Becky Lettenberger

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New York: Taken from the 50th street stop on the 1 train, just blocks from Times Square at 1:30 a.m. A new New Yorker, from Portland, Ore., my favorite activity is people watching, especially underground. @donilee via Instagram hide caption

It takes NPR multimedia producer Kainaz Amaria 30 minutes to commute to work in Washington, D.C. Sometimes it takes a little longer when light, movement and people converge into a sweet scene. Kainaz Amaria/NPR hide caption

I exist but please don't look at me too much. @beckyberger/Instagram hide caption

Wildland firefighter and photographer Gregg Boydston in Arizona. Courtesy of Gregg Boydston hide caption

"I'm trying to stay on the Straight And Narrow, but I keep getting caught up in the Booga Wooga." "What's the Booga Wooga?" "Everything that's not the Straight And Narrow." Courtesy of Brandon Stanton hide caption

Coal miner Lee Hipshire in 1976, shortly after emerging from a mine in Logan County, W.Va. at the end of his shift. At age 36, he had worked 26 years underground. A few years later, Lee took early retirement because of pneumoconiosis, or black lung disease. He died at 57. Courtesy of Earl Dotter hide caption

Clockwise from top left: Statue of Liberty in Kissimmee, Honeybell oranges, an American flag in DeLand, and a classic car show. Shot with Impossible Project film. Becky Lettenberger/NPR hide caption

Mitt Romney campaign headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 30, 2011 Becky Lettenberger/NPR hide caption

Nothing like a union protest to really get you in the mood. (Protesters demonstrate in the capitol rotunda on Feb. 25, 2011 in Madison, Wisc.) Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption