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'When People Can See Time': Photographer Captures Day, Night In One Image

Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Day to Night, 2015. Courtesy of Stephen Wilkes/National Geographic hide caption

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'When People Can See Time': Photographer Captures Day, Night In One Image

February 19, 2016 • Photographer Stephen Wilkes describes himself as a "collector of magical moments." He composites dozens of photos to show the changes one place undergoes from sunrise to deep into the night.

Haunting Photo Of Migrants Takes World Press Photo's Top Prize

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Haunting Photo Of Migrants Takes World Press Photo's Top Prize

February 18, 2016 • The winning image, taken by Australian photographer Warren Richardson, shows a man passing a baby through a razor-wire fence at the Hungarian-Serbian border.

Photos: 3 Very Different Views Of Japanese Internment

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Photos: 3 Very Different Views Of Japanese Internment

February 17, 2016 • An exhibit at LA's Skirball Cultural Center features photos that three photographers — Dorothea Lange, Ansel Adams and Toyo Miyatake — took at the Manzanar internment camp.

Photos: 3 Very Different Views Of Japanese Internment

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Bulky Cameras, Meet The Lens-less FlatCam

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Bulky Cameras, Meet The Lens-less FlatCam

February 15, 2016 • How thin can a camera be? Rice University researchers created a "FlatCam" without lenses — one that can even be potentially made into wallpaper. Its roots trace to early pinhole cameras.

Bulky Cameras, Meet The Lens-less FlatCam

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'I Do Like To Stare': Catherine Opie On Her Portraits Of Modern America

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'I Do Like To Stare': Catherine Opie On Her Portraits Of Modern America

February 3, 2016 • The photographer has spent her career documenting all kinds of American identities. Her work tackles everything from parenthood and aging, to Elizabeth Taylor and San Francisco's S&M community.

'I Do Like To Stare': Catherine Opie On Her Portraits Of Modern America

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Meet 'The Tenth,' A Slick New Magazine For Queer Black Men

Finding spaces to shoot is often challenging for The Tenth in ways that it isn't for more mainstream publication. Rakeem Cunningham hide caption

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Meet 'The Tenth,' A Slick New Magazine For Queer Black Men

January 27, 2016 • Now on its third issue, The Tenth wants the fashion industry to stop seeing queer blacks folks as "the flavor of the month."

Slain Photographer Sought 'To Give Life To The Forgotten'

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Slain Photographer Sought 'To Give Life To The Forgotten'

January 20, 2016 • One victim of last week's attack in Burkina Faso was 33-year-old French-Moroccan photographer Leila Alaoui. She "always wanted to work on important human dignity stories," a friend says.

A Photographer Captures Extraordinary Moments Of Everyday Indian Life

Holi, a festival that welcomes spring, is celebrated with public spraying of colorful powders. Rajasthan, India, 1996. Steve McCurry/Courtesy of Phaidon hide caption

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A Photographer Captures Extraordinary Moments Of Everyday Indian Life

January 9, 2016 • Photographer Steve McCurry — he took the famous Afghan girl portrait for National Geographic — shares scenes from across the subcontinent in his new book.

In 'Heirloom Harvest,' Old-School Portraits Of Vegetable Treasures

A daguerreotype of Jack-Be-Little Squash, an heirloom variety from plant conservationist Amy Goldman's farm in New York's Hudson Valley. Jerry Spagnoli hide caption

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In 'Heirloom Harvest,' Old-School Portraits Of Vegetable Treasures

January 6, 2016 • A leading expert of the daguerreotype started photographing a gardener's collection of heirloom vegetables 15 years ago. They've published a book to honor the unusual varieties in the collection.

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New York Public Library Makes 180,000 High-Res Images Available Online

January 6, 2016 • Maps, posters, manuscripts, sheet music, drawings, photographs, letters, ancient texts: Thousands of items in the public domain are now offered as high-resolution downloads. No library card necessary.

The Sad, Happy Life Of Harry Whittier Frees

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The Sad, Happy Life Of Harry Whittier Frees

January 6, 2016 • An early pioneer in American pet photography, Frees died in poverty and obscurity.

A New Generation Of African Artists Have A Bold Vision For The Future

Mame, 2014 by Omar Victor Diop. Omar Victor Diop/Courtesy Magnin-A Gallery, Paris hide caption

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A New Generation Of African Artists Have A Bold Vision For The Future

December 27, 2015 • "Making Africa" at the Guggenheim Bilbao has old-meets-new portraits, startling videos and futuristic glasses.

Prepare For Takeoff: Smithsonian Celebrates The Art Of The Airport Tower

The two control cabs at the Stockholm Arlanda Airport symbolize two ravens from Nordic mythology that were tasked with watching over the earth. Carolyn Russo/National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution hide caption

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Prepare For Takeoff: Smithsonian Celebrates The Art Of The Airport Tower

December 21, 2015 • Photographer Carolyn Russo says these beacons of the landscape serve as "cultural greeters." Her dramatic photographs are on display at the Air and Space museum in Washington, D.C.

Prepare For Takeoff: Smithsonian Celebrates The Art Of The Airport Tower

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You Can Give A Robot A Paintbrush, But Does It Create Art?

Pindar Van Arman in his studio with paintings created by his bitPaintr portrait-painting robot. Craig Hudson hide caption

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You Can Give A Robot A Paintbrush, But Does It Create Art?

December 6, 2015 • Pindar Van Arman is a painter — and a software designer. His latest project? A portrait-painting robot. Its paintings "dance on the edge" between creations by humans and machines, he says.

Ghost Towns, Surreal Ebola Docs, Hip Hats: It's Africa's Big Photo Show

The photographer brings a surreal touch to the epidemic that struck West Africa in photos titled "Le Temps Ebola." The suits worn by the people portraying health professionals evoke carnival masks and animal masks. The question the photographer ponders: "Are these figures here to protect the people or to harm them?," reflecting mistrust of medical workers in the early stages of the outbreak. Courtesy of Bakary Emmanuel Daou hide caption

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Courtesy of Bakary Emmanuel Daou

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Ghost Towns, Surreal Ebola Docs, Hip Hats: It's Africa's Big Photo Show

December 5, 2015 • This year, the Biennale of Photography is all about "Telling Time" — and it comes at a telling time for the host country of Mali.

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Wednesday February 17, 2016

Photos: 3 Very Different Views Of Japanese Internment

Monday February 15, 2016

Bulky Cameras, Meet The Lens-less FlatCam

Wednesday February 3, 2016

'I Do Like To Stare': Catherine Opie On Her Portraits Of Modern America

Wednesday January 27, 2016

Wednesday January 20, 2016

Saturday January 9, 2016

Wednesday January 6, 2016

Sunday December 27, 2015

Monday December 21, 2015

Prepare For Takeoff: Smithsonian Celebrates The Art Of The Airport Tower

Sunday December 6, 2015

Saturday December 5, 2015