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...
View ArticleLife 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...
View ArticleSurfing ‘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...
View ArticleAmerica 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,...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleBhutanese 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...
View ArticleIlluminating 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...
View ArticleIconic 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...
View ArticleMaking 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...
View ArticleOystermen 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...
View ArticleLearning 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...
View ArticleRe-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...
View ArticleMeet 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...
View ArticleMr. 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...
View ArticleAftermath 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....
View Article‘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...
View Article‘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...
View ArticleClimate 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...
View ArticleDJ 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...
View ArticleFighters 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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