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* ![Fireworks streak past in front of the supermoon outside the town of Mosta](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33636f8b9a5c497d/69876d2bf887dcf9ebe88da5/2014-the-world-in-motion-799.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 11, 2015  
### [See Photos of the World in Motion](https://time.com/3621685/see-photos-of-a-world-in-motion/)  
News photographers are regularly using slow shutter speeds, emulating the early days of the small fo...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Feb 8, 2015  
### [Go Inside the Unexpected Lives of Contemporary Photographers](https://time.com/3695257/tyrone-lebon-reely-and-truly/)  
In <i>Reely and Truly</i>, Tyrone Lebon offers an unorthodox, behind-the-scenes take on photography  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![From the series, <i>From the Study on Post-Pubescent Manhood</i>, 2011](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef698b593f64cf20/69877bcb06f2c1e06e333969/skatopia_11-4114.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 31, 2015  
### [Coming of Age in Skatopia, Ohio's 88-Acre Skatepark](https://time.com/3681697/coming-of-age-in-skatopia-ohios-88-acre-skatepark/)  
In rural Ohio, Skatopia provides a refuge for the disaffected youth  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Visually impaired students of a school for the blind fight for the ball during a soccer match inside their school in New Delhi](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6af04373a07b1788/69877be0cd68485e9909954e/suprising1211.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 29, 2015  
### [The 32 Most Surprising Photos of the Month (29 Jan 2015)](https://time.com/3682534/surprising-photos-of-the-month/)  
From fireworks in Munich to tiger cubs in London, TIME shares the most outrageous images from Januar...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf74b0ae2865ea124/69877baa06f2c162a0333935/2012_05md1000_0525.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 27, 2015  
### [A New Record of Small Town America](https://time.com/3678370/a-new-record-of-small-town-america/)  
In his fourth monograph, photographer Alec Soth takes a different approach to his work  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
* ![West Bank, Nabi Saleh. 2013. Protestors run away as Israeli soldiers fire tear gas at them. The Israeli settlement of Halimish is in the background.Residents of Nabi Saleh have been protesting the Israeli Occupation every Friday after midday prayers sinc](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c335be7a2a8aa0a/69877a7b428a9e273bcc6a36/van-agtmael-mf-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 22, 2015  
### [TIME Exclusive: Magnum Emergency Fund Announces 2015 Grantees](https://time.com/3672263/time-exclusive-magnum-emergency-fund-announces-2015-grantees/)  
11 photographers are set to receive financial help to produce work on under-reported issues  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Suspected of being a Gaddafi loyalist prays at her cage in a school run by militias as a temporary prison in Misratah, Libya, Sep. 2011.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40f122c2b75eeb0d/69877a73524fc02458debf5d/06_brabo_memo.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 19, 2015  
### [Photographers Turn to the iPad for Independence](https://time.com/3669834/photographers-turn-to-the-ipad-for-independence/)  
A new magazine app on the iPad offers photographers new ways to tell their stories  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![<b>everydayusa</b> Fall reflections in NYC…  
@markpetersonpixs -@reduxpictures ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt43c7948ec1a722c5/69876f2f06f2c1cfa9332e9b/ways-of-seeing-everydaydusa_114.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 4, 2015  
### [Ways of Seeing: The Growth of the Everyday Everywhere Movement](https://time.com/3626767/ways-of-seeing-7-everyday-everywhere/)  
As 2014 draws to a close, we take a look back at the photographic trends that defined 2014  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![<b>Ponte City</b> The boxed presentation contains the main book plus 17 small booklets.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98f6a5f33665db19/69876f22e20a87f208a840ea/ways-of-seeing-101.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 3, 2015  
### [Ways of Seeing: Books Within Books](https://time.com/3626002/ways-of-seeing-books-within-books/)  
As 2014 draws to a close, we take a look back at the photographic trends that defined 2014  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jan 2, 2015  
### [Ways of Seeing: From Stills to Motion](https://time.com/3626640/ways-of-seeing-stills-and-motion/)  
As 2014 draws to a close, we take a look back at the photographic trends that defined 2014  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
* ![School No.1 in Beslan, Russia, days after the siege. Drawings in this project are from survivors, and have been integrated into photos of the hostage location.  
](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52db04d3630ca4bc/69876e03cd1bba95266f4179/markosian-time-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 1, 2015  
### [Ways of Seeing: The Contemporary Photo Essay](https://time.com/3626915/ways-of-seeing-the-contemporary-photo-essay/)  
As 2014 draws to a close, we take a look back at the photographic trends that defined 2014  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Pakistan Refugees Photo Essay](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e5e40396136a865/69876efacd684878f7098a44/ways-of-seeing-portraits-598.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 31, 2014  
### [Ways of Seeing: Portrait Series](https://time.com/3626026/ways-of-seeing-portrait-series/)  
As 2014 draws to a close, we take a look back at the photographic trends that defined 2014  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![TOPSHOTS-SINGAPORE-GAYS-RIGHTS-SOCIAL](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c7d21916d3712a5/69876cd3cd1bbae4706f3f31/most-uplifting-photos-of-2014-729.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 30, 2014  
### [The Most Uplifting Photos of 2014](https://time.com/3618953/uplifting-photos-of-2014/)  
TIME's photo editors present this year's heart-warming images  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![ISIS toothbrush](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf9a4e8942025b93d/69876e038e06011172459259/glennagordon_08.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 30, 2014  
### [Ways of Seeing: Documentary Still Life](https://time.com/3626384/ways-of-seeing-documentary-still-life/)  
As 2014 draws to a close, we take a look back at the photographic trends that defined 2014  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Dysturb pasting photographs on walls](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c90769814faab3e/69876f46f887dcd72be89127/ways-of-seeing-dysturb_121.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 29, 2014  
### [Ways of Seeing: Direct to Audience](https://time.com/3625800/ways-of-seeing-photography-direct-to-audience/)  
As 2014 draws to a close, we take a look back at the photographic trends that defined 2014  
[WORLD](/section/world/)

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