Photojournalism

Prison Cowboys

Can Mustangs do for prisoners what solitary and lock-up can’t?

Photo essay by Matt Slaby | Text by Michael Behar

| Mon January 25, 2010

Afghanistan's Hurt Locker

Meet the guys who risk life and limb to dismantle weapons in Afghanistan.

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| Mon February 8, 2010

From Russia, With Fear

A secret community of Chechen refugees.

Daro Sulakauri/Demotix Images

 | Fri November 6, 2009

Paul Stamets and the Holy Grail of Mushrooms

A renowned mycologist's hunt for the mushroom that could help save the world.

Photos by Paul Stamets and Andy Isaacson; text by Sam Baldwin

 | Tue October 20, 2009

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Who Shot Rock & Roll

Behind a generation's iconic images.

Review by Mark Murrmann

 | Mon October 19, 2009

Catch of the Day: Plastic

What's in the Great Pacific Trash Gyre.

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| Wed September 23, 2009

End of the Line

What becomes of Janesville, Wisconsin, now that GM's left town?

Photos: Danny Wilcox Frasier. Text: Charlie LeDuff.

 | Tue September 1, 2009

Ted Kennedy: A Photo Memorial

A look back on Kennedy's life and legacy.

| Fri August 28, 2009

"2nd Tour, Hope I Don't Die"

The chaos and humanity of war, as chronicled by the 2012 winner of the W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic Photography.

Peter van Agtmael/Magnum Photos

 | Thu August 6, 2009

Everything Must Go

Dark times and dead malls.

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| Tue August 4, 2009

Can You Love a Child of Rape?

Post-genocide, Rwandan women raise the children of their attackers.

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| Mon June 1, 2009

The Secret Love Letters of Afghan Women

Expressing forbidden love despite great risk.

Photo Essay and Text by Lana Slezic

 | Thu May 14, 2009

Cine Ambiental VOCES

Colombia's first environmental film fest.

Photos by Andrew David Watson

 | Mon April 20, 2009

Out of Mind, Out of Sight

Inside the psychiatric hospitals the world forgot.

Photo Essay by Eugene Richards

 | Mon March 30, 2009

Portraits of Invisible Men

A photographer’s year at Angola Prison.

Photo Essay by Adam Shemper

 | Fri March 6, 2009

Scenes from Hugo Chavez's Referendum

Venezuelans vote to end Presidential term limits, clearing way for Chavez to run again.

Photo Essay by Bryan Derballa

 | Wed February 25, 2009

India's Forgotten Faces

As the world's largest democracy rises, who will fall behind?

Photo Essay by Jesse Finfrock and Rachel Lichte

 | Thu February 19, 2009

Fellowship of Food

Sustainable farms in California's Central Valley

Photo Essay by Scott Squire

 | Wed February 18, 2009

Guantánamo Bay Still Life

The other side of Gitmo.

Photo essay by Christopher Sims

 | Thu February 12, 2009

The Last Empire

Pollution, deforestation: Can the world survive Chinese consumerism?

Photo Essay by James Whitlow Delano

 | Mon January 5, 2009