Photojournalism

PHOTOS: Welcome to Campaign Season in the Heartland

An award-winning photographer's 3,000-mile summer trek to document Election 2012.

By Danny Wilcox Frazier / Redux Pictures

 | Fri August 17, 2012

PHOTOS: Deep Inside Libya With Nothing but an iPhone

A photojournalist armed with a smart phone captures the scars and new hopes of the revolution-torn nation.

Photos by Ben Lowy/Getty Reportage/Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund; Text by Mother Jones

 | Thu October 11, 2012

Photos: Too Old for Prison?

I just watched one of my subjects die. I don't want to get used to this.

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| Tue September 25, 2012

Honky Tonk: Portraits of Country Music

Henry Horenstein's gritty documentation of performers, places, and fans.

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| Mon September 3, 2012

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Prostitution and the World's Ghettos of Desire

Despair and beauty in three of the world's most infamous brothels.

Interview by Jeremy Lybarger; Photos by Maya Goded (Mexico),
Vinai Dithajohn (Thailand) and GMB Akash (Bangladesh).

 | Fri July 20, 2012

Embedded With the Rolling Stones

A retrospective on the late, legendary rock and roll photographer Jim Marshall.

Photography by Jim Marshall; slideshow by Tim McDonnell

 | Mon July 9, 2012

Plant Tomatoes. Harvest Lower Crime Rates.

A growing body of research shows that urban farms reduce violence.

Photographs by Emily Schiffer; Text by Alex Kotlowitz

 | Thu June 28, 2012

The World's Newest Country Wrestles with War and Corruption

Hopes ran high for South Sudan's independence, but reality has proven tough.

Photos by Cédric Gerbehaye/Agence VU/Magnum Foundation; Text by Erika Eichelberger

 | Mon July 2, 2012

Appalachia, As the Crow Flies

The craftspeople and musicians of Appalachia.

Photos by Tim Barnwell; Text by Michael Mechanic

 | Thu October 15, 2009

On the Run From Oppression in Burma

Long persecuted in their native land, the stateless Rohingya have sought sanctuary across the globe.

Photos by Saiful Huq Omi/Magnum Foundation

 | Fri May 4, 2012

Welcome to Afghanistan's Green Zone

In the Panjshir Valley, locals eke out a rough living mining emeralds by hand.

Photographs by Kate Holt/eyevine/zReportage

 | Thu May 10, 2012

Portraits of Addiction

A Manhattan banker shoots portraits of drug abuse, sex work, and homelessness in the Bronx.

Photos by Chris Arnade/Text by Nicole Pasulka

 | Fri March 9, 2012

The Effects of Self-Deportation in Alabama

Photos from Birmingham, Alabama, where residents are experiencing the downside of anti-immigration bill HB 56

Photographs by David Walter Banks/Luceo Images

 | Thu March 1, 2012

The Unrecognized Islands of Caucasus

Civilians and soldiers alike navigate a region torn apart by years of war.

Photos by Karen Mirzoyan/Magnum Foundation
Text by Hannah Levintova

 | Wed April 11, 2012

Why They Voted

Five Iowa Republicans explain why they showed up on Tuesday night.

Photographs by Nate Howard/ Text by Tim Murphy

 | Thu January 5, 2012

Scenes from the Iowa Caucus Circus

Photographs and text by Joe Scott

 | Wed January 4, 2012

The Last Vacation of Christ

WWJV: Where would Jesus vacation?

David Walter Banks/Luceo Images

 | Thu December 22, 2011

Alone: India's Farmer Widows

India's ongoing water crisis has driven 200,000 farmers to suicide. As water dwindles, that number grows, and farmer widows are left to pick up the pieces.

Photos by Michael Francis McElroy/Text by Noella May Hebert

| Tue November 29, 2011

Occupy Oakland Shuts Down the Port

Photos from the Occupy Oakland general strike march.

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| Wed November 2, 2011

A Village Under Siege in the West Bank

As Palestinians seek statehood at the United Nations, the daily struggle goes on for the 1,200 residents of Wadi Fukin.

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| Fri September 16, 2011