Photography

After years of feeling shame about their gender identity, Ian Morton says they turned to conceptual self-portraiture as a way to understand pride. Ian Morton for NPR hide caption

"Last summer my mom ran into my girlfriend and me. I was quite worried. Then later that night my mom popped into my room and out of nowhere, told me that she accepts me for who I am, as long as I'm happy and healthy." — Kai Nguyen (queer nonbinary) Kai Nguyen hide caption

Terence Crowster, who has been an avid reader since he was young, solicited donations to start the Hot-Spot Library in Scottsville, Cape Town, so kids would have a safe place to connect with books. Tommy Trenchard for NPR hide caption

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Left: Lisa Lai, 65, dances during breaks in the shop in Philadelphia. Right: Liang Runling, 56, stands for a portrait at Jamaica Pond, Brookline, Mass. Shuran Huang hide caption

First prize went to this image of a porter in Kolkata. Photographer Tom Price took the image, then created a different backdrop: an empty, unidentified landscape emphasizing the loneliness of the migrant worker. Tom Price/All About Photo Awards hide caption

Born and raised on the Cheyenne River Reservation, a sovereign Lakota nation in South Dakota, Dawnee LeBeau is Oóhenuŋpa Itázipčo (two kettle and without bows) of the Tetonwan Oyate (people of the plains). After losing her father, she found comfort in doing things she did with him, like identifying plants. LeBeau was doing that with family when she made this image of her niece. Dawnee LeBeau hide caption

In Voyages of an African Victorian, a woman wears a Victorian-style dress made of African fabrics. Tamary Kudita hide caption

Adri Quiñones, center, leads the prayer during Saturday morning Shabbat services at Beth Shalom on Jan. 18, 2020. Rachel Wisniewski hide caption

In the project "Suburban Chinatown," photographer Jessica Chou explores daily life in a cluster of majority-Asian suburbs in the San Gabriel Valley, a 10-minute drive east of Los Angeles. Through the project, she tackles the notion of the suburban landscape and how immigrant communities fit into that narrative. Jessica Chou hide caption

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"The notes that really strike me are the ones that are talking directly to me or addressed to me," Geloy Concepcion said about the submissions to his project. "These entries are not just confiding ... they are talking directly from one human being to another. Every time I get those, they remind me that behind every note submitted is someone hoping I will read and listen to their sentiment." Geloy Concepcion hide caption

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Jeanette Rupert smiles as she speaks to the crowd at George Floyd square in front of "Icon of a Revolution," a painting of Floyd by Peyton Scott Russell, in Minneapolis. Rupert grew up in the neighborhood and helped found 612 MASH, a nonprofit that provides medical treatment to people in and around George Floyd Square. Evan Frost/MPR hide caption