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The Giza pyramid complex, Egypt, March 25, 2020.

public works

The Surreal Sight of Disinfecting Historic Sites

Unsung workers around the world on the front lines of the pandemic fight.

By Winnie Lee
Theme of the South, by Laura G. Douglas, Camilla, Georgia.

murals

Appreciating America's Overlooked, Forgotten, and Discarded Post Office Murals

Painted during the Great Depression, they're lingering expressions of civic pride.

By Winnie Lee
A flash mob in Turin, Italy, on March 15, 2020, involved brightly colored lights.

sacred spaces

Balconies, Windows, and Rooftops Are the New Public Squares

The power of seeing and being seen, hearing and being heard.

By Winnie Lee
A statue of Francisco de Paula Santander, a gift from Colombia to Chile in Valparaíso.

statues

How Chilean Protesters Painted a New Story Atop Old National Monuments

Photographer Camilo Vergara has documented color, graffiti, and anger.

By Winnie Lee
How Soviet Science Magazines Fantasized About Life in Outer Space

space exploration

How Soviet Science Magazines Fantasized About Life in Outer Space

The Iron Curtain went to infinity and beyond.

By Winnie Lee
Revelers in Ottana walk through the ruins of the town's old center.

festivals

Sardinian Carnevale Has No Place for Beads or Glitter

Instead it has animal skins, cowbells, bullwhips, and frightened children.

By Winnie Lee
Justin Sullivan shooting low,
Camp Fire, 2018

forests

The California Photographer Who Has Shot More Than 100 Wildfires

Noah Berger is in his element amid smoke and flames.

By Winnie Lee
The critically endangered pink land iguana is limited to just a four-miles-square area of on Isabela Island.

islands

For One Photographer, Reptiles Rule the Galápagos

Lucas Bustamante wants you to fall in love.

By Winnie Lee
A participant in the Šediváčkův Long has its game face on.

animals

An Inside Look at Czechia's Grueling Mountain Dogsled Race

Started in 1997, Šediváčkův Long is one of Europe's toughest winter events.

By Winnie Lee
Sealand is perhaps the best known and most persistent micronation. It was created, first as a pirate radio station, and then as a state, by Paddy Roy Bates.

stamps

The Joy of Collecting Stamps From Countries That Don't Really Exist

"Bogus Cinderellas" can come from micronations, outer space, or parallel dimensions.

By Winnie Lee
From the “Greenhouse” series.

photography

Glowing Dutch Greenhouses, As Seen From Way Up High

Photographer Tom Hegen captures a bird's eye view of the future.

By Winnie Lee
Ornitography #97.

art

How One Photographer Captures the Glory of Birds in Flight

An otherworldly look at a familiar sight.

By Winnie Lee
Linda Vista Skatepark, San Diego.

landscapes

Capturing the Sculptural Landscapes of California Skateparks

The photographer is a skateboarder, but there's not a board in sight.

By Winnie Lee
Alice Miceli, Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, PTT-8 Sign, Highly Contaminated Ground, Belarus,  2008

disasters

The Photographer Who X-Rayed Chernobyl

How to make the invisible visible.

By Winnie Lee
SHAN Wallace, The Makeover of Progress, 2019. The Annenberg Space for Photography commissioned the photographer to document the wall along Detroit's 8 Mile Road, which segregated the city's working-class homeowners.

art

Photographers Take on the World's Walls, Borders, and Barriers

An exhibit documents the obstacles we erect, and how we overcome them.

By Winnie Lee
Vostok 1 Microdistrict, Minsk, Belarus.

architecture

A Photographer's Ode to Everyday Soviet Architecture

Arseniy Kotov finds inspiration in urban exploration and concrete cityscapes.

By Winnie Lee
The Weeping Woman.

culture

How Mexico's Most Sorrowful Spirit Became a Cultural Phenomenon

As America's immigrant population grows, so does La Llorona's cultural stature.

By Winnie Lee
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.

By Winnie Lee
A demonstration by the Special Service Unit in Fort Meade, Maryland, in 1943.

objects of intrigue

When the Pianos Went to War

Steinway & Sons' Victory Verticals were tougher than your average upright.

By Winnie Lee
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.

By Winnie Lee
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.

By Winnie Lee
The head of the Statue of Liberty at the 1878 International Exposition in Paris.

islands

The Statue of Liberty Was Well Traveled Before She Reached Her Final Home

Parisians called her the “Lady of the Park,” and then said, "Au revoir."

By Winnie Lee
Wunderpus photogenicus: No two look alike.

art

Meet the World's Most Playfully Named Creatures

But giving them those crazy names isn't always fun and games.

By Winnie Lee
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.

By Winnie Lee
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