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PHOTOS: A 4-Year Mission To Present A New Vision Of Beauty

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PHOTOS: A 4-Year Mission To Present A New Vision Of Beauty

Romanian photographer Mihaela Noroc spent four years making portraits of women around the world. "In the end, I think beauty just means just being yourself," she says.

PHOTOS: A 4-Year Mission To Present A New Vision Of Beauty

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A Photographer Gives Cameras To Child Brides. Their Images Are Amazing

Eunice, pictured above, is one of the workshop participants: "Today I learned a girl can do anything — that a boy and girl are equal, no one is more special, and I am happy about it. I am happy that the new things I learned today [are] to be confident and be powerful." Mercy/Too Young To Wed/Samburu Girls Foundation hide caption

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A Photographer Gives Cameras To Child Brides. Their Images Are Amazing

Stephanie Sinclair has been taking photos of child brides for nearly 15 years. Now, she's teaching girls rescued from early marriage how to photograph each other.

'The Face Of Britain' Tells A Nation's History Through Portraits

Winston Churchill was so displeased with Graham Sutherland's portrait that his wife asked his secretary to destroy it. Pictured here is a preparatory sketch. Reprinted from "The Face of Britain" by Simon Schama with permission from Oxford University Press/National Portrait Gallery, London hide caption

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'The Face Of Britain' Tells A Nation's History Through Portraits

Art historian Simon Schama shares the stories behind the artworks — from the portrait that made an 18th-century actor into a star, to the one Winston Churchill's secretary threw into a bonfire.

'The Face Of Britain' Tells A Nation's History Through Portraits

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Nigerian Artist Continues A Family Tradition With 'Sartorial Anarchy'

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Nigerian Artist Continues A Family Tradition With 'Sartorial Anarchy'

In Lagos, Iké Udé's family engaged in a West African tradition: photographing people wearing new clothes. Clothing and portraiture are still at the center of the New York-based photographer's work.

Nigerian Artist Continues A Family Tradition With 'Sartorial Anarchy'

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