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Ambassador Joseph Wilson, with his wife Valerie Plame in the background, at home in Washington, D.C., in October 2003.

The Story Behind the Accidental Photo of a Spy

In the fall of 2003, photographer David Burnett pitched a portrait shoot of...

In the fall of 2003, photographer David Burnett pitched a portrait shoot of career diplomat Joseph Wilson to U.S. News & World Report. That July, the New York Times had published an op-ed by Wilson...

Vogue, June 1949, photograph by Clifford Coffin. “Clifford Coffin took June’s most famous fashion photograph—a bathing-suit
spread that opens the editorial well on a playfully surreal note. Coffin’s
arrangement of four seated figures on a sand dune, their backs to us and their
brightly colored bathing caps like signposts receding into the distance, recalls
René Magritte and anticipates Pop art at its glossiest.”

Looking Back on a History of Fashion Magazines Through the Lens of One of the World’s Biggest Magazine Superfans

"I am obsessed...I’m someone who wants to see everything as soon as it come...

"I am obsessed...I’m someone who wants to see everything as soon as it comes out"

A water-filled coffin lays exposed to the elements in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, at the cemetery in Mclean's Town, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, Wednesday Sept. 11, 2019.

'Everything Was Broken.' The Photographer Who Captured the Most Haunting Photographs of Dorian and Its Aftermath

'I've covered hurricanes in the Caribbean the last fourteen years... but no...

'I've covered hurricanes in the Caribbean the last fourteen years... but nothing compared to this one'

Renell Medrano’s Peluca Finds Beauty in Her Roots

At the opening night of photographer Renell Medrano’s show, Peluca, chopped...

At the opening night of photographer Renell Medrano’s show, Peluca, chopped cheese sandwiches and snow cones were passed around as a hair stylist sewed in a woman’s weave, the focal point of a single salon...

Festival goers on their way to Woodstock, in August 1969.

5 Woodstock Photographers on the Images That Moved Them Most

Here's what photographers Baron Wolman, Ron Frem, Barry Z. Levine, Elliott ...

Here's what photographers Baron Wolman, Ron Frem, Barry Z. Levine, Elliott Landy and Burk Uzzle had to say about the indelible photos they captured during those three days

Children take part in the Intermediate 4-H Sheep Showmanship competition in the Sheep Barn at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines on Aug. 11. The competitors are judged on their ability to display and control the sheep rather than on the characteristics of the animals themselves.

Potatoes and Politics: See Photos From the 2019 Iowa State Fair

Pigeon competitions, potato champions and a plethora of politicians are jus...

Pigeon competitions, potato champions and a plethora of politicians are just some of the highlights at the Iowa State Fair, which kicked off Aug. 8 and will wrap up on Aug. 18 in Des Moines....

Florets are removed from Notre Dame's pinnacles, so a wooden arch can be installed to support a flying buttress, on July 2, 2019.

Inside the Fight Over How Notre Dame Should Rise From the Ashes

Stumbling through choking smoke, Antoine-Marie Préaut was on a divine missi...

Stumbling through choking smoke, Antoine-Marie Préaut was on a divine mission. The conservator of the 4,000 or so historic monuments in the Paris region made his way through the burning Notre Dame cathedral on April...

The Story Behind the Accidental Photo of a Spy

Looking Back on a History of Fashion Magazines Through the Lens of One of the World’s Biggest Magazine Superfans

'Everything Was Broken.' The Photographer Who Captured the Most Haunting Photographs of Dorian and Its Aftermath

Renell Medrano’s Peluca Finds Beauty in Her Roots

5 Woodstock Photographers on the Images That Moved Them Most

Potatoes and Politics: See Photos From the 2019 Iowa State Fair

Inside the Fight Over How Notre Dame Should Rise From the Ashes

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