The Singer sewing machine was so revolutionary that even Mahatma Gandhi, who eschewed all other machines, made an exception for it. After learning to sew on a Singer in a British jail, Gandhi ...

"I have looked at photography over time — and in the colonial lens, there was always a deliberate effort to make African women look ugly," McKinley told NPR. "Photos such as puberty rites photos ...

A hundred years later, cameras and sewing machines were both ubiquitous, and the world had duly adjusted. Criss (1901-1973) was born in England into a Jewish family who moved to Philadelphia when ...

Jeremiah Wilson | Jackson Citizen PatriotJana Jamieson of Jackson looks out the window as her face is reflected in a picture frame at Art 634 in Jackson. Jamieson, whose photos are on display in ...