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This Photo Isn’t What It Looks Like

Host Vincent Brown challenges a common assumption about a photo of ethnographer Frances Densmore and Piegan Blackfeet tribe leader Mountain Chief: that Densmore is recording a “dying culture.” Brown visits the Library of Congress to hear an original recording of Mountain Chief and travels to Montana to discuss the vitality of Blackfeet culture today with artist and teacher Jesse DesRosier.
Season 1 Episode 4 Length 11:26 Premiere: 09/20/22

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Season 1 Episodes

Why Gordon Parks’ Most Famous Photo Almost Wasn’t Released
S1 E7 Length 12:18 Premiere Date 10/18/22

How an FBI Poster Became a Black Power Symbol
S1 E6 Length 14:24 Premiere Date 10/14/22

This Photo of U.S. Immigration Isn’t What You Think
S1 E5 Length 11:06 Premiere Date 10/03/22

This Photo Isn’t What It Looks Like
S1 E4 Length 11:26 Premiere Date 09/20/22

The Real Story Behind This Iconic 9/11 Photo
S1 E3 Length 12:16 Premiere Date 09/06/22

The Story Behind Earth’s Most Famous Photo
S1 E2 Length 11:21 Premiere Date 08/22/22

Did This Photo Make Lincoln President?
S1 E1 Length 11:22 Premiere Date 08/09/22

The Bigger Picture | Official Trailer
Preview Length 00:41 Premiere Date 08/01/22

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