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Culture
Picture Show: Skateistan
Those of us in the Western world probably imagine of Afghanistan more in terms of soldiers and bombs than skaters bombing hills. Last summer,...
Cities
Picture Show: Post-Katrina Graffiti on the Walls of New Orleans
Photographs from the new book, Destroy This Memory, by Richard Misrach.
Culture
Picture Show: Keeping Peace in Kosovo
Just over two years have passed since the nation of Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia. Although the bloodiest moments of the conflict...
Culture
Picture Show: Gun Ownership in Contemporary America
The right of the people to keep and bear arms is a central tenet of the American way of life. Yet it goes without saying that guns are...
Picture Show: Waste Management
Recycling is nothing new, but few among us have seen what happens to our plastic, paper, metal, and glass once it departs from our blue, curbside...
Cities
Picture Show: Tacos, Ice Cream, and the People Behind L.A.'s Street Food
A selection of photographs from Sam Diephuis's "El Barrio."
Picture Show: You Are What You Eat
We purchase refrigerators the way we fill them: out of necessity-to preserve the milk; to keep the greens from wilting. But from the right...
Design
Picture Show: In the Shadows of Progress
The stark reality of this moment in time is that many people are losing their jobs, their homes, and their ways of life. Yet amid what can seem...
Culture
Picture Show: Hunters and Heirs
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...
Business
Picture Show: Recycled Gasoline Stations
The photographs on the pages of Ed Ruscha's book Twentysix Gasoline Stations depict filling stations across the United States of America in...
Culture
Picture Show: Off Season Sugar Cane Workers
Google the phrase "Cabarete, Dominican Republic" and you'll find links for "windsurfing," "kiteboarding," and an "eco-sensitive beach front...
Picture Show
Picture Show: Pictures of the Year
For 67 years, Pictures of the Year International has awarded excellence in the field of photojournalism, highlighting the photographers whose...
Culture
Picture Show: Haitian Earthquake Appeal
On the surface, Jeff Antebi's photography focuses on regions in strife, from war-torn Afghanistan, to favelas of Brazil, to cartel-plagued...
Culture
Picture Show: Working the Graveyard Shift in Washington, D.C.
After most of us have tucked in our children and crawled into our beds, a small but significant slice of the population ventures into the night...
Culture
Picture Show: Separations, Tapes, and Other Exploded Photography
Photographs by Benjamin Innes, culled from his "Separations" and "Tapes" series.
Culture
Picture Show: Tilt Shift Views of Massive Tourist Attractions
An odd paradox of growing up is that even though we get bigger (and, ideally, wiser), the world somehow gets more difficult to deal with. As we...
Design
Picture Show: Waiting for the End of the World
Self-preservation is something that most humans take quite seriously, and that a few take to extremes. Faced with the real or imagined threat of...
Cities
Picture Show: Harrowing Visions of New Orleans Under Water
It's been nearly five years since Hurricane Katrina struck the southeastern region of the United States, yet visions of the storm's chaos and...
