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From KQVD in San Francisco, I'm Nina Kim. Coming up on forum, Kathy Ryan was longtime director of photography at the New York Times Magazine, and for nearly four decades shaped the way

we witnessed history, January 6th, wars abroad, the impacts of COVID-19 and 9-11.

We'll talk to Ryan about storytelling through images, what makes a good photograph when

everyone carries a camera in their pocket and we're inundated by them.

And we want to hear from you.

What's a photograph that stands out in your mind?

Join us.

Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim. You might remember the post-9-11 issue of the New York Times Magazine, showing two beams of light where the Twin Tower stood. Or even before that, the 1991 Sebastian Salgado photo of Kuwaiti oil fields on fire.

Kathy Ryan was the Times Magazine's director of photography from 1987 until her retirement last year.

She has shaped the way we see monumental moments in history, like the pandemic or January 6th, and the way we reflect on them as part of the team behind the

1619 project. This hour, we talked to Ryan about the power of a still photograph to cut

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