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Saturday

Housing Projects And Empty Lots. How Chanell Stone Is Reframing Nature Photography

Chanell Stone photographs places like overgrown lots and green spaces at public housing projects, often including herself in the frame. Above, "In search of a certain Eden," 2019, Brooklyn. Chanell Stone hide caption

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Housing Projects And Empty Lots. How Chanell Stone Is Reframing Nature Photography

Chanell Stone wants to change how people think about nature photography. "As Black people, it feels like these rural spaces aren't for us," she says. "I want to turn that idea on its head."

Friday

Photographers Make Kids' Wildest Dreams Come To Life

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Photographers Make Kids' Wildest Dreams Come To Life

A husband and wife photography team create avant-garde and futuristic shoots for their clients. The couple hopes the portraits transcend the typical images of beauty.

Photographers Make Kids' Wildest Dreams Come To Life

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Sunday

Vanessa Leroy Once Used Daydreaming To Escape. Now, It's The Heart Of Her Photography

Vanessa Leroy says attending a racial justice protest in 2014 helped her realize she wanted to be a photographer. She photographed a helicopter that day, saying, "I took it out of the context that it was originally in to make it feel you're entering into this dream space where you're about to navigate all of these memories and past experiences." Vanessa Leroy hide caption

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Vanessa Leroy Once Used Daydreaming To Escape. Now, It's The Heart Of Her Photography

"There isn't a lot of space for dreaming in an oppressive world," says Leroy, "so I use photography as a tool to create a space where I can freely navigate the various facets of my life."

Lucas Samaras, Untitled, 2008-2020, inkjet print

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Artist Lucas Samaras Opens New Virtual Exhibition, 'Gestures And Constructions'

Samaras helped transform the Polaroid into fine art. After escaping the Greek Civil War as a child, he became part of the New York art world's inner circle. His new show is on view at Pace Gallery.

Artist Lucas Samaras Opens New Virtual Exhibition, 'Gestures And Constructions'

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Saturday

'The Essence Of Truth': A Doctor's Photos Document The COVID-19 Crisis In The ER

Dr. Daria Osipchuk prepares to intubate a young man in severe respiratory distress from COVID-19. Scott Kobner/Los Angeles County Department of Health Services hide caption

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'The Essence Of Truth': A Doctor's Photos Document The COVID-19 Crisis In The ER

Dr. Scott Kobner is the chief emergency room resident at the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center. His black-and-white photos show the suffering, anxiety and chaos unfolding in overrun COVID units.

'The Essence Of Truth': A Doctor's Photos Document The COVID-19 Crisis In The ER

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Tuesday

'An American Project': For Decades, Dawoud Bey Has Chronicled Black Life

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'An American Project': For Decades, Dawoud Bey Has Chronicled Black Life

Bey has spent more than 40 years documenting Black Americans, from Harlem to Louisiana. The first museum retrospective of his work is now touring the country.

'An American Project': For Decades, Dawoud Bey Has Chronicled Black Life

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Thursday

With Power, Poise And Confidence, These 'Women R Beautiful'

The Stoop Stare Down (Nia & Afiya, Two Generations in Harlem), Jan. 26, 2020, 3:30 p.m., 42 degrees Ruben Natal-San Miguel/Ruben Natal-San Miguel & Postmasters Gallery hide caption

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With Power, Poise And Confidence, These 'Women R Beautiful'

Ruben Natal-San Miguel likes to photograph people where they live. He calls his pictures "environmental portraits." Dozens are on view in the exhibition "Expanding the Pantheon: Women R Beautiful."

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Alyda Gilkey On The Life And Legacy Of Her Son David, Who Put 'Pictures On The Radio'

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Alyda Gilkey On The Life And Legacy Of Her Son David, Who Put 'Pictures On The Radio'

Gilkey died in 2016 while on assignment in Afghanistan. His mother, Alyda Gilkey, remembers the man behind the lens: an adventurous soul who had a way of putting his subjects at ease.

Alyda Gilkey On The Life And Legacy Of Her Son David, Who Put 'Pictures On The Radio'

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Thursday

Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Eruption Creates 600-Foot-Deep Lava Lake

Crews observe the continuing eruption in Halema'uma'u at Kilauea in the early morning of Dec. 28. Overnight, the western vent in the wall of Halema'uma'u continued to erupt. D. Downs/USGS hide caption

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Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Eruption Creates 600-Foot-Deep Lava Lake

The volcano on Hawaii's Big Island began erupting more than a week ago and lava continues to flow, creating a huge new lake that's taken the place of a water lake it vaporized.

Photos: The Non-Pandemic Events That Helped Shape 2020 Around The World

Left to Right: Tens of billions of locusts descended on Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia; Protesters demonstrate after a U.S. airstrike in Iraq killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani; Riot police detain a man during a protest in Hong Kong; Kangaroos flee a bush fire in Australia. Fredrik Lerneryd/Getty Images; Ebrahim Noroozi/AP; Dale De La Rey/AFP via Getty Images; Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Photos: The Non-Pandemic Events That Helped Shape 2020 Around The World

In a year overshadowed by COVID-19, the world saw plenty of other significant developments. Here are some glimpses of the protests, conflicts — and efforts at peace — that helped define 2020.

Here's How Tech Experts Recommend Organizing Your Photos
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Here's How Tech Experts Recommend Organizing Your Photos

Feeling overwhelmed by thousands of photos? Here's how to organize them, from tagging them to backing them up. We've got tips from the experts.

Here's How Tech Experts Recommend Organizing Your Photos

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Tuesday

Cameras, Chaos And Cognac: How Bob Gruen Photographed The Spirit Of Rock 'N' Roll

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Cameras, Chaos And Cognac: How Bob Gruen Photographed The Spirit Of Rock 'N' Roll

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Gruen has photographed countless rock stars, including the Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Tina Turner and John Lennon. "For me, rock 'n' roll is all about freedom," he says.

Cameras, Chaos And Cognac: How Bob Gruen Photographed The Spirit Of Rock 'N' Roll

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Sunday

PHOTOS: Despite War And Violence, Kids Still Find 'Moments Of Playfulness'

Children climb a tree on the grounds of a school in La Rivera Hernandez, a neighborhood in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, that is notorious for high levels of violence in a city that has some of the highest homicide rates in the world. Danielle Villasana hide caption

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PHOTOS: Despite War And Violence, Kids Still Find 'Moments Of Playfulness'

Photojournalist Danielle Villasana shares images from 'Entitlements,' a new exhibit that showcases the resilience and perseverance of children living through war and conflict around the world.

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