photography

Abdul-Azeez Buba, 33, Borno, Nigeria: "Before Boko Haram attacked my community, I was a successful building engineer. I made a lot of money from constructing houses."

A Nigerian Photographer's Portraits Of The Mind

7:00am July 29, 2018

by Diane Cole

Etinosa Yvonne Osayimwen wants to show what's going on inside the heads of Nigerian survivors of violence. She layers their portraits with an image that reminds them of how their lives have changed.

Photos Of Villagers 'Dreaming' Of Food Sparks Outrage Across India

3:27pm July 26, 2018

Indians are calling a series of photos depicting villagers in front of a table of fake food unethical and insensitive. The photos were featured on World Press Photo Foundation's Instagram this week.

A fake dinosaur is a tourist attraction on the Silk Road in Mongolia.

Prize-Winning #iPhoneOnly Photos: From Dinos To Divers

4:06pm July 21, 2018

by Malaka Gharib

A selection of the winning photos from the 2018 iPhone Photography Awards contest.

The texture and shapes of icebergs are caused by many different forces, such as the movement of water and air around and through the ice.

Photographer Captures The Contradictions Of Otherworldly Antarctica

5:02pm July 19, 2018

by Maureen Pao

WAMU's Tyrone Turner was mesmerized by the majestic ice and surprised by how he felt in the presence of these massive structures.

Pictures Of The Motherland He Never Knew

7:00am July 15, 2018

by Cassandra Vinograd

The son of Pakistani immigrants in the U.K., Mahtab Hussain was often taunted: "Go home." One day he did just that to see what his life might have been like if his parents had not left.

Rodriguez often documented agricultural workers' protests in the inland town of Delano, Calif. This photo was taken in 1969.

Chicano Protests And Celebrity Portraits: George Rodriguez's Los Angeles

5:08pm July 06, 2018

by Mandalit del Barco

The photographer, now 80 years old, pointed his lens at rock stars and Hollywood icons — when he wasn't documenting social justice movements.

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Looking At Photographer George Rodriguez

8:13am June 30, 2018

by Mandalit del Barco

Photographer George Rodriguez has chronicled a visual history of Los Angeles over his multidecade career. His work is being celebrated in a new book as well as his first retrospective.

A 2-year-old Honduran girl cries as an official searches her mother in McAllen, Texas, near the U.S.-Mexico border, earlier this month. For many, the image has become indelibly associated with a Trump administration policy that for weeks separated migrant

Crying Toddler On Widely Shared 'Time' Cover Was Not Separated From Mother

5:42pm June 22, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The image has been tied to a border policy separating migrant families. But in this case, daughter and mother were detained together — and the White House says it's proof the controversy is overblown.

National

A Photojournalist At The Border

8:42am June 17, 2018

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Getty Images photographer John Moore, whose photo of a toddler crying at the Texas border went viral this week.

Postcards from World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean, a new exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art.

The Surprising History Of Old-Timey Swahili Postcards

7:00am June 10, 2018

by Melody Schreiber

An exhibit at the Smithsonian's Museum of African Art reveals the enlightening yet troubling stories behind these turn-of-the-century souvenirs.