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NPR's Handy Guide To Not Taking Terrible Food Photographs

by Claire O'Neill

April 03, 2013 2:53 PM

A few basic tips will help you make the most of our new community cooking series.

A great example of how not to photograph ramen noodles.

North Korea Caught Photoshopping ... Again (Do We Care?)

by Claire O'Neill

March 29, 201312:40 PM

This isn't the first time, and it's likely not the last. So we can hardly claim to be surprised.

An apparently doctored image issued by the North Korean government on Tuesday shows "landing and anti-landing drills."

Off To Read The Wizard: Send Us Your Photos From Oz

by NPR Staff

March 21, 2013 1:39 PM

NPR's club for young readers is taking on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. And we want to see your photos.

"We were our mother's guinea pigs for the yearly county fair costume class. At the time, we hated it. But to her credit, we won the trophy every time."

Hard Times In Japan: 'Home' Might Be An Internet Cafe

by Coburn Dukehart

February 15, 201311:59 AM

Photographer Shiho Fukada says Japan has seen a rise in white-collar suicide — and some people have taken to living in Internet cafes. For years she has been documenting the country's economic hardships.

Part four delves into the world of people who live in 24-hour Internet cafes because they can't afford rent.

The Kiss, Taxonomically Classified

by Claire O'Neill

February 14, 201310:41 AM

Actually, this isn't at all scientific. Here are just a few examples of PDA that hopefully won't make your skin crawl.

If it were a movie, it would be called The Third Wheel by Orson Welles

An Iconic 'Life' Image You Must See

by Kainaz Amaria

January 27, 2013 6:05 AM

On the 40th anniversary of the Paris Peace Accords, which ended direct U.S. military involvement and established an end to the Vietnam War, we look back with images from Life's legendary photographer Larry Burrows.

New NASA Images Show The Earth's Electric Light Show

by Andrew Prince

December 05, 2012 4:11 PM

"The night is nowhere as dark as we might think," says one scientist. How does your location light up the night?

Voting In Your Swim Trunks: Why Not?

by Kainaz Amaria

November 06, 201211:04 AM

There are many diverse ways to vote around the world; see a gallery of just a few.

In Russia, winter swimming enthusiasts leave a polling station where they cast their presidential vote shortly after taking a bath in the icy waters of the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, on March 4, 2012.

Interactive: Slide To See Before And After Sandy

by Claire O'Neill

November 02, 2012 6:20 PM

Interactive images show the New Jersey coast before and after Sandy.

Interactive images show the New Jersey coast before and after Hurricane Sandy.

Inside Every Stormtrooper Is A Beating Heart

by Coburn Dukehart

October 04, 201211:32 AM

Evan Prince's portraits of Star Wars bad guys at a convention show that even a Stormtrooper is capable of emotion.

Photographing Ganesh: The Lord Of New Beginnings

by Kainaz Amaria

September 25, 201210:00 AM

Not much brings Mumbai, India, to a standstill, but the annual Ganesh Chaturthi festival does just that. Diptychs offer a glimpse into the merriment and mayhem of the 10-day festival.

At left, one of the many processions of Lord Ganesh; at right a woman decorates her hair with fresh jasmine.

Mad? Sad? Try The Screamotron3000

by Coburn Dukehart

July 16, 201211:36 AM

In front of this sound-activated camera, "some people scream inward and some people scream outward ... and some people go to crazy town," says photographer Billy Hunt.

Photo from the Screamotron3000 portrait series.

Detroit Lost And Found: Vintage Photos Speak Volumes

by Claire O'Neill

July 12, 2012 2:39 PM

In 2009, two Italian photographers on assignment in Detroit kept stumbling across old photos around the city. They have compiled 200 of the photos in a book.