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# Michael Bucher

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## Michael Bucher


## Michael Bucher


* ![The royal family of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. From left to right: Princess Maria Carolina Duchess of Palermo, Princess Camilla Duchess of Castro, Prince Carlo Duke of Castro and Princess Maria Chiara Duchess of Capri, May, 2016.Prince Carlo is one of the two](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57d622b15de1d7b7/6988994d2dce01e2529e99a6/carlo-rainone-kingdom-of-two-sicilies-018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 25, 2016  
### [Re-Discovering the Italian Kingdom of Two Sicilies](https://time.com/4381826/italy-sicily-kingdom/)  
For the members of the Independent Neapolitan Nation movement, the unification of Italy was a mistak...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Members of the Battallion of the Special Police Operations \(BOPE\) during  a training ceremony.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt398480a44727c30a/6988a0bb196cf4151d03cb1f/cedric_gerbehaye_brazil_bope_elite_police_06.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 11, 2016  
### [Inside Rio's Elite Police Force](https://time.com/4434431/rio-brazil-elite-police-force/)  
A photographer gained unprecedented access  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7e5625dab6cb338/69889cda196cf44fed03c7e0/jamel-shabazz-back-in-the-days-coloring-books-121.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 2, 2016  
### [When the Coloring Book Craze Invades the Photography World](https://time.com/4415727/coloring-book-photography/)  
It's National Coloring Book day  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e7c70f36b5b278b/69889ffcab6d77382a6aaafe/lightbox-cover-thomas-prior.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 28, 2016  
### [Behind TIME's Olympics Cover With Simone Biles](https://time.com/4426234/rio-olympics-cover/)  
Photographer Thomas Prior reincarnated the majesty of this first-time Olympian  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Untitled](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e73a1ee1f085858/69889fe10b72e3fde96ea6b0/thomas-prior-009.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 28, 2016  
### [Finding Poetry in Sport Photography](https://time.com/4426237/tom-prior/)  
Thomas Prior's images elevate the individual moment to something universal  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
* ![Red hijab, red dress and bling from the series Honest With You, 2013](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6cc81ef53c83fae0/69889ef60b72e300fa6ea557/06-mahtab-hussain-an-ideal-for-living.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 25, 2016  
### [A Photographic Ode to British Culture and Identity](https://time.com/4419946/brexit-britain-identity/)  
As Britain's future in Europe remains uncertain, a new photo show takes a look at what British ident...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Pure Energy and Neurotic Man, 1940 - 1941  
<br><br>Reproduced courtesy of the Barbara and Willard Morgan Photographs  
and Papers, UCLA Department of Special Collections / The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52dd2c6e2d12683a/69887f61e20a872561a8fbe3/electricity-exhibition-getty-museum-10.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 8, 2016  
### [Exploring Photography's Electric Relationship](https://time.com/4239753/exploring-photographys-electric-relationship/)  
An exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum puts electricity in focus  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![37_Homesteaders_Treeandrew-moore-photography-america-landscape-south-rural-documentary-staged](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a11d758579d3496/698899da3c1639d77345dd50/37_homesteaders_treeandrew-moore-photography-america-landscape-south-rural-documentary-staged.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 30, 2016  
### [A Visual Ode to the American Dream](https://time.com/4385523/a-visual-ode-to-the-american-dream/)  
Photographer Andrew Moore celebrates America's mythology  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Julio Yun at his wedding with a Chinese woman from Na Jin. The wedding was arranged from New York by his parents. Village of Na Jin, Province of Guangdong, China, 1992.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ca4c4bb800b4cd9/69888cf6428a9ecfabcd1ff7/patrick-zachmann-book-10.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 15, 2016  
### [A Photographer's Farewell to China](https://time.com/4276238/a-photographers-farewell-to-china/)  
Magnum Photos' Patrick Zachmann spent 30 years photographing China  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Carl-Struwe-Crystals-of-Coffee-Plant-Coffea-Arabica](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta04197aa7f6425b9/69888d640b72e350456e8c6a/carl-struwe-crystals-of-coffee-plant-coffea-arabica.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 8, 2016  
### [Creating Abstract Art through the Microscope](https://time.com/4279508/art-carl-struwe/)  
It's been 65 years since Carl Strüwe's last solo show in the U.S., but his work still surprises and ...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)

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