In 2008 and in 2009, the photographer Caroll Taveras ventured to Jamaica on two assignments, one for Culture and Travel and another for The Guardian. For the former, her work focused on the development of downtown Kingston, specifically as related to a youth art and cultural center known as the Rock Tower and the distinction between the areas... 
In 1941, Antonio "Pit" Allard deserted the army to avoid fighting a war that he felt had nothing to do with him. For the duration of the World War II, he spent the summers working as a farmhand; in the winters he lived in solitude as lumberjack in the forests of Eastern Quebec. During those four winters, Pit trapped hares and... 
In an effort to escape hustle and bustle of his urban life, the photographer Jake Stangel contacted Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms. WWOOF, as it's more commonly known, links volunteers with organic farmers to "promote an educational exchange, and build a global community conscious of ecological farming practices."... 
With the current iteration of Tea Party movement still relatively young, it's difficult to tell whether it will become a lasting voice in our national political conversation. That said, one week after the first official Tea Party candidate, Scott Brown, was sworn in to his seat in Congress, and just a few days after former... 
On the surface, Jeff Antebi's photography focuses on regions in strife, from war-torn Afghanistan, to favelas of Brazil, to cartel-plagued Juarez, Mexico. Yet it is the humanity he finds in the midst of conflict—the ability to connect the viewer of a photograph to the subject—that makes his work endure. Last year, months... 
While Richard Choi was visiting his family in Michigan one winter, he felt compelled to spend a day sharing his craft—photography—with his father. Noting the general beauty of the land inhabited by a nearby Amish community, Choi's father suggested they make the short drive to the town of Shipshewana. After a day of knocking on... 
This Picture Show originally appeared in GOOD Issue 18: The Slow Issue. You can read more from The Slow Issue here.
There was a time, not long that long ago, when traveling through the United States meant pleasant days on the blue highways, smelling the air, seeing the scenery, and stopping at the nearest watering hole... 
When people champion transformations in urban areas, they often words like "renewal" and "revitalization," as rundown buildings get gutted, repainted, and reincarnated as sparkly lofts. But what's sometimes ignored is the forced removal of the people who inhabit those rundown (and often historic) spaces. Two years ago, the... 
One year ago, we launched a weekly series called the Picture Show with a simple goal: to offer visual explorations of the world through individual lenses. The results have been astounding. Ranging from from the hilarious to the breathtaking, our weekly Picture Show installments have covered everything thing from the contents of... 
When we purchase objects adorned with "Made in China" stickers, we rarely stop to consider what that means. We tend to regard the toys, tools, and electronics we buy as being absent of history. Yet even the most mass-produced of objects can tell a story, if you know how to look for it. In an effort to collapse the distance... 
