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Teenage Wasteland: LIFE Magazine Photos of Young Japanese Rebels, 1964

By Ben Cosgrove

A Ray of Light

By TIME Photo Department

Dreamscapes: The Fantastical Photographs of Lieko Shiga

By Marco Bohr

The Sam Abell Library: 40 Years of Life and Still Life

By Eugene Reznik
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Emperor of Ruins: Hirohito in Post-War Japan

On the anniversary of Hirohito's death, LIFE.com presents a window into a world where the myth of Japanese superiority — racial, military, cultural — was exploded and the "divine" emperor proved blatantly, disastrously fallible.

By Phil Bicker

Santa 24/7: Portrait of a Year-Round Father Christmas

LightBox presents one photographer's story of a real-life professional Santa.

By Richard Conway

LIFE in 2012: The Year in 12 Galleries

What do Hillary Clinton (above, in 1969), the Empire State Building, Albert Einstein and drug-addled Japanese teens have in common? Well ... nothing, really. Except that they all appeared on LIFE.com in 2012.

By Liz Ronk

Pictures of the Week: November 23 - 30

From protests in Egypt and life in the aftermath of the Gaza conflict to Myanmar's refugee camps and volcanic lava spilling into the ocean in Hawaii, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

By TIME Photo Department

Pictures of the Week: September 21 - 28

From the NFL touchdown controversy in the U.S. and Israelis observing Yom Kippur to China's first aircraft carrier and surfing with dolphins in Australia, TIME presents the best images of the week.

By TIME Photo Department

Pictures of the Week: September 14 - 21

From continued anti-American protests around the world and the Pope's visit to Lebanon to the honoring of Aung San Suu Kyi in the U.S. and the Duchess of Cambridge's tour of the South Pacific, TIME presents the best images of the week.

By TIME Photo Department

Pictures of the Week: August 17 - August 24

From violent clashes in Lebanon and wildfires in Spain to a disabled beauty pageant in Thailand and a Kids' "State Dinner" at the White House, TIME presents the best images of the week.

By TIME Photo Department

Small Ball! The Faces of Baseball’s True World Series

Photographer Wayne Lawrence's portraits of young baseball players from around the world at the 66th Annual Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa.

By Sean Gregory

Landscapes on the Verge of Change

A new retrospective of the work of Japanese photographer Naoya Hatakeyama, opening at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art on July 28, looks at vistas on the verge of change.

By Lily Rothman

Ceremonies of Disappearance: Kimiko Yoshida's Critique of Identity

For over a decade, Kimiko Yoshida has created photos of herself in which she wears elaborate costumes that reference a wide range of subjects, from haute couture to the canon of Western painting.

By Myles Little

David Guttenfelder: A New Look at North Korea

Since the 1948 creation of separate governments for North and South Korea after World War II, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the North has remained behind an iron curtain, an isolated and...

By Phil Bicker

Pictures of the Week: April 6 — April 13

From North Korea's rocket Unha-3 and the Trayvon Martin case to wildfires in the New York City metropolitan area and the 100th anniversary of the Titanic, TIME’s photo department presents the best images of the week.

By TIME Photo Department

One Year Later at Minori-kai: James Nachtwey Returns to Japan

In a city on Japan's northeast coast, at a care center for the mentally and physically disabled, discussions about rebuilding what last year's tsunami destroyed are only just beginning.

By Krista Mahr

Pictures of the Week: March 30 — April 6

From Earth Hour celebrations around the world and Aung San Suu Kyi's election in Myanmar to the Oakland shooting and tornadoes in Texas, TIME’s photo department presents the best images of the week.

By TIME Photo Department

Daido Moriyama And the Cultural Landscape of Post-War Japan

Daido Moriyama, who is featured in a new exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, arrived in Tokyo in 1961 and began photographing the seedy streets of Shinjuku.

By Alana Celii

Pictures of the Week: March 9 — March 16

From the conflict in Afghanistan and a tragic bus accident in Switzerland to Purim celebrations in Israel and the one-year anniversary of the Japanese tsunami, TIME’s photo department presents the best images of the week.

By TIME Photo Department
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