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Going Digital: The Fourth Triennial Exhibition at the International Center of Photography

Shopkeeper Suparat Taddee, Chumchon Ruamjai Community, Bangkok, November 2011.
Shopkeeper Suparat Taddee, Chumchon Ruamjai Community, Bangkok, November 2011.

Courtesy of Gideon Mendel

For their fourth triennial, titled “A Different Kind of Order” the International Center of Photography focused on the sweeping influence of digital photography both on established and emerging artists.

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Thailand’s Magical Tattoos

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Cedric Arnold

Cedric Arnold was on assignment in Thailand when he first saw a shipyard worker covered head-to-toe in tattoos. This was Arnold's entry point into the yantra tattoo tradition, one that goes back hundreds of years and spans several countries in Southeast Asia.

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Discovering the Fascinating Story of a Mother’s Life in 1960s Nigeria

My mother and another midwife weighing a small baby (l). My mother posing for pictures with children.

My mother and another midwife weighing a small baby (l). My mother posing for pictures with children.

Courtesy of Senongo Akpem

One of the voids left behind in the digital age of photography is the excitement and mystery of picking up developed prints from a roll of film.

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Celebrating Life With Children Struggling With Illness

Soulumination

Georgia was born to Alison and Brian on Nov. 19, 2009. She suffers from a rare form of cancer known as Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML), with an AML mass tumor. “She is as sweet as she is sassy,” her mother says.

Courtesy of Soulumination

Lynette Johnson had taken many photographs of children during her photography career when she received a call from her sister-in-law in 1996 asking if she would photograph her baby who was stillborn.

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Making Airports Gorgeous

Newark 1

Newark 1

Jeffrey Milstein/Kopeikin Gallery

As a kid, photographer Jeffrey Milstein enjoyed playing with airplanes and eventually got his pilot’s license when he was 17.

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From Plastic Surgery to Gender Reassignment: Searching for the Perfect Body

Hannah 20 yrs - lip fillers, breast augmentation, botox, body liposuction, rhinoplasty -
Hannah, 20 years old. Lip fillers, breast augmentation, bottom, body liposuction, rhinoplasty.

Michelle Sank

Michelle Sank is interested in young people and the issues they face.

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A Shocking Look at America’s Altered Landscapes

Terminal Mirage 2Date: 2003
Terminal Mirage 2, 2003

David Maisel/INSTITUTE

There is an overwhelming sense of disbelief when looking at David Maisel’s aerial photographs of open-pit mines, toxic waste sites, logging, freeways and other scenes that mark the toll humans have left on earth.

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Psychedelic Images From Inside Your Body

Teeth
Teeth (Looking upward from inside the mouth)

Kai-hung Fung

In the course of developing sophisticated imaging techniques for peering into the human body, Hong Kong-based radiologist Dr. Kai-hung Fung discovered something within himself: an artist.

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Celebrating Grandmas and Their Cuisine From Around the World

Julia Enaigua, 71 years old – La Paz, Bolivia- Queso Humacha (vegetables and fresh cheese soup) –
Julia Enaigua, 71, La Paz, Bolivia. Queso Humacha (vegetables and fresh cheese soup).

Gabriele Galimberti/Riverboom/INSTITUTE

If grandmothers around the world had a rallying cry, it would probably sound something like “You Need to Eat!”

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An X-Rated Trip Down Memory Lane

American Ecstasy
American Ecstasy

Barbara Nitke

“The porn business is my alma mater.”

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