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Photojournalist Captures 'Polygamy In America'

An elder of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) poses with his family, including his 5 wives. See a gallery of Stephanie Sinclair's photos. Stephanie Sinclair/National Geographic hide caption

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Photojournalist Captures 'Polygamy In America'

February 17, 2010 • Stephanie Sinclair was given rare and intimate access to the men and women of the polygamist Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Sinclair's photos, taken during several periods since April of 2008, appear in National Geographic.

Photojournalist Captures 'Polygamy In America'

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Detective Shot Aerial Photos Of The Twin Towers

Smoke and ash engulf the area around the World Trade Center. See a gallery of aerial images from Sept. 11. Greg Semendinger/NYPD via ABC News/AP hide caption

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Detective Shot Aerial Photos Of The Twin Towers

February 17, 2010 • Nearly nine years after the September 11th attacks, aerial photos of the Twin Towers burning and collapsing were released to the public. New York Police Department detective Greg Semendinger took the photos, and talks about capturing the images while on a rescue mission.

Detective Shot Aerial Photos Of The Twin Towers

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Iconic Magnum Photos Find A New Home

February 16, 2010 • Earlier this month, billionaire Michael Dell bought the print archive of the Magnum Photo Agency, a collective of photographers co-founded by Henri Cartier-Bresson in 1947, and loaned the prints to the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. The photographers still retain copyright to their images, but now anyone who visits Austin can hold the iconic images.

Iconic Magnum Photos Find A New Home

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What's 'Too Graphic'? How To Photograph Disaster

February 1, 2010 • NPR photographer David Gilkey and visual journalism and ethics expert Kenneth Irby discuss how to depict human suffering without sacrificing the dignity of disaster victims. Washington Post Ombudsman Andrew Alexander explains the decision to run a controversial image of an earthquake victim.

What's 'Too Graphic'? How To Photograph Disaster

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Photos: Making Do In Port-Au-Prince A Week After The Quake

The main produce market in Port-au-Prince is open Thursday, January 21, but sellers say people are not buying because they don't have enough money and the banks are closed. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption

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NPR Photographers Cover Haiti

Photos: Making Do In Port-Au-Prince A Week After The Quake

January 21, 2010 • On Thursday in Haiti, there were small signs of normalcy amid the destruction.

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A Battle For Goods

January 20, 2010 • The situation unravels in the commercial district of Port-au-Prince.

Photos: Security Falters In Downtown Port-au-Prince

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January 10, 2010 • 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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Obituaries

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

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December 18, 2009 • 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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Platon's Portraits of Power

December 1, 2009 • 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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Books

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

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November 19, 2009 • 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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One Man's 'Polar Obsession,' In Pictures

November 13, 2009 • 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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How Did Your Folks Look Before They Were Parents?

November 12, 2009 • 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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IED Takes Its Toll On Platoon

November 11, 2009 • On the afternoon of Nov. 5, a massive roadside bomb destroyed a Stryker armored vehicle in Kandahar province, Afghanistan.

Wednesday February 17, 2010

Photojournalist Captures 'Polygamy In America'

Detective Shot Aerial Photos Of The Twin Towers

Tuesday February 16, 2010

Iconic Magnum Photos Find A New Home

Monday February 1, 2010

What's 'Too Graphic'? How To Photograph Disaster

Thursday January 21, 2010

Wednesday January 20, 2010

Tuesday January 19, 2010

Monday January 18, 2010

Sunday January 10, 2010

Beyond Terrorism: Seeing Another Side Of Yemen

Friday December 18, 2009

Fresh Air

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

Tuesday December 1, 2009

Platon's Portraits of Power

Thursday November 19, 2009

Fresh Air

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

Friday November 13, 2009

One Man's 'Polar Obsession,' In Pictures

Thursday November 12, 2009

How Did Your Folks Look Before They Were Parents?

Wednesday November 11, 2009