Feb 20 Urban explorer reveals an abandoned world, frozen in time By Victoria Fleischer Urban explorer Andre Govia is "addicted to decay." He visited 900 locations in 22 countries. While confronting the hazards of trespassing in derelict buildings, he photographed abandoned hospitals, hotels, theme parks and mansions. Continue reading
Feb 18 Photos: Billions set to travel as China rings in Year of the Sheep By Tik Root China’s spring festival, Chunyun, began earlier this month and people are on the move. Billions of them. Continue reading
Feb 18 Photos: Dogs being dogs at the Westminster Dog Show By Colleen Shalby For those who made it to the creme de la creme of canine competitions, the pressure began immediately. Here’s what happened to those dogs before, during and after Miss P, a beagle whose full name is Ch Tashtins Lookin for… Continue reading
Feb 18 Photos: Lynsey Addario’s life as a witness to war By Victoria Fleischer Photojournalist Lynsey Addario has covered conflict in Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya. She tells her story in her new memoir, “It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War.”… Continue reading
Feb 17 Photos: Child miners exposed to toxic chemicals in illegal gold mines By Larry C. Price Technically illegal but practiced openly, small-scale mining activity is everywhere. This region once hosted large gold mining operations which exploited the rivers and clear-cut hundreds of thousands of acres in search of promising deposits after securing the necessary permits from… Continue reading
Feb 17 Photos: Scientists ‘winter’ in Bahamas to study endangered migratory bird By Cat Wise PBS NewsHour traveled to the Bahamas recently with a group of scientists to study an endangered shorebird bird called the piping plover. The birds have been on the endangered species list in the United States since the late 1980s, but… Continue reading
Feb 12 Award-winning photo captures effects of homophobia in Russia By Ariel Min The World Press Photo of 2014, selected today, shares an intimate embrace between a gay couple in a dark room in Russia, captured by Danish photographer Mads Nissen. Continue reading
Feb 12 From glamorous to ordinary, Vivian Maier’s street photography captured America’s mid-century urban life By David Coles In a matter of a few short years, Vivian Maier went from a reclusive and mysterious, largely unknown woman to widely recognized as one of the greatest street photographers of the 20th century. Continue reading
Feb 12 In world’s poorest slums, landfills and polluted rivers become a child’s playground By Ariel Min Children living among rubbish and human waste are especially susceptible to diarrheal diseases and pneumonia, the top killers of children under 5 worldwide. In this photo essay from Reuters, photographers capture “playgrounds” built among landfills and junkyards, and children swimming… Continue reading
Feb 11 Photo essay: Below freezing in Bangor, Maine By Anna Sillers While residents in New York and New England scramble to shovel themselves out of the latest snowstorm before the next one hits, a photo essay in the Bangor Daily News, curated by visual editor Brian Feulner, brings out the… Continue reading