your daily dose of Newsweek archive gems.
We <3 archives.
So proud!
19 Oct 2011 / Reblogged from cheatsheet with 607 notes / Archives Newsweek
Only a matter of time… bachmanneyezed.tumblr.com.
23 Aug 2011 / Reblogged from msnbc with 113 notes / politics Newsweek Bachmann Eyes