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Photographic Memory: The Importance of Preserving Community History

By Paul Moakley

The Art of Photographing Animals Like Humans

By Paul Moakley

The Diane Arbus List: Photographers Discuss the Legend's Early Days

By Jason Eskenazi

Dreamy Snapshots of Family Life in the South

By Tara Johnson and Cassidy Paul
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Creating Abstract Art through the Microscope

It's been 65 years since Carl Strüwe's last solo show in the U.S., but his work still surprises and informs

By Michael Bucher

See Saturn's Moons Perfectly Aligned

NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures an incredible view of Saturn's moons

By TIME Photo

8 Heartwarming Portrait Photographs of Shelter Dogs

These photos of shelter dogs by photographer Traer Scott are from her upcoming book Finding Home. The book, set for release on Tuesday, collects Traer's ongoing efforts to document shelter dogs and their stories.

By TIME Photo

The Future of Film Photography: Instant Toy Cameras and Small-Scale Labs

Film companies are now betting on young consumers

By Lucia De Stefani

A Homecoming in Oakland

"There is a mythology to Northern California: the Gold Rush, Haight Ashbury, the modern-day prophets of Silicon Valley"

By TIME Photo

See Life in Eastern Ukraine's Underground Shelters

Fragile ceasefires in eastern Ukraine have resulted in a population trapped in underground shelters

By Ye Ming

Watch Raiders of the Lost Ark Without Dialog or Color

So he's taken all the color and dialog out of it

By Elizabeth Barber

For England's WWII Reenactors, Authenticity Is the Message

Photojournalist Daniella Zalcman spent the last year photographing British war reenactors paying tribute to history and the lasting legacy of World War II.

By Krystal Grow

Christian Werner in Post-War Iraq: A Photographer Investigates a Health Crisis

Photojournalist Christian Werner made two trips to Iraq in 2012, and returned with a series of images that shed light on a growing post-war public health issue

By Andrew Katz

#LightBoxFF: Mark Peterson on the Power of Social Media and Political Satire

How the photographer uses Instagram to turn political theater into photographic cartoons

By Krystal Grow

A Very Doggy Christmas: Mary Ellen Mark's Legendary Canine Party

For those who don’t know Mary Ellen Mark personally, the notion of one of the world’s premier documentary photographers hosting a Christmas party for dogs might sound downright weird. But for the past decade, Mark has opened the doors of her New York City studio to throngs of canines.

By Vaughn Wallace

Grit, Grain, Veins: The Diaristic Photographs of Jacob Aue Sobol

LightBox presents raw, grainy, intimate stream-of-consciousness-style photographs featured in the Magnum photographer's latest book, Veins, a close-up on "people at the edge, on the edge of sanity, at the edges of society, down the wrong end of the Reeperbahn in Hamburg, or in an Inuit settlement in Greenland."

By Eugene Reznik

Paris In My Time: Mark Steinmetz's Homage to the City of Lights

'Paris in My Time,' Mark Steinmetz’s newest book from Nazraeli Press, offers homage to the city of lights.

By Jeffrey Ladd

Hong Kong Yesterday: The Pearl of the Orient in the 1950s

The layered black and white photographs of Hong Kong Yesterday are the visual diary of a patient observer; a diary that, save for the lack of diesel-spewing motorbikes, cell phones and neon advertisements, truly feels like it might have been written — and photographed — yesterday.

By Vaughn Wallace

The Troubles of Paradise: Paolo Marchetti Documents the Stains of Kerala

Italian photographer Paolo Marchetti traveled to India to document the state of Kerala — renowned for its beautiful scenery and high life expectancy but plagued by a growing number of homeless, alcoholics and suicides.

By Eugene Reznik

From Photography to Film: Stanley Kubrick Enters the Ring

Stanley Kubrick was still a teenager when he was hired as a staff photographer for Look Magazine. One of his photo essays, scenes from the life of Bronx-born boxer Walter Cartier, would inspire the acclaimed filmmaker's directorial debut, 'Day at the Fight.'

By Erica Fahr Campbell
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