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Font Romeu, France — Above the tree line just east of Andorra, the River Tet has its headwaters in many small streams that eventually converge. One June day, a fierce storm stalled over this area, dropping so much hail that it remained until the next day, and accumulated as though it were snowfall. The line at the bottom of this image represents a fence—a grazing boundary that had an effect on the hail's presentation. 
mountains

See What the Pyrenees Look Like From an Antique Airplane

The mountain range offers a wealth of gorgeous, unexpected textures.
Garrett Fisher November 18, 2019
Katz's Delicatessen sits alongside soaring luxury condos.
architecture

Picturing Manhattan's Shortest Buildings From the Ground Floor

A photographer set out to document single-story buildings—the anti-skyscrapers.
Jessica Leigh Hester November 11, 2019
Vostok 1 Microdistrict, Minsk, Belarus.
architecture

A Photographer's Ode to Everyday Soviet Architecture

Arseniy Kotov finds inspiration in urban exploration and concrete cityscapes.
Winnie Lee November 5, 2019
Camera Heritage Museum.
Staunton, Virginia

Camera Heritage Museum

Developed by focused shutterbugs, this museum exposes visitors to more than 6,000 different cameras.
United Artists Theatre in Detroit, Michigan.
abandoned

Photographing the Afterlives and Second Acts of America's Movie Palaces

Matt Lambros is inspired by abandoned theaters—and their potential for revival.
Winnie Lee October 21, 2019
Sir John Herschel, a British chemist and astronomer, invented the cyanotype process in 1842.
botanical illustration

These Stunning Botanical Images Are Blueprints of the Past

Two 90-year-old albums document what a 12-year-old photographer did on her summer vacation.
Anna Soper October 8, 2019
The art, the artist, the inspiration.
roadside attractions

Meet California's Nerds of Neon

These photo-taking, model-making obsessives are documenting the state’s vintage signs before they vanish.
Jody Amable October 4, 2019
The photography library
Yerevan, Armenia

Mirzoyan Library

One man’s collection of photography books has transformed into a charming exhibition space.
The Afghan box camera—<em>kamra-e-faoree</em> ("instant camera") in Dari—is housed in a brightly colored box to attract passersby.
culture

Has the Afghan Box Camera Finally Met Its Match?

The unique portrait-maker has survived wars, invasions, and fundamentalist tyranny. But digital photography may be too much to overcome.
Lynzy Billing September 2, 2019
The women's bath at the Makiba-no-ie Ryokan in Yufuin, Ōita Prefecture.
hot springs

Soak in These Photographs of Japanese Hot Spring Baths

For decades, Mark Edward Harris captured the calm and intimacy of onsens.
Winnie Lee August 22, 2019
Inside the National Speleotherapy Clinic in Belarus, where treatments are carried out in an active salt mine nearly 1,400 feet underground.
soviet architecture

On Vacation in Soviet-Era Sanatoriums

The treatments are no longer mandatory, but they're still available.
Anika Burgess August 19, 2019
Vira Rama's refugee ID, March 1981.
genocide

One Family’s Story of Survival Under the Khmer Rouge, No Longer Buried

Photos testify to the Rama’s journey from Battambang to Shreveport.
Sabrina Imbler August 9, 2019
All we know is it's 1943.
photography

Embracing the Mysteries of a Trove of Hungarian Photos, Rescued From the Dustbin of History

Glimpses of a century of everyday life.
Winnie Lee July 31, 2019
A falafel stand in Gaza.
food

Around the Middle East in Hummus and Falafel

A new book is an ode to chickpeas and the people that love them.
Olivia Snaije July 26, 2019
Thanks to photography, the public suddenly had intimate access to private quarters.
crime

The Intimacy of Crime Scene Photos in Belle Epoque Paris

Pioneering criminologist Alphonse Bertillon turned everyone into voyeurs.
Stephanie Gorton June 7, 2019
Some motels, like this one with a big yucca plant on its sign, referenced desert sights.
roadside attractions

The Neon Motel Signs of Las Vegas Aren't Dead Yet

A photographer captured their flickers of life.
Jessica Leigh Hester May 22, 2019
Susie Keef Smith and Lula Mae Graves on the Bradshaw Trail in 1930.
deserts

These Adventurous Women Photographed the California Desert in the 1920s

We almost lost their work forever.
Winnie Lee May 21, 2019
The Ferris wheel in Pripyat’s Luna Park was intended for a grand opening on May 1, 1986. That ceremony never came, and now fresh trees have broken through the surrounding tarmac.
nuclear

The City the Chernobyl Disaster Left Behind, Then and Now

Archival images of Pripyat before the accident offer a stunning contrast to what visitors will find today.
Darmon Richter May 3, 2019