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* ![Hank Willis Thomas](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53f1c96f5abbccfc/6988ac1da988ca417e6b9f1c/hank-willis-thomas-facebook-image.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 31, 2016  
### [Hank Willis Thomas' Take on the Purpose of Photography](https://time.com/4447555/hank-willis-thomas-take-on-the-purpose-of-photography/)  
'First Take' is a weekly video series on the art and craft of photography  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![#stacked #burger #muffintop #thingsarequeer #バーガー #ハンバーガー](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1f4f9d23070ea1a/6988a0f7a988ca9b696b8f3e/joseph-maida-things-are-queer-10.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 15, 2016  
### [How One Photographer Is Rethinking Pop Art on Instagram](https://time.com/4428882/how-one-photographer-is-rethinking-pop-art/)  
"Instagram was an opportunity to reconsider how we make, read and consume photographs."  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Paris of the Middle East](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1911d64113912ac6/6988a19fa988ca48576b903f/nn_pome_020.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 13, 2016  
### [Meet the Debutante Girls of Lebanon's High Society](https://time.com/4410502/lebanon-debutante-high-society/)  
"This ball is their way of carrying on, no matter what is going on in their country"  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Walrus blood in the Arctic Ocean near Barrow, Alaska. Hunters looked for ugruk \(bearded seal\) after the sea ice "went out" but came upon hundreds of walrus instead. Walrus this close to town during this time of year is rare, and due to warming weather.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29c4f0aa310096a0/69889f5c5f570fbfe1b21e7f/31633.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 1, 2016  
### [Getty Grants $50,000 to Five Photographers](https://time.com/4424141/getty-grants-50000-to-five-photographers/)  
The winners of the 2016 Getty Images Grants were announced at Visa pour l'Image  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Lashkar Gah, Helmand, Afghanistan](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltddb5cbbad71be841/6988a3c2524fc0d7dddf948d/kadir-vanlohuizen-afghanistan-helmand-msf-hospital-05.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 31, 2016  
### [Inside One of Afghanistan's Largest Hospitals](https://time.com/4428860/inside-one-of-afghanistans-largest-hospitals/)  
"You don’t do this for the money."  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
* ![Revolution Backpack](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta67dcef6a2ad9c5d/6988a0e10a4a2254579cac81/federico-rios-farc-colombia-backpacks-002.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 29, 2016  
### [This is What Members of Colombia's FARC Rebel Army Carry in Their Bags](https://time.com/4429766/this-is-what-members-of-columbias-farc-rebel-army-carry-in-their-bags/)  
One photographer asked what the members of the world's largest guerrilla army carry with them  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Abir, Munir, And Sullman Jaffa, 2002. From Testimony Series."When I made this photo in 2002 it felt like the beach is where the country came to escape the daily turmoil. This remains one of my favorite images I made at the beach because of the unbridled ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt987ba1db24a6b486/6988a0a20b72e31df16ea7de/unknown.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 12, 2016  
### [A Day at the Beach: The Photographs That Moved Them Most](https://time.com/4433438/beach-photos/)  
10 photographers select their favorite photos of the beach  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Rock Picking](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt618b284d6b889b45/6988a105196cf4006203cb96/alexpotter_timelightbox_rockpicking_30.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 4, 2016  
### [A Summer Ritual: Rock Picking in the Midwest](https://time.com/4411340/a-summer-ritual-rock-picking-in-the-midwest/)  
Every year, before corn harvest, kids pick rocks  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Instagram Stories lets you share photos and videos that disappear after 24 hours.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3e1cfe96e884219/6988a0d2428a9e2119cd3bdd/1-instagram-stories-creating.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 2, 2016  
### [Instagram's Latest Feature Is Basically Just Snapchat](https://time.com/4435059/instagram-stories-snapchat/)  
You can even add stickers  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)
* ![From the book Insert Coins.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29b659337941142c/69889f5fe20a873c71a91c2f/001_lutz19163-2016cl01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 1, 2016  
### [Photographing the Mirage of the American Dream in Las Vegas](https://time.com/4393463/photographing-the-mirage-of-the-american-dream-in-las-vegas/)  
"This promise that you can find an alternative route to wealth is very powerful, but it's an illusio...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
* ![Portrait of Elvis Presley.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt90e09f0a63521b40/69889e9fcd1bba0a1770194f/elvis-presley-fred-ward-obit.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 25, 2016  
### [Legendary Washington Photographer Fred Ward Dead at 81](https://time.com/4416996/fred-ward-obituary/)  
The longtime Washington photographer, known for his pictures of Presidents and pop stars, passed awa...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![The house that Bill Clinton lived in later in his life, at 321 East 13th Street, Hope, AR. 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58367fa469e3f77e/69889e9f524fc0b529df8d4b/nn11474003.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 22, 2016  
### [Small-town Hope Re-emerges at the Center of a Political Campaign](https://time.com/4413216/bill-clinton-hope-eli-reed/)  
Eli Reed returns to the quiet Arkansas town that gave the nation its 42nd president  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Photographers of the Year iPhone Photography Awards. First Place Winner in the Lifestyle category.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61ced0c1a8b9da45/69889aab3c16394c1045deb5/026-yuki-cheung-lifestyle-1st.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 7, 2016  
### [These Are the Best iPhone Photos of 2016](https://time.com/4393576/iphone-photo-awards-2016/)  
"The iPhone is like a pen in our hands. Good or bad, the pen itself will never write poems, but the ...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Zhenya \(Evgeny\) and Yulia kiss in front of their datcha during their wedding celebration with their friends, on June 22, 2013 in Slavutych, Ukraine.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa2a2571cc710940/69889a85ab6d7757276aa4d5/nak_9117.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 5, 2016  
### [Coming of Age in the Shadow of Chernobyl](https://time.com/4386594/coming-of-age-in-the-shadow-of-chernobyl/)  
Niels Ackermann is this year's recipient of the Ville de Perpignan Rémi Ochlik Award  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![A bloody hand is seen in the operation room at the Emergency hospital in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan on March 26, 2015.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3b5c0ba53592367/698899cca988ca78426b8695/afghanwarwounded_pbronstein015.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 29, 2016  
### [The Silent Casualties of a Forgotten War](https://time.com/4376623/afghanistan-silent-casualties-war/)  
Paula Bronstein documents the heavy price paid by civilians in battle-torn Afghanistan  
[WORLD](/section/world/)

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