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Modern world of sugar consumption

Magnum photographer Carl De Keyzer traveled to Indonesia, where he documented the modern world of sugar production, its use in manufacturing of goods, and its consumption. The former Dutch colony was...

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Life in a bus

More Smiles Welch and his wife, Space Cadet, live a simple life off the grid with their family in Ohio. What started as a documentary project for photojournalism student Meg Roussos turned into a...

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Surfing ‘the world’s heaviest wave’

Just off the coast of the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, the waves at Teahupoo are commonly referred to as the heaviest in the world. They're also among the most dangerous, breaking over a...

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America 101: Defining the U.S. through photography

Arthur Grace’s archive from his 40-year career as a photojournalist includes Americans in everyday life as well as some memorable U.S. historical events, including the Boston school busing crisis,...

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A history interwoven with sugar

Photographer James Whitlow Delano spent three weeks chasing ghosts of the bygone era of sugar production in Suriname. Delano spent his time focusing on the diverse peoples whose history is intertwined...

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Bhutanese refugees rebuild in Texas

Not long after they began arriving in 2008, photographer Mary Kang started following the Bhutanese community that was established near her home in Austin, Texas. They were among the more than 100,000...

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Illuminating an American railroad

When commercial photographer O. Winston Link turned his attention to the Norfolk and Western Railway in 1955, he created beautiful and timeless images of one of the last steam-powered locomotive...

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Iconic portraits of our time

Dan Winters, known for his iconic portraits of people of interest, has seen everyone from President Barack Obama to Mr. Rogers and Tupac Shakur through his viewfinder. He and the subject work together...

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Making sugar and sweets

Photojournalist Ed Kashi spent three weeks in Brazil examining the farming and consumption of sugar and ethanol. He also spent a week traveling to factories in the Netherlands that use sugar as an...

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Oystermen still plagued by Gulf oil spill

While covering the lasting impact of the Gulf Coast oil disaster, photographer Bryan Thomas spent time with oystermen on the East Bank of Plaquemines Parish in Louisiana. Oysters that were once...

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Learning to sail, the Russian way

Photographer Colin Delfosse went to the remote Russian city of Murmansk to spend a month following naval cadets learning the traditional basics of naval navigation, with half of that time spent aboard...

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Re-enacting a simpler way of life

In the past few years, photographer Peter Bohler’s focus has shifted from shooting portraiture to shooting subcultures and gatherings. He joined re-enactors for three days in California in the spring...

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Meet the undertakers

When German photographers Joanna Nottebrock and Insa Cathérine Hagemann chose to explore the topics of death and dying, they made a decision to do so as a team. With their series on undertakers, they...

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Mr. English Beauty

Purple lights line the runway of the beauty pageant. Backstage, 4-year-old Taylor changes out of a dinosaur costume into a white tuxedo. By the end of the contest, he will earn the title of Mr. English...

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Aftermath of ethnic riots in India

Rising tensions in India’s northeastern Assam province erupted in July, turning already impoverished ethnic groups into refugees when both simply want to be recognized and supported by the government....

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‘Down and Out in the South’

Dutch photographer Jan Banning started taking portraits of homeless people across the southern United States in 2010. He wanted to focus on them as individuals and hopes his images make people look at...

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‘The wrong side’ of the Mexican border

In 2008, two years after a crackdown on drugs was announced in Mexico, photojournalist Jerome Sessini was drawn to “the wrong side” of the U.S.-Mexico border. His first visit to the country was in...

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Climate change on the Tibetan Plateau

The majority of glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau are shrinking rapidly, according to a comprehensive study published this year. Photographer Sean Gallagher recently visited the region to document how...

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DJ granny gets the Poles dancing

Wika Szmyt is well aware that she’s not your typical grandmother. At age 74, she plays music three nights a week at a club in Warsaw, Poland. Photographer Piotr Malecki began photographing Szmyt last...

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Fighters of the longest war

The Karen people of Myanmar have been embattled in a civil war with the country’s central government since 1949. It is considered the world’s longest ongoing war. In 2011, photographer Jason Florio...

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