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Photographer Annie Leibovitz recently leads a media tour of her exhibit, “Pilgrimage,” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington. (AP)

Close-ups and Personal: Photographer Annie Leibovitz takes new perspective on life, work

Photographer Annie Leibovitz says she has come back from some dark days and revived her creativity with a new project now on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum that marks a departure from her popular celebrity portraits.
February 5, 2012 12:10 AM
Local AIDS activist Jeff Allen is featured in the Florida Department of Health's traveling exhibit "Faces of HIV." (Anson Stoner)

Traveling Florida exhibit aims to promote awareness of HIV/AIDS

Balloons and streamers fill the interior of Jeff Allen's Ormond Beach home as he prepares to celebrate the 60th birthday of his partner, Jim Geary. Birthdays have special meaning to the two men who are HIV positive. Nearly two decades ago that diagnosis may have been a death sentence, but, with early detection and drug improvements, HIV/AIDS patients are able to live a full life and manage the disease.
February 2, 2012 12:05 AM
"Glory Road" by Alice Johnson, part of her series "The Stony Road"

Alice Johnson celebrates 85th birthday with Palm Coast exhibit

For a time in the 1980s, Alice Johnson became a black artist.
January 31, 2012 12:05 AM
'they never found the ring' from the exhibit "Fluidrive -- Modern Daguerreotypes" by photographer Curtis Wehritz. (Image courtesy of Southeast Museum of Photography)

Photographer aims to make work a religious experience

For photographer, filmmaker and cinematographer Curtis Wehrfritz, ritual is not something practiced only by indigenous or tribal cultures, or something conjured only in religious settings.
January 29, 2012 12:30 AM
(Photo by C. A. Bridges)

Serge vs Spy: 'Pineapple Grenade' a sneaky one

By Tim Dorsey's 15th book about lovable, homicidal Serge Storms, do you even need to know the plot to buy it?
January 29, 2012 12:15 AM

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