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What New Orleans’ abandoned homes mean to me as a local photographer

By Asia-Vinae Palmer

This house in particular was also next to another abandoned house which was totally in shambles. I just felt like there was a history there and I wanted to connect with it, even if I didn't know what the history…

Graffiti artists come out to ‘spray for Paris’ after attacks

By Corinne Segal

Three weeks after terrorists attacked their city, Parisians are speaking loud and clear -- through street art.

Inside the world of South Africa’s spiritual healers

By Corinna Kern

Sangomas carry forward a long history of traditional healing in the Zulu, Swazi, Xhosa and Ndebele traditions of South Africa.

What we can learn from the stories of Black Native people

By Michael Santiago

"Afro Native Narratives," a documentary and photo project, documents the stories of Black Native people.

Why I call New Orleans the ‘most African city’ in the U.S.

By Danielle Miles

If you took all of the African-ness away from New Orleans, there would be very little left.

As a Syrian in Berlin, I photographed the moment the world started caring about my country

By Nour Nouralla

I was born in the oldest inhabited capital in the world, Damascus. For almost five years, I have watched my country being torn apart.

Meet the woman who’s standing up to gentrification in her working class Bronx neighborhood

By Corinne Segal

Jerome Avenue in the Bronx is a hub of working class families, but residents worry that their way of life could be at risk under a proposed idea to rezone 57 blocks along the street.

How a single photo captures the loneliness of a post-war Paris housing project

By Laurent Kronental

For four years, I have photographed the seniors living in the large estates of the Parisian suburbs, constructed after World War II to house migrants.

This photo changed my perspective on an 11-year-old’s power

By Micha Paulateer

Every time I ask my 11-year old brother Malachai what he wants to be when he grows up, he replies, "A police officer." But in the eyes of the world, he is a child.

How an everyday encounter inspired me as a photographer

By Tia Thompson

Eddie posted up on D.C.'s Georgia Avenue every Sunday, all summer, in front of a couple hipster bars, hoping people would get used to seeing him enough to let him stay and pay him to shine their boots.