Photojournalism

Welcome to the Nuclear Heartland

The first US nuclear power plant to gain a license in over a decade is scheduled to go online this year.

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| Wed August 17, 2011

Scenes From GOP's Iowa Presidential Blitz

Intimate snapshots from the Iowa Straw Poll.

Photographs by Joe Scott/Text by Gavin Aronsen

 | Sun August 14, 2011

On the Beat With NYPD's Rookie Class

Photos from Operation Impact, a program that sends untested officers into New York's most dangerous neighborhoods.

Antonio Bolfo/Getty Reportage

 | Sat September 10, 2011

Country Gangstaz

Forget Baltimore and Detroit. Welcome to Grant County, Washington.

Photographs by Mike Kane/Story by Claudia Rowe

 | Tue August 9, 2011

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Freedom Riders Remember, 50 Years Later

A daughter goes to Mississippi to retrace the legendary civil rights ride her father and other young activists took a half-century ago.

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| Fri August 19, 2011

Father Land

Father and son examine their roots in the Nargorno-Krabagh Republic.

Photos by Ara Oshagan/ Text by Mark Murrmann

 | Fri June 17, 2011

Voyeurism, Exposed

A brief history of the fine line between looking and watching.

Photo essay by Sandra Phillips / Text by Mark Murrmann

 | Fri June 3, 2011

The Final Deployment

Photographs of the soldiers in Afghanistan who prepare their fallen comrades for the long trip home.

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| Mon May 30, 2011

Fashion Victims

You might think sandblasted jeans are trendy. Too bad they're also making workers sick.

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| Fri September 2, 2011

The War on Congo's Women

Photos from a country where it's more dangerous to be a woman than a soldier.

Mary F. Calvert/zReportage.com

 | Wed September 28, 2011

The Secret City of Vivian Maier

Photos from one of America's greatest unknown street photographers—now on cleaner, larger photojournalism pages.

Photographs by Vivian Maier/John Maloof Collection. Text by Alex Kotlowitz

 | Fri May 13, 2011

What Makes You Feel Like a Man?

Reflecting on the meaning of masculinity, in thirteen revealing (literally) photographs.

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| Thu April 28, 2011

Behind Rebel Lines in Libya

Photographs from inside the stronghold of the ragtag rebels trying to bring down Qaddafi.

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| Wed April 27, 2011

Left Behind in Libya

Scenes from Libya's growing refugee crisis.

Photographs by Manu Brabo/zReportage/Zuma

 | Fri March 18, 2011

Sit Tight, Pooch, I'll Just Be a Minute

Images of dogs left in cars.

Photographs by Martin Usborne/eyevine/ZUMA

 | Sun March 13, 2011

Where the Ink Meets the Skin

A gallery of typographic tattoos.

Photographs by Ina Saltz/Text by Tim J Luddy

 | Tue March 1, 2011

Pot Shots: How to Smoke Medical Marijuana

Portraits of patients in the act of inhaling.

Photographs by Robyn Twomey/Text by Tim J Luddy

 | Sat February 26, 2011

Afghanistan's Burned Brides

A hospital tries to save women who've set themselves ablaze. And a prosecutor tries to get them justice.

Photographs by Elliott D. Woods

 | Tue February 8, 2011

These Haiti Photos Will Make Your Heart Stop

Exclusive images from a country searching for stability.

Photographs by Mark Murrmann

 | Tue January 18, 2011

Inside Haiti's Tent Cities

Scenes from the post-earthquake reconstruction.

Photographs by Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Reportage

 | Wed December 8, 2010