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Two Lifelong Peas in a Pod

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Maja Daniels

The first time Maja Daniels saw Monette and Mady together, walking briskly down the streets of Paris, she wasn't sure they were real. Like Alice's White Rabbit, they were there and gone in a flash.

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Personal Remembrances of the Kent State Shootings, 43 Years Later

Mary Ann Vecchio screams as she kneels over the body of fellow student Jeffrey Miller during an anti-war demonstration at Kent State University, Ohio, May 4, 1970. Four students were killed when Ohio National Guard troops fired at some 600 anti-war demonstrators. A cropped version of this image won the Pulitzer Prize.
Mary Ann Vecchio screams as she kneels over the body of Jeffrey Miller* during an anti-war demonstration at Kent State University, Ohio, May 4, 1970. Four students were killed when Ohio National Guard troops fired at some 600 anti-war demonstrators. A cropped version of this image won the Pulitzer Prize.

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On May 4, 1970, four Kent State University students were killed and nine injured when members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire during a demonstration protesting the Vietnam War.

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35 Years as the Unofficial Photographer of Transgender Life

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Kay, ex–Green Beret

Mariette Pathy Allen

Mariette Pathy Allen’s 35-year journey documenting the transgender community had a serendipitous beginning.

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Look Out Below: Photos of Dramatic Falls

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Marion Tampon-Lajarriette

It's a funny thing about the images we see in movies: We're aware they're fabricated, yet they can make us feel deep emotions, like sadness, happiness, and fear.

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A Mother-Daughter Menagerie

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Paris Greyhound Hair

Robin Schwartz/Clampart Gallery

Many mothers take their children to the zoo. Photographer Robin Schwartz took it a step further and brought the zoo to life by photographing her daughter, Amelia, in a lifelong series of intimate, fantastical portraits with animals.

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What Does Your Kitchen Say About You?

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Erik Klein Wolterink

Erik Klein Wolterink has spent a lot of time researching, photographing, and editing images of kitchens.

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Truth and Fiction in Television News

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Martin Kollar

Photographer Martin Kollar arrived in New Orleans on a magazine assignment six days after Hurricane Katrina struck.

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Demolition Derbies: Chasing a Love That Crashes and Burns

Bill Lowenburg

"She’s Got Legs" car, West End Fair, Gilbert, Pa.

Bill Lowenburg

When photographer Bill Lowenburg spotted the “She’s Got Legs” car at his first demolition derby, he was enthralled. Lowenburg, who is also a high school librarian (and before that a high school history teacher), had already been studying outsider art for years and sees derby culture, with its outlandishly decorated cars, as an obvious extension of it.

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Whimsical Daydreams Come to Life

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Cerise Doucède

Is it possible to visualize the moments when daydreaming interrupts reality?

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Inside the Mind (and Mouth) of a Pinhole Photographer

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Justin Quinnell

Photographer Justin Quinnell says he has a lot of crazy ideas and not enough time to try them all.

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