Ishaan Tharoor

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Picturing the Holy Land: 12 Photographers Chart a Region's Complexities

This Place is the collective product, nearly a decade in the making, of 12 renowned photographers who each took up residence for a spell in Israel and the West Bank.

By Ishaan Tharoor

Myths of the Flood Are Far Older Than the Bible

While the Hollywood blockbuster has been a hit, it has also faced opposition from Christians and Muslims angry with its supposed misrepresentation of their scriptures. But tales of great floods did not begin with the Bible

By Ishaan Tharoor

Behind Putin's Crimea Obsession

Russian President Vladimir Putin's power play draws on Crimea's almost sacred place in the Russian imagination as the annexation of Ukraine's contentious peninsula continues

By Ishaan Tharoor

Zack Snyder and the West Should Stop Killing Ancient Persians

The story of '300: Rise of an Empire' comes from a graphic novel, but it's based on a travesty of history that has long existed in the Western imagination

By Ishaan Tharoor

Venezuela's Protesters Won't Win

A day after Venezuela commemorated the one-year death anniversary of its charismatic and demagogic former President Hugo Chavez, the clashes and protests that have roiled the country for weeks showed no sign of abating. At...

By Ishaan Tharoor

This Picture Shows What's Wrong With Switzerland's Anti-Immigrant Hysteria

Without multiculturalism, the Swiss would not be at the World Cup

By Ishaan Tharoor

RECAP: Sochi's Opening Ceremony

Three-hour opening ceremony ended with the lighting of the cauldron

By Andrew Katz and Ishaan Tharoor

Sochi Olympics Stirs Nationalism of an Exiled People

Long before Pussy Riot or gay rights activists sought a boycott of the Olympics, a forgotten community native to Sochi's black pebble beaches clamored loudly against the games

By Ishaan Tharoor

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Marks Another Victory for Indian Americans

Indian Americans don’t need Satya Nadella — the Hyderabad-born techie named Microsoft’s CEO today — to feel good about themselves. Look around the U.S. and you already see "desis" in leading positions, and not just...

By Ishaan Tharoor

David Guttenfelder Is TIME's Pick for Instagram Photographer of the Year 2013

David Guttenfelder is TIME’s pick for Instagram photographer of the year. The veteran photojournalist is a seven-time World Press Photo award-winner. He has traveled the world for the Associated Press, covering wars, elections and natural...

By Ishaan Tharoor

The Crisis in the Central African Republic by William Daniels

On assignment for TIME, photographer William Daniels documented the conflict quickly escalating in the Central African Republic.

By Ishaan Tharoor

On Pakistan's Election Trail: Photographs by Massimo Berruti

The build-up to Pakistan’s elections, which will be held May 11, has been clouded by a disturbing streak of violence. Italian photographer Massimo Berruti has been documenting the frontrunners on the final days of their campaigns.

By Ishaan Tharoor

Into the Ether by Fazal Sheikh

A photograph's inability to fully penetrate its subject fascinates photographer Fazal Sheikh. His new project 'Ether' takes viewers to the banks of the Ganges and has opened at the Pace/MacGill gallery in New York.

By Ishaan Tharoor

Land of Stories and Myths: Yaakov Israel Photographs His Homeland

Photographer Yaakov Israel set out to document the people and landscapes of the country that shares his name. His new book tells a story of daily life in a land with a deep history and uncertain future.

By Ishaan Tharoor

Vignettes from a Contested Land: An American Photographer in the West Bank

American photographer Adam Golfer’s images of the West Bank look beyond the hurly burly of one of the world’s intractable conflicts.

By Ishaan Tharoor

After the Spring: Women of the Arab Revolution

As Libya and Egypt hold nationwide elections, LightBox presents the work of Sarah Elliott, whose photographs show those who had the most at stake after the revolutions: women.

By Ishaan Tharoor

Stefano de Luigi Photographs the Cinema of Iran

If anything belies the demagogic sheen of Iran’s image in the West, it is the irrepressible sophistication and class of Iranian cinema.

By Ishaan Tharoor

Faded Tulips: Kyrgyzstan's Counterfeit Revolution

William Daniels shows a Kyrgyzstan as haunted by the past as it is uncertain for its future.

By Ishaan Tharoor

A Gun to Your Head: Inside Post-Soviet Interrogation Rooms

In his new book, photographer Donald Weber explores the dark relationship between policemen, prostitutes, thugs and hustlers within the confines of a Russian interrogation room. Last week, Weber's series won first place at the World Press Photo awards in the Portraits—Stories category.

By Ishaan Tharoor

Leon Borensztein's 'American Portraits'

Leon Borensztein's fierce and humane portraits, taken in working class American homes, are the subject of a new book published by Nazraeli Press.

By Ishaan Tharoor and Laura Stampler
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