African Diasporas, Playing With the Past
A Senegalese has recreated portraits made centuries ago of Africans who lived in Europe and were commemorated in now-forgotten Western art.Read more »
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A Senegalese has recreated portraits made centuries ago of Africans who lived in Europe and were commemorated in now-forgotten Western art.Read more »
A Senegalese has recreated portraits made centuries ago of Africans who lived in Europe and were commemorated in now-forgotten Western art.Read more »
A Senegalese has recreated portraits made centuries ago of Africans who lived in Europe and were commemorated in now-forgotten Western art.Read more »
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Despite recent efforts to cast Marley as the face of a “global cannabis brand,” Kate Simon’s photos of him portray a man whose life and legacy transcend simple labels.Read more »
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A major exhibit of the New York Public Library’s vast photo collection is a reminder that photography has always been a social medium. Read more »
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Readers have to take their time with James Hill’s new book, where he presents moments that have stayed with him, even if their meanings are sometimes ambiguous. Read more »
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An innovative collaboration that began with documenting the lives of teenagers who were victims of sex trafficking hopes to not just engage viewers, but also to spur them to act. Read more »
Photo: Chris Museler for The New York Times; Video: Gabe Johnson, Taige Jensen and Chris Museler
A sailboat race from New York to Barcelona was the setting for a thrilling — and sometimes terrifying — video about this challenging sport. Read more »
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A new book looks at the history of how black women used style and substance to counter stereotypes — or invisibility — in the mainstream.Read more »
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In a Times Square bar called – fittingly – the Terminal, Sheldon Nadelman served drinks and made portraits of its denizens, from pimps and prostitutes to actors and nurses.Read more »
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A look at how ProPublica and Frontline collaborated to explore, through the lives of several subjects, the controversial relationship between Firestone and Charles Taylor of Liberia.Read more »
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Some of the most gruesome images of war, Christoph Bangert argues, should not be hidden, but seen so viewers can get a full documenting of the costs of war.Read more »
Photo: Damon Winter/The New York Times; Video: Damon Winter and Joshua Davis
Rita Ascione, whose family once lived in a cramped Lower East Side tenement, returned to her old building, now preserved as a museum.Read more »
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