A Witness to AIDS in South Africa
Vietnam’s Photographic History, Told by the Winners
The image of two Indian girls – victims of gang rape – hanged from a tree has inspired discussion on the use and impact of such a graphic image.
Redhead deposits aren’t wanted at the world’s largest sperm bank, leading a photographer to document gingers in all their blazing, freckled varieties.
Tim Flach wants us to look at animals the way we look at people. Not so much to humanize them, but to get humans to consider how they relate to animals.
A photographer has asked hundreds of prisoners a straightforward question – if your cell could look out on one scene, what would it be?
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Spurred by scenes of northern Iraq’s refugee crisis, Lynsey Addario soon found the story had become about the battle with violent Islamic fundamentalists.
