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Artisanal Plastic: Japan's Fake Food Is A Real Art

March 25, 2016 • Intricately crafted replicas of all sorts of dishes and drink — cakes, sushi and even beer — are ubiquitous window displays in Japan. A new book visually explores the culture of Nearly Eternal food.

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Ceci N'Est Pas Ice Cream (Actually It's Lard And Food Coloring)

March 23, 2016 • A photo series exposes the cheats food stylists use to make dishes look so scrumptious in glossy magazines and cookbooks. Roasted meats are glazed with motor oil, and milk is replaced with glue.

Bob Adelman, Who Photographed Iconic Civil Rights Moments, Dies

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Bob Adelman, Who Photographed Iconic Civil Rights Moments, Dies

March 20, 2016 • His photos appeared in national newspapers and magazines. But Adelman was an artist and activist first. He was a part of the civil rights movements.

Bob Adelman, Who Photographed Iconic Civil Rights Moments, Dies

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Abe Davis: How Can Hidden Sounds Be Captured By Everyday Objects

"Really tiny motions or really fast motions — these are things that we don't typically see with our eyes." — Abe Davis Bret Hartman/TED hide caption

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Abe Davis: How Can Hidden Sounds Be Captured By Everyday Objects

March 18, 2016 • Computer scientist Abe Davis explains how you can turn a plant or a bag of chips into a microphone, and capturing the hidden sound vibrations on a high-speed camera.

Abe Davis: How Can Hidden Sounds Be Captured By Everyday Objects

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Robert Mapplethorpe's Provocative Art Finds A New Home In LA

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Robert Mapplethorpe's Provocative Art Finds A New Home In LA

March 17, 2016 • The photographer, who died in 1989, was as controversial as he was celebrated. Now, two LA museums are exhibiting their massive joint acquisition of his archives.

Robert Mapplethorpe's Provocative Art Finds A New Home In LA

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Canine Or Cuisine? This Photo Meme Is Fetching

March 11, 2016 • Chihuahua or muffin? Labradoodle or fried chicken? These are the gnawing questions raised by the latest food images dogging the Internet. So we bit.

French criminologist Alphonse Bertillon's (left) techniques for identifying criminals in the late 19th century set the template that police use today. Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images hide caption

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Meet Alphonse Bertillon, The Man Behind The Modern Mug Shot

March 8, 2016 • French criminologist Alphonse Bertillon wasn't the first to introduce mug shots to police, but he standardized how they were taken and added the profile shot to zero in on a suspect's unique features.

Meet Alphonse Bertillon, The Man Behind The Modern Mug Shot

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Scott Kelly Reflects On His Year Off The Planet

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Scott Kelly Reflects On His Year Off The Planet

March 1, 2016 • During his 340 days aboard the International Space Station, the astronaut documented his time there with hundreds of photos. Kelly says the perspective makes him feel like an environmentalist.

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

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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

Rice University's FlatCam is thinner than a dime. Jeff Fitlow/Rice University hide caption

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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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