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Beyond Terrorism: Seeing Another Side Of Yemen

Alleged airplane bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab spent time in Yemen studying Arabic. Five years earlier, Sandy Choi also went to language school there. She brought back photographs of everyday life not often seen outside the country.

Beyond Terrorism: Seeing Another Side Of Yemen

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Friday

Obituaries

Looking Back On Larry Sultan's 'Pictures From Home'

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The influential photographer died of cancer Sunday. He was 63. In remembrance, we listen to a 1989 interview with him about his Pictures from Home, a decade-long project in which he observed the effects of his father's job loss on his family — a poignant topic once more.

Looking Back On Larry Sultan's 'Pictures From Home'

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Tuesday

Platon's Portraits of Power

Photographer Platon saw a golden opportunity and seized it. In September, over a five-day period, The New Yorker staff photographer camped out at the United Nations and lured the world's most powerful men and women to pose for him. The result is an impressive display called Portraits of Power.

Platon's Portraits of Power

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Thursday

Books

Judith Fox Turns A Close-Up Lens On Alzheimer's

Fresh Air

Judith Fox's new book of photographs is an intimate portrait of a loved one's submergence into Alzheimer's. I Still Do is a chronicle of her husband's journey with the disease.

Judith Fox Turns A Close-Up Lens On Alzheimer's

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Friday

One Man's 'Polar Obsession,' In Pictures

A book out this month by photographer Paul Nicklen, Polar Obsession, documents the wildlife of the Arctic and Antarctic. Nicklen, who was raised in an Inuit community in Canada's Arctic and whose work has been published in hundreds of magazines around the world, including National Geographic, talks with Melissa Block about the roots of his preoccupation with frigid regions.

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Thursday

How Did Your Folks Look Before They Were Parents?

Eliot Glazer, the creator of the popular photo blog myparentswereawesome.com, speaks to host Michele Norris about his blog's mission to highlight the time "before the fanny packs and Andrea Bocelli concerts," when parents "were once free-wheeling, fashion-forward and super-awesome."

How Did Your Folks Look Before They Were Parents?

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Tuesday

Robert Bergman, Emerging From The Darkroom

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Robert Bergman, Emerging From The Darkroom

The artist-photographer has never exhibited and has published just one book. Now his striking, enigmatic portraits are being celebrated in not one but two major exhibitions. As NPR's Claire O'Neill explains, it's Bergman's patience and his perfectionism that have caught the eye of curators.

Robert Bergman, Emerging From The Darkroom

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Monday

Capturing The Beauty Of South Florida's Wetlands

Clyde Butcher believes South Florida's wetlands have an image problem. Everglades National Park and the adjacent Big Cypress National Preserve are unique, awe-inspiring places. But they're also swamps, with alligators, snakes and high water that discourage visitors from experiencing much of the beauty. For nearly three decades, Butcher has captured much of that beauty in his large-format, black-and-white photographs. They've won him acclaim as an artist and as an educator who's worked to spread the word about an area that's been called Florida's "last frontier."

Capturing The Beauty Of South Florida's Wetlands

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DeCarava's Photos Improvised The Music Of Life

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DeCarava's Photos Improvised The Music Of Life

In the 1950s, photography was hardly considered art. If you wanted to be taken seriously as a photographer, you snapped mountains and models -- not your neighbors. It also helped to be white. But Roy DeCarava, who died this week at the age of 89, turned all of that on its head.

DeCarava's Photos Improvised The Music Of Life

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Friday

Obituaries

Remembering Roy DeCarava's 60 Years Of Photos

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The photographer, who died Oct. 27 at age 89, dedicated his decades-long career to capturing images of African Americans. Roy DeCarava's subjects ranged from daily life in his hometown of Harlem to the Civil Rights movement.

Remembering Roy DeCarava's 60 Years Of Photos

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