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'Hurricane Story' Told With A Toy Camera

Photographer Jennifer Shaw re-creates her Katrina story with toys and a toy camera. Jennifer Shaw hide caption

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'Hurricane Story' Told With A Toy Camera

August 29, 2011 • Photographer Jennifer Shaw re-creates her Katrina story with toys and a toy camera.

In Japan, Restoring Photos For Tsunami Victims

Boston-based NGO All Hands is restoring water-damaged photos recovered from Japan's tsunami using scanners and a host of professional photo re-touchers around the world. Frank Langfitt/NPR hide caption

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In Japan, Restoring Photos For Tsunami Victims

August 19, 2011 • Many Japanese families on the country's northeast coast lost everything in the March tsunami — homes, businesses and loved ones. But in the rubble, survivors found many priceless family photos. One U.S. group is now working to repair the photos damaged in the disaster.

In Japan, Restoring Photos For Tsunami Victims

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At the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust's Nairobi Elephant Nursery in Kenya, an orphan elephant is protected from the cold and rain with a custom-made raincoat. Michael Nichols/National Geographic hide caption

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Baby Elephant Shukuru Gets A Raincoat

August 19, 2011 • A Kenya nursery is coming to the rescue for orphaned baby elephants.

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Capturing Cuba's TV Culture

August 18, 2011 • Photographer Simone Lueck has seen the light in Cuba. That is, the pervasive living-room light of televisions.

Bill Owens: 'The Biggest Name You've Never Heard Of'

Andrew doesn't like to go to the bathroom alone. From the "Suburbia" series, 1972 Bill Owens/San Jose Museum of Art hide caption

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Bill Owens: 'The Biggest Name You've Never Heard Of'

August 17, 2011 • Maybe you haven't heard of the photographer, but he thinks you should have.

Jumping Dogs And Photo-Toons: Meet Photographer Elliott Erwitt

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Jumping Dogs And Photo-Toons: Meet Photographer Elliott Erwitt

August 15, 2011 • It might be the one household name you don't know but should. At 83, Erwitt is still making memorable photographs.

Jumping Dogs And Photo-Toons: Meet Photographer Elliott Erwitt

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German Exhibit Reveals Secret Stasi Spy Photos

Staged photos re-create Stasi agents dressed in various disguises, ranging from a Russian mafioso to the casual middle-aged man to a tourist with cameras. Simon Menner hide caption

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German Exhibit Reveals Secret Stasi Spy Photos

August 12, 2011 • Marking the 50th anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall, photographer Simon Menner has exhibited pictures he found deep in the archives of East Germany's secret police. They provide a glimpse of the flip side of surveillance — a rare view of the watchers, rather than the watched.

The Last Cowboys: A Photographer's Family Portrait

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The Last Cowboys: A Photographer's Family Portrait

August 11, 2011 • A personal photo essay about life out west sheds light on a family of ranchers.

100 Words: On Photographing My Grandmother

While documenting his grandmother, teenager Jost Franko discovered his love for photography. Jost Franko hide caption

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100 Words: On Photographing My Grandmother

August 10, 2011 • Teenager Jost Franko discovered his love for photography while documenting his grandmother.

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How To Act Like A Trader

August 9, 2011 • On a day when the market finally rallied, here is an exhaustively researched guide to being a trader — or at least looking like one.

Little Pictures, Big Lives: Snapshots Of American Artists

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Little Pictures, Big Lives: Snapshots Of American Artists

August 8, 2011 • A Smithsonian exhibition celebrates the "golden era of snapshots." Many of the people in the photos happen to be some of this country's greatest artists

Little Pictures, Big Lives: Snapshots Of American Artists

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Photo Brings Somalia's Famine To The Front Page

On Aug. 2, when most U.S. papers ran a front page photograph of congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' return to the House, The New York Times went with Hicks' photo from Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia. Tyler Hicks/The New York Times hide caption

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Photo Brings Somalia's Famine To The Front Page

August 7, 2011 • On Aug. 2, when most U.S. papers ran a front page photograph of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' return to the House, The New York Times went with Tyler Hicks' photo from Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia. Hicks tells of what else he saw in Somalia and how photographing the horror may help.

Photo Brings Somalia's Famine To The Front Page

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