TED Talks
Clay Shirky: Institutions vs. collaboration
In this prescient 2005 talk, Clay Shirky shows how closed groups and companies will give way to looser networks where small contributors have big roles and fluid cooperation replaces rigid planning.
TED Talks
TED: When a reporter becomes the story | Giles Duley
Giles Duley gave up a life of glamour and celebrity as a fashion photographer to travel the world and document the stories of the forgotten and marginalized. While on assignment in Afghanistan he stepped on a landmine, a horrific event...
TED Talks
TED: Looks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model. | Cameron Russell
Cameron Russell admits she won "a genetic lottery": she's tall, pretty and an underwear model. But don't judge her by her looks. In this fearless talk, she takes a wry look at the industry that had her looking highly seductive at barely...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Networking for the networking averse - Lisa Green Chau
Networking can seem so hard -- but not if you have the right advice. Try taking advantage of weak ties; you never know what friend of a friend of a friend can aid you in your dreams. Lisa Green Chau outlines how being proactive and...
TED Talks
TED: The ocean's glory -- and horror | Brian Skerry
Photographer Brian Skerry shoots life above and below the waves -- as he puts it, both the horror and the magic of the ocean. Sharing amazing, intimate shots of undersea creatures, he shows how powerful images can help make change.
TED Talks
TED: The silent drama of photography | Sebastião Salgado
Economics PhD Sebastião Salgado only took up photography in his 30s, but the discipline became an obsession. His years-long projects beautifully capture the human side of a global story that all too often involves death, destruction or...
Curated Video
The Day Henry Met... a Camera
Today Henry meets a camera. Camera is down in the dumps because he thinks his photographs are boring and he wants to photograph something no one else has. In the end Henry and Camera find the Loch Ness Monster who just loves having her...
Curated Video
Evolution of Cameras: From Daguerreotypes to Smile Recognition Technology
This video explores the evolution of photography from the world's oldest camera to the latest digital innovations. From daguerreotypes to instant digital pictures, the technology has revolutionized how we capture and share moments....
The Guardian
Light painting: Peter Solness's illuminated landscapes
Australian Peter Solness specialises in the photographic technique of light painting, not simply as a visual effect but as a way to reach more deeply to the heart of his subjects. He delves into the Australian landscape, a harsh and...
Curated Video
Meet blind photographer Mickel Smithen
Mickel Smithen has been legally blind since he was five years old—but that hasn't stopped him from becoming a published photographer. Discover how he uses all of his senses to help capture an image.
The Art Assignment
Artists in Love
Art History of full of amazing artist couples. Let's look at a handful of talented individuals who joined forces either for a lifelong collaboration or a finite but fruitful romance: Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, Merce Cunningham and...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Communication Professor Breaks Down Kathy Griffin Apology
Communication professor breaks down of Kathy Griffin's apology for the Trump video image of his bloody severed head. The video offers commentary and critique for educational purposes and looks at both the pros and the cons of her apology...
Weird History
Wild Tales of David Lee Roth
A consummate rock star, Dave's over-the-top persona and insane stage antics often overshadowed the genius of the band's music, which more or less conjured the entire genre of hair metal from thin air. David Lee Roth and Van Halen had...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Mark Hillringhouse - 'Moisture'
Mark Hillringhouse is a published poet, essayist, and photographer whose works have been widely exhibited in area galleries. His photo-essay on the Passaic River was published in the American Poetry Review and his photography and writing...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ken Burns - Teachers Make a Difference - Jerome Liebling
Ken Burns has been making documentary films for over forty years. Since the Academy Award nominated Brooklyn Bridge in 1981, Ken has gone on to direct and produce some of the most acclaimed historical documentaries ever made, including,...
Barcroft Media
Coalition Of Cheetahs Attack Female
In June 2018, whilst on safari in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Botswana, photographer Anton Campbell-Harris got a little too close for comfort with a coalition of cheetahs. During this safari, a female presumably on heat was being...
National Parks Service
Yosemite Nature Notes 14: Horsetail Fall
Horsetail Fall is a small, ephemeral waterfall that flows over the eastern edge of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. For two weeks in February, the setting sun striking the waterfall creates a deep orange glow.
The Art Assignment
Be a news photographer. | Alec Soth | The Art Assignment
Order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes this + new assignments!): http://bit.ly/2kplj2h Alec Soth is a photographer who works on large-scale projects that play with the boundaries between his roles as a fine art photographer and...
National Parks Service
Episode 14: Horsetail Fall
Horsetail Fall is a small, ephemeral waterfall that flows over the eastern edge of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. For two weeks in February, the setting sun striking the waterfall creates a deep orange glow.
True Calling
Skateboard repurposer, woodworker, coast guard
True Calling Grant Filmmaker: William Smith Andrew Szeto is a man that wears many hats on a day to day basis. He turns recycled skateboards into coffee tampers, hangs out of helicopters at the Canadian Coast Guard, and spends hours in...
Rachel's English
Will you fail this English Quiz? Part 3
Fast English is all about reductions. And it’s tough! If you want to learn how to speak fast English this training video is a great place to start. I’ll show you how even native speakers struggle with reductions in fast English when the...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Housewives of Australian Parliament
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. What does an empty fruit bowl say about a woman's fitness - or...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Van Hartmann "On Looking at Nhem En's Photographs"
Van Hartmann teaches English at Manhattanville College. He received an undergraduate degree in history from Stanford University and a doctorate in English from UNC at Chapel Hill. His poetry has appeared in numerous journals. His first...
Kult America
Polish H.R. Giger - Zdzislaw Beksinski
In Today's episode of Kult America we explore the home city of Zdzislaw Beksinski. In many people's opinion this Polish painter, photographer and sculptor, was one of the most important artist in recent history. Sadly, Beksinski was...