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## Black & White Photography


* ![Mandela's tin dishes.  
<br>  
<br>  
1992](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd3daec9aefef981e/69879c85e53aba02894d93b7/kb_1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 5, 2013  
## [Robben Island: Nelson Mandela's Prison Home](https://time.com/3805495/robben-island-nelson-mandelas-prison-home/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Tony Karon
* ![On South Georgia, a barren island in the far South Atlantic, a pair of southern elephant seal calves beckon before a colony of king penguins. “The male seals can grow to almost five tons,” says Salgado, “but these are just babies. This one looked at me with beautiful eyes.”](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d359176f8f019cc/6987a4520b72e33ca16e034f/09-7-19865.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 28, 2013  
## [In the Beginnings: Sebastião Salgado's Genesis](https://time.com/3798068/in-the-beginnings-sebastiao-salgados-genesis/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Richard Lacayo
* ![<em>Tracy and her cat</em>, 1991](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt27161633465d7c19/69868784e8524b7f856020b8/rubin_vacationland_011.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 17, 2012  
## [Vacationland: Rural Maine Chronicled in the Photography of Steven Rubin](https://time.com/3787829/vacationland-rural-maine-chronicled-in-the-photography-of-steven-rubin/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Tara Godvin
* ![<i>Water Running</i><br><br>Second Place, Sports. U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Reagan Lodge, Headquarters and Service Battalion, Marine Corps Base Quantico, conducts water running exercises during a physcal training session in Ramer Hall, The Basic School, on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. Sept. 14, 2011.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt63db3ff37ceaa6e4/698687baf983e7a22e04cff5/bl_milphotog6_0328.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 3, 2012  
## [2011 Military Photographer of the Year](https://time.com/3787441/2011-military-photographer-of-the-year/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Mark Thompson
* ![From the series <i>Anonymous</i> by Sofía López Mañán, one of the eight finalists selected for <i>MONO</i>. You can see more of her work <a href="http://www.sofilopez.com.ar/index.php?/projects/anonymous/" target="_new"><b><i>here.</i></b></a>  
](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24d4f4434e09c6f8/69879d56f887dc4ee2e8bdc4/sofia-lopez-mac3b1an.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 2, 2012  
## [The Search for the Best New Black-and-White Photographers](https://time.com/39622/the-search-for-the-best-new-black-and-white-photographers/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Paul Moakley  
* ![Carla &amp; Zizou, <i>Brasserie Graff</i>, 1963](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt900e60049546cedd/69879bc1a988ca83526adf86/strom18296-1969nb68.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 18, 2012  
## [Sleepless Nights in Paris' Red Light District](https://time.com/3785128/christer-stromholm/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Yumi Goto
* ![A male resident sits at a table in the dining hall of the home.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61b585eaeb9fc696/69879870428a9e691ecc8591/dan_giannopoulos_012.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 26, 2011  
## [The Orphaned Elderly of Kathmandu](https://time.com/3781297/the-orphaned-elderly-of-kathmandu/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Ishaan Tharoor
* ![<i>Untitled, 2009</i>](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt879916448441177f/698684e2e8524b02e6601c19/3767475880_9cf2c20bb0_o.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 9, 2011  
## [Smells Like Teen Spirit: Tavi Gevinson Interviews Olivia Bee](https://time.com/3780710/smells-like-teen-spirit-tavi-gevinson-interviews-olivia-bee/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Myles Little
* ![Spanish Republican being led down the beach to a French internment camp, Le Barcarés, France, March 1939](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7bc770179f63b2d8/698798dae20a877d17a8658a/mexican_suitcase_12.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 26, 2011  
## [Tales of The Mexican Suitcase](https://time.com/3780240/the-mexican-suitcase/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Yumi Goto
* ![The 2011 winner is 23-year-old Rosa Lidia Aguare Castro of Santa Lucia La Reforma, Totonicapan. ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a8224db7320d282/698798a62dce012f159deca2/guatemala-mayan-queen13.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 17, 2011  
## [Rodrigo Abd and Guatemala’s Indigenous Beauty Queens](https://time.com/3779915/rodrigo-abd-and-guatemalas-homegrown-beauty-queens/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Myles Little  
* ![<i>The Beatles Illuminated</i>, Lot 46](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38c1bae846027a1c/698798485f570f4636b16767/beatles_01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 20, 2011  
## [Beatlemania Revisited](https://time.com/3779231/beatlemania-revisited/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Yumi Goto
* ![Paul, Stella and James, Scotland, 1982](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt194123fe933c9414/6987976735ba6f2f69c08204/scotland_mccartney.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 13, 2011  
## [Summertime with the McCartneys](https://time.com/3778932/linda-mccartney/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Yumi Goto
* ![Los Angeles, 1987](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt413b46145c6b426f/6987885155a8593da6a86d81/henry_wessel_06.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 17, 2011  
## [Henry Wessel's Californication](https://time.com/3777197/henry-wessels-californication/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Yumi Goto
* ![Justin and his crew get psyched backstage just before a concert begins in Zurich, Switzerland's Hallen Stadium. April 8, 2011<br>  
<br>  
<b>More on Time.com:</b> <a href="http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2066373,00.html">Photos: Rain, South Korea's Unstoppable Pop Superstar</a>](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb5f8eb35a58cb7cb/698787ffe20a87e4f6a86134/jl_justin-bieber_080411_1476.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 21, 2011  
## [Under the Influence of Justin Bieber: Photographs by Joachim Ladefoged](https://time.com/3776467/under-the-influence-of-justin-bieber-photographs-by-joachim-ladefoged/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by TIME Photo Department
* ![Reagan reacts](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt442f950ad4e870d9/698787ada988ca99146ad568/a_edmonds_reagan_assassination.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 30, 2011  
## [Behind the Photos: the Attempted Assassination of President Reagan Revisited](https://time.com/3775882/behind-the-photos-the-attempted-assassination-of-president-reagan-revisited/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Neil Harris

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