Photography

Where did this camera come from and what does "NPR NY" mean? Courtesy of Al Suke hide caption

From the series: WONDERLAND: How The Railroad Right-Of-Way Shaped And Reveals The American Landscape Christopher Chadbourne hide caption

Wellington Costa, 19, performs at the semifinals of a passinho competition in Rio de Janeiro on April 23. Passinho is a liberated dance form born in Rio's favelas, or shanty towns. Lianne Milton for NPR hide caption

"Velvet Eyes" — a pet reindeer belonging to Carl Emmons — stands in the back of a pickup truck outside a market and gas station in Nome, Alaska. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption

Father and son at Lake Michigan. (1947) Wayner Miller/Courtesy Of Paul Berlanga hide caption

Nanoflowers, each smaller than the thickness of a dollar bill, sprout up spontaneously on a surface dipped in salts and silicon. Courtesy of Wim Noorduin/Harvard University hide caption

Boats line up to photograph this year's Teahupoo swell in Tahiti. Courtesy of Ben Thouard hide caption

Sonny Vaahn, 25, holds his family's refugee identification in Bronx, N.Y. The card was issued to them during their initial entry into a refugee camp along the Thai-Cambodian border after the "killing fields" atrocities ended in Cambodia. Courtesy of Pete Pin hide caption