up next on american history tv, we hear from lucian perkins, perkins, a two-time pulitzer prize winner and former "washington post" staff photographer. he talks about his career and his photos of fours and the former yugoslavia, chechnya, iraq, and afghanistan as well as adc family living in poverty. the university of texas recorded the interview and archived his photographs along with other recognized photographers. this is just over 40 minutes. >> talking with lucian perkins. at the briscoe center, today is february 15, 2015. lucian, you started out in your photography career here at the university of texas. working at "the daily texan," and also i understand you worked winngary

lucian perkins thank you very much for giving all these insights to your photography, and your collections here. mr. perkins: thanks. reporter: thank you. > a, join us at 7:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. eastern as we continue our series featuring oral history interviews with nationally recognized photojournalist. you can watch our programs attime at our website c-span.org/history. you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. c-span, where history unfolds daily. as a79, c-span was created public service by america's cable television companies. and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. all weekend long, american history tv is joining our mid-code cable partners. to showcase the history of pierre, south dakota. to learn more about the city's on the current tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. we continue with a look at the history of history of pierre. reporter: describe the state of south dakota. gov. daugaard: south dakota is an agricultural state. it is our number one industry. today it is the foundation of , our economy. i grew up on a farm, ma

we hear from lucian perkins. a two time pulitzer prize winner and former washington post staff photographer. he talks about his career and photographs of wars in the former yugoslavia. chechnya. iraq and afghanistan. and a three genere family living in poverty. along with those of other nationally recognized photographers. this is just over 40 minutes. >>> all right. talking with lucian perkins here. at the bris koe center. today is february 15, 2013. lucian, you started out in your photographer career, here at the university of texas. working at the daily texasen and i understand you worked with gary. in a photo journalism or course here at ut. would you talk about a all that influenced your career? >> it's funny. i was actually a biology major. at university of texas. and also at the dorms. at chester dorm. which i just visited today. 30 years later. hasn't changed a bit. and one of my residents at chester sold me one of his older cameras. i guess he was convinced his parents to get him a new one. and i just be

then lucian perkins, a pulitzer prize winner. and he's a proud graduate of the university of texas at austin by the way. but he was for 27 years a staff photographer for the washington post. he won the pulitzer prize for covering three generations of poverty in washington d.c. and also the refugee situation in kosovo. then we also have the question of david valdez. he was george h.w. bush's white house photographer and he has a book of those photographs as well. and then we have dianna walker, who was a time magazine white house photographer for 20 years and she's especially known for her work covering hillary clinton. but she covered the clinton white house really broadly and deeply. she also covered the regan administration and george h.w. bush and david valdez and dianna walker both are actively involved in our program here that briscoe center. >> what do you think viewers will take away after twhauchg interviews? >> the importance of news photographers, documentary photographers, they go by various names. they're all photogra

this is just over 40 minutes. >> talking with lucian perkins. today is february 15, 2013.

this is just over 40 minutes. >> talking with lucian perkins. today is february 15, 2013. lucian, you started out in your photography career here at the university of texas. working at the daily texan and also i understand you worked with gary in a photojournalism or photography course here at ut. would you talk about how that has influenced your career? mr. perkins: it is funny, i was actually a biology major at the university of texas. also at the chester dorms, this is it today, 30 years later. it has not changed a bit. one of my residence at chester sold me one of the cameras. he convinced his parents to get him a new one, so he sold me his old one. i became interested in photography as a hobby. and then decided to take photography courses as an elective. and coincidently, signed up for a first year of footage i was in. even though i was not even thinking about photojournalism or knew what it was. it was a first-year photo class. i took the course and towards the end of the semester, the ta said, there is an opening on the student yearbook, you should apply for it. i n

. >> we will air the entire interview with lucian perkins sunday at 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. eastern time. that is sunday on c-span3. a,"up next on "reel americ "it's everybody's business," a film fromanimated 1954. it argues that free enterprise is embedded in the bill of rights. business" isdy's part of the library of congress collection. ♪ [cheers and applause] [explosions] [wind howling] it was not so long ago in the history of man's voyage to a better world that ships were carrying eager passengers to a new nation. our forefathers were constructing the foundation of this nation by interlocking inseparably the blocks of our political and economic dreams. [band playing "yankee doodle dandy"] [martial music playing] of life oure way forefathers established on this foundation of freedom drew people from all four comments -- all four corners of the earth and they endeavored to build a themselves.for even young jonathan, and on skilled lad from across the sea, hoped to find a job. as the years passed, jonathan's earnings increased. but he still felt for a man of his skill it w

we hear from lucian perkins. a two time pulitzer prize winner and former washington post staff photographer. he talks about his career and photographs of wars in the former yugoslavia. chechnya. iraq and afghanistan. and a three genere family living in poverty. along with those of other nationally recognized photographers. this is just over 40 minutes. >>> all right. talking with lucian perkins here. at the bris koe center. today is february 15, 2013. lucian, you started out in your photographer career, here at the university of texas. working at the daily texasen and i understand you worked with

i think she is going to die. >> we will air the entire interview with lucian perkins sunday at 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. eastern time. that is sunday on c-span3. a,"up next on "reel americ "it's everybody's business," a m0-minute animated

american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. , on american history tv, we hear from lucian perkins two-time pulitzer prize winner and former washington post staff photographer. he talks about his career and his photos of fours and the ,ormer yugoslavia, chechnya iraq, and afghanistan. as well as his family living in poverty s

oral histories, we continue our theories on photojournalists with an interview with lucian perkins. >> a woman ended up on the front yelling at's her these freshmen who are lined up against the wall with their chins tucked in like this. and that photograph is everywhere in the world. that story helped me get a job at the post. >> all weekend, every week and only on c-span3. >> all weekend long american history tv is joining our cable partners to showcase the history of south dakota. to learn more about the cities on our current turnover -- current tour, visit our website. we look at the history of p ierre. >> describe the state of south dakota. >> south dakota is an agriculture state.

then on oral histories, we continue our series on foot of journalists with an interview with lucian perkins. >> she is yelling at these freshmen lining up against the wall. in that photograph ran everywhere in the world. i'm convinced that story may help get a job at the post. >> only on c-span3. >> it became clear that my impression of breitbart is having an outside influence on the 2016 election was an understatement in the extreme. research, breitbart was the driving force on the right side of the political spectrum. eight, contribute in writer will hilton talks about his feature story down the breitbart hold. >> i think this gets to the the way i always heard people talk about and continue to talk about breitbart. it is this shouting machine. more reality organization as it functions on a day-to-day basis. at eight eastern on c-span's q and day. next, the journeys of christopher columbus to the americas, including jamaica, panama, and the caribbean. argues that the explorer's interactions with the indigenous people caused them irreparable harm, which is often overlooked. this is recorde

on oral histories, we continue our series on photo journalists with an interview with lucian perkins. >> ended up on the front page of "the post" and it's her yelling at these freshmen police who are lined up against the wall with their chins tucked in like this. and that photograph ran everywhere in the world. and i'm convinced that that story helped me get a job at "the post." >> american history tv. all weekend, every weekend, only on c-span3. >>>. >>> c-span's cities tour takes book tv and american history tv to pierre, south dakota, with our mid co cable partners, we'll explore the rich history and literary life of the state's capital city. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, author nathan sanderson talks about pioneer cowboy, ed lemon, in his book, "controlled recklessness." >> he was in the cattle ranching industry in southwestern south dakota with the mining and expansion of the railroad and the growth of our state in the early part of the 20th century. >> and director of the pioneer girl project explores the memoirs and inspiration of laura ingalls wilder. >> it's a research