In 1872, decades before women were legally allowed to vote, Victoria Woodhull made an audacious run for the White House. The press ridiculed her stance on 'free love' and she spent election night in jail. But she had put the first small crack in one of the thickest glass ceilings around. Twelve years later Belva Lockwood, the first woman to argue before the Supreme Court, took another swing at it. We celebrate Election Day with a look back at some of the first women who dared to run for the highest office in the United States, including Sen. Margaret Chase Smith and Rep. Shirley Chisholm. They ran against long odds, but they had grit and they got the ball rolling.With Smithsonian curator <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/lisa-kathleen-graddy-1547639">Lisa Kathleen Graddy</a>, and journalism historian <a href="https://journalism.ku.edu/people/teri-finneman">Teri Finneman</a>.See the portraits we discussed:<a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_S_NPG.2021.56?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fedan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Dvictoria%252Bwoodhull">Victoria Woodhull,</a> unidentified artist<a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.78.93?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fedan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Dvictoria%252Bwoodhull">Get Thee Behind Me, (Mrs.) Satin!</a> by Thomas Nast<a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.66.61?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fedan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Dbelva%252Blockwood">Belva Lockwood,</a> by Nellie Mathes Horne<a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.88.TC177?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fedan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Dmargaret%252Bchase%252Bsmith">Margaret Chase Smith,</a> by Ernest Hamlin Baker<a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.2015.113?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fedan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Dshirley%252Bchisholm">Shirley Chisholm,</a> unidentified artistFurther reading:<a href="https://suffrageandthemedia.org/source/press-portrayals-women-politicians-lunatic-woodhull-polarizing-palin/">Press Portrayals of Women Politicians, 1870s - 2000s</a>, by Teri Finneman <a href="https://nyupress.org/9780814758342/belva-lockwood/">Belva Lockwood: The Woman Who Would Be President</a>, by Jill Norgren<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/328911.The_Woman_Who_Ran_for_President">The Woman Who Ran for President: The Many Lives of Victoria Woodhull</a>, by Lois Beachy Underhill<a href="https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/no-place-for-a-woman/9780813527222/">No Place For A Woman: A Life of Senator Margaret Chase Smith</a>, by Janann Sherman<a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-good-fight-shirley-chisholm/18249634?gad_source=1&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiA_qG5BhDTARIsAA0UHSIF65lTDZnk5gZykKiyEZTCU7rMCBd0eMGSbw_G8_VDmfxb5WoOP2IaApuAEALw_wcB">The Good Fight</a>, by Shirley Chisholm<a href="https://uncpress.org/book/9781469671178/shirley-chisholm/">Shirley Chisholm: Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics</a>, by Anastasia C. Curwood

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 &lt;p&gt;In 1872, decades before women were legally allowed to vote, Victoria Woodhull made an audacious run for the White House. The press ridiculed her stance on 'free love' and she spent election night in jail. But she had put the first small crack in one of the thickest glass ceilings around. Twelve years later Belva Lockwood, the first woman to argue before the Supreme Court, took another swing at it. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We celebrate Election Day with a look back at some of the first women who dared to run for the highest office in the United States, including Sen. Margaret Chase Smith and Rep. Shirley Chisholm. They ran against long odds, but they had grit and they got the ball rolling.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;With Smithsonian curator &lt;a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/lisa-kathleen-graddy-1547639"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lisa Kathleen Graddy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, and journalism historian &lt;a href="https://journalism.ku.edu/people/teri-finneman"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Teri Finneman&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See the portraits we discussed:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_S_NPG.2021.56?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fedan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Dvictoria%252Bwoodhull"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Victoria Woodhull,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;unidentified artist&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.78.93?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fedan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Dvictoria%252Bwoodhull"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Get Thee Behind Me, (Mrs.) Satin!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;by Thomas Nast&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.66.61?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fedan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Dbelva%252Blockwood"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Belva Lockwood,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;by Nellie Mathes Horne&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.88.TC177?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fedan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Dmargaret%252Bchase%252Bsmith"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Margaret Chase Smith,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Ernest Hamlin Baker&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.2015.113?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fedan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Dshirley%252Bchisholm"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shirley Chisholm,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;unidentified artist&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Further reading:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://suffrageandthemedia.org/source/press-portrayals-women-politicians-lunatic-woodhull-polarizing-palin/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Press Portrayals of Women Politicians, 1870s - 2000s&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, by Teri Finneman &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://nyupress.org/9780814758342/belva-lockwood/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Belva Lockwood: The Woman Who Would Be President&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, by Jill Norgren&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/328911.The_Woman_Who_Ran_for_President"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Woman Who Ran for President: The Many Lives of Victoria Woodhull&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, by Lois Beachy Underhill&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/no-place-for-a-woman/9780813527222/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Place For A Woman: A Life of Senator Margaret Chase Smith&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, by Janann Sherman&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-good-fight-shirley-chisholm/18249634?gad_source=1&amp;amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiA_qG5BhDTARIsAA0UHSIF65lTDZnk5gZykKiyEZTCU7rMCBd0eMGSbw_G8_VDmfxb5WoOP2IaApuAEALw_wcB"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Good Fight&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, by Shirley Chisholm&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://uncpress.org/book/9781469671178/shirley-chisholm/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shirley Chisholm: Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, by Anastasia C. Curwood&lt;/p&gt;
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These women took the first hammer swings at a glass ceiling in the shape of an oval.

In 1872, decades before women were legally allowed to vote, Victoria Woodhull made an audacious run for the White House. The press ridiculed her stance on 'free love' and she spent election night in jail. But she had put the first small crack in one of the thickest glass ceilings around. Twelve years later Belva Lockwood, the first woman to argue before the Supreme Court, took another swing at it. 

We celebrate Election Day with a look back at some of the first women who dared to run for the highest office in the United States, including Sen. Margaret Chase Smith and Rep. Shirley Chisholm. They ran against long odds, but they had grit and they got the ball rolling.

With Smithsonian curator <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/lisa-kathleen-graddy-1547639">Lisa Kathleen Graddy</a>, and journalism historian <a href="https://journalism.ku.edu/people/teri-finneman">Teri Finneman</a>.

See the portraits we discussed:

<a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_S_NPG.2021.56?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fedan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Dvictoria%252Bwoodhull">Victoria Woodhull,</a> unidentified artist

<a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.78.93?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fedan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Dvictoria%252Bwoodhull">Get Thee Behind Me, (Mrs.) Satin!</a> by Thomas Nast

<a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.66.61?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fedan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Dbelva%252Blockwood">Belva Lockwood,</a> by Nellie Mathes Horne

<a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.88.TC177?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fedan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Dmargaret%252Bchase%252Bsmith">Margaret Chase Smith,</a> by Ernest Hamlin Baker

<a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.2015.113?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fedan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Dshirley%252Bchisholm">Shirley Chisholm,</a> unidentified artist

Further reading:

<a href="https://suffrageandthemedia.org/source/press-portrayals-women-politicians-lunatic-woodhull-polarizing-palin/">Press Portrayals of Women Politicians, 1870s - 2000s</a>, by Teri Finneman 

<a href="https://nyupress.org/9780814758342/belva-lockwood/">Belva Lockwood: The Woman Who Would Be President</a>, by Jill Norgren

<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/328911.The_Woman_Who_Ran_for_President">The Woman Who Ran for President: The Many Lives of Victoria Woodhull</a>, by Lois Beachy Underhill

<a href="https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/no-place-for-a-woman/9780813527222/">No Place For A Woman: A Life of Senator Margaret Chase Smith</a>, by Janann Sherman

<a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-good-fight-shirley-chisholm/18249634?gad_source=1&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiA_qG5BhDTARIsAA0UHSIF65lTDZnk5gZykKiyEZTCU7rMCBd0eMGSbw_G8_VDmfxb5WoOP2IaApuAEALw_wcB">The Good Fight</a>, by Shirley Chisholm

<a href="https://uncpress.org/book/9781469671178/shirley-chisholm/">Shirley Chisholm: Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics</a>, by Anastasia C. Curwood

Women Who Dared

With Election Day just around the corner, we go back in time to figure out how early presidential candidates got their message, and their image, in front of voters. It wasn't easy. Asking directly for people's vote was seen as undignified, so candidates mostly stayed home in the early 1800s. As a result, most Americans didn't know for sure what their candidates looked like, or sounded like.Kim speaks with curator Claire Jerry,  from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, about the stream of new technologies-- from printing to photography to radio-- that transformed political advertising and gave candidates a more direct line of communication with the American people.See the portraits and campaign materials we discussed:<a href="https://www.si.edu/es/object/william-henry-harrison-campaign-button:nmah_1382302">William Henry Harrison campaign button</a><a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.96.179?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fpage%3D2%26edan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Dabraham%252Blincoln">Abraham Lincoln, by Mathew Brady</a><a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/2011647968/">Abraham Lincoln campaign button</a><a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_S_NPG.78.158?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fpage%3D1%26edan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Ddelano%252Broosevelt%252B">Franklin D. Roosevelt at microphone</a><a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_S_NPG.2010.79?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fpage%3D1%26edan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Dronald%252Breagan">Ronald Reagan poster</a>

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 &lt;p&gt;With Election Day just around the corner, we go back in time to figure out how early presidential candidates got their message, and their image, in front of voters. It wasn't easy. Asking directly for people's vote was seen as undignified, so candidates mostly stayed home in the early 1800s. As a result, most Americans didn't know for sure what their candidates looked like, or sounded like.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kim speaks with curator Claire Jerry,  from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, about the stream of new technologies-- from printing to photography to radio-- that transformed political advertising and gave candidates a more direct line of communication with the American people.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See the portraits and campaign materials we discussed:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.si.edu/es/object/william-henry-harrison-campaign-button:nmah_1382302"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;William Henry Harrison campaign button&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.96.179?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fpage%3D2%26edan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Dabraham%252Blincoln"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Abraham Lincoln, by Mathew Brady&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/2011647968/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Abraham Lincoln campaign button&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_S_NPG.78.158?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fpage%3D1%26edan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Ddelano%252Broosevelt%252B"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Franklin D. Roosevelt at microphone&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_S_NPG.2010.79?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fpage%3D1%26edan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Dronald%252Breagan"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ronald Reagan poster&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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The road to the White House before social media.

With Election Day just around the corner, we go back in time to figure out how early presidential candidates got their message, and their image, in front of voters. It wasn't easy. Asking directly for people's vote was seen as undignified, so candidates mostly stayed home in the early 1800s. As a result, most Americans didn't know for sure what their candidates looked like, or sounded like.

Kim speaks with curator Claire Jerry,  from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, about the stream of new technologies-- from printing to photography to radio-- that transformed political advertising and gave candidates a more direct line of communication with the American people.

See the portraits and campaign materials we discussed:

<a href="https://www.si.edu/es/object/william-henry-harrison-campaign-button:nmah_1382302">William Henry Harrison campaign button</a>

<a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.96.179?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fpage%3D2%26edan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Dabraham%252Blincoln">Abraham Lincoln, by Mathew Brady</a>

<a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/2011647968/">Abraham Lincoln campaign button</a>

<a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_S_NPG.78.158?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fpage%3D1%26edan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Ddelano%252Broosevelt%252B">Franklin D. Roosevelt at microphone</a>

<a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_S_NPG.2010.79?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fpage%3D1%26edan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Dronald%252Breagan">Ronald Reagan poster</a>

Campaigns Past: Cowboy Hats and Hard Cider

We're back! Season six of PORTRAITS hits your feed Oct. 22 with a new slate of shows that use artwork to decode our world. <a href="https://npg.si.edu/staff/kim-sajet">Kim Sajet</a>, director of the National Portrait Gallery, talks with guests about presidential campaigns, scientific discoveries and some of the currents running through today’s cultural landscape.

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 &lt;p&gt;We're back! Season six of PORTRAITS hits your feed Oct. 22 with a new slate of shows that use artwork to decode our world. &lt;a href="https://npg.si.edu/staff/kim-sajet"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kim Sajet&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, director of the National Portrait Gallery, talks with guests about presidential campaigns, scientific discoveries and some of the currents running through today’s cultural landscape. &lt;/p&gt;
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The portraits are just the stepping off point.

We're back! Season six of PORTRAITS hits your feed Oct. 22 with a new slate of shows that use artwork to decode our world. <a href="https://npg.si.edu/staff/kim-sajet">Kim Sajet</a>, director of the National Portrait Gallery, talks with guests about presidential campaigns, scientific discoveries and some of the currents running through today’s cultural landscape.

Season 6 Trailer

As AI art gets more and more sophisticated, how do we tell the difference between a portrait that’s created by a human being – with a soul – and art that’s created by a complex algorithm? And if we can’t tell the difference, will artists be out of a job?Oxford mathematician <a href="https://www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/find-an-expert/professor-marcus-du-sautoy">Marcus du Sautoy</a> explains how AI art works, and why he thinks code can actually help artists to expand their creative universe.But there’s one big question that remains: What does AI art tell us about the inner world of AI itself?See the portraits we discussed:<a href="https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-edmond-de-belamy-from-la-famille-de-6166184/?from=salesummery&amp;intObjectID=6166184&amp;sid=18abf70b-239c-41f7-bf78-99c5a4370bc7">Edmond de Belamy</a>, published by Obvious Art<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/apr/05/new-rembrandt-to-be-unveiled-in-amsterdam">The Next Rembrandt</a>, brainchild of Bas Korsten<a href="https://npg.si.edu/ai-generated-portrait-kim-sajet">Kim Sajet</a>, generated by AI<a href="https://npg.si.edu/kim-sajet-devon-rodriguez">Kim Sajet</a>, by Devon RodriguezYou can see Prof. Marcus du Sautoy’s ‘Creativity Code’ lecture <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k89sS6fsZvI">here</a>.

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 &lt;p&gt;As AI art gets more and more sophisticated, how do we tell the difference between a portrait that’s created by a human being – with a soul – and art that’s created by a complex algorithm? And if we can’t tell the difference, will artists be out of a job?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Oxford mathematician &lt;a href="https://www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/find-an-expert/professor-marcus-du-sautoy"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Marcus du Sautoy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; explains how AI art works, and why he thinks code can actually help artists to expand their creative universe.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But there’s one big question that remains: What does AI art tell us about the inner world of AI itself?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See the portraits we discussed:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-edmond-de-belamy-from-la-famille-de-6166184/?from=salesummery&amp;amp;intObjectID=6166184&amp;amp;sid=18abf70b-239c-41f7-bf78-99c5a4370bc7"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edmond de Belamy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, published by Obvious Art&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/apr/05/new-rembrandt-to-be-unveiled-in-amsterdam"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Next Rembrandt&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, brainchild of Bas Korsten&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://npg.si.edu/ai-generated-portrait-kim-sajet"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kim Sajet&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, generated by AI&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://npg.si.edu/kim-sajet-devon-rodriguez"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kim Sajet&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, by Devon Rodriguez&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can see Prof. Marcus du Sautoy’s ‘Creativity Code’ lecture &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k89sS6fsZvI"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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What happens if you ask AI to paint a self-portrait?

As AI art gets more and more sophisticated, how do we tell the difference between a portrait that’s created by a human being – with a soul – and art that’s created by a complex algorithm? And if we can’t tell the difference, will artists be out of a job?

Oxford mathematician <a href="https://www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/find-an-expert/professor-marcus-du-sautoy">Marcus du Sautoy</a> explains how AI art works, and why he thinks code can actually help artists to expand their creative universe.

But there’s one big question that remains: What does AI art tell us about the inner world of AI itself?

See the portraits we discussed:

<a href="https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-edmond-de-belamy-from-la-famille-de-6166184/?from=salesummery&amp;intObjectID=6166184&amp;sid=18abf70b-239c-41f7-bf78-99c5a4370bc7">Edmond de Belamy</a>, published by Obvious Art

<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/apr/05/new-rembrandt-to-be-unveiled-in-amsterdam">The Next Rembrandt</a>, brainchild of Bas Korsten

<a href="https://npg.si.edu/ai-generated-portrait-kim-sajet">Kim Sajet</a>, generated by AI

<a href="https://npg.si.edu/kim-sajet-devon-rodriguez">Kim Sajet</a>, by Devon Rodriguez

You can see Prof. Marcus du Sautoy’s ‘Creativity Code’ lecture <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k89sS6fsZvI">here</a>.

From The Vault: ART-ificial Intelligence

In this mini episode from our 'Blink' series, Rick Chapman shares stories from photographing elite athletes who have competed in the Olympic Games. The first step, he says, is to put the camera down. The second is not to talk about sports too much.Rick's ESPY Collection, for ESPN, features 40 celebrity athletes, including boxers, tennis stars and basketball royalty. You can find it <a href="https://www.rickchapman.com/espy-collection">here</a>.See the portraits we discussed:<a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.2013.84.38?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fedan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Dvenus%252Bwilliams">Venus Williams, black and white</a><a href="https://www.rickchapman.com/portfolio/human?itemId=n71ijjcveuvu060t97k51mltfl05n0">Venus Williams, color</a><a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_C_NPG.2013.84.36?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fedan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Dshaun%252Bwhite">Shaun White, black and white</a><a href="https://www.rickchapman.com/portfolio/human?itemId=rwoi7ctly5pwmz5a7uudy680w03zqy">Shaun White, color</a>

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Rick Chapman has photographed a lot of Olympians. But for him, it's not about the medals.

In this mini episode from our 'Blink' series, Rick Chapman shares stories from photographing elite athletes who have competed in the Olympic Games. The first step, he says, is to put the camera down. The second is not to talk about sports too much.

Rick's ESPY Collection, for ESPN, features 40 celebrity athletes, including boxers, tennis stars and basketball royalty. You can find it <a href="https://www.rickchapman.com/espy-collection">here</a>.

See the portraits we discussed:

<a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.2013.84.38?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fedan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Dvenus%252Bwilliams">Venus Williams, black and white</a>

<a href="https://www.rickchapman.com/portfolio/human?itemId=n71ijjcveuvu060t97k51mltfl05n0">Venus Williams, color</a>

<a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_C_NPG.2013.84.36?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fedan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Dshaun%252Bwhite">Shaun White, black and white</a>

<a href="https://www.rickchapman.com/portfolio/human?itemId=rwoi7ctly5pwmz5a7uudy680w03zqy">Shaun White, color</a>

Blink: First, Put The Camera Down

Art, biography, history and identity collide in this podcast from the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. Join Director Kim Sajet as she chats with artists, historians, and thought leaders about the big and small ways that portraits shape our world.

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