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August 14, 2022

How a Father and Son Are Keeping Ancient Tradition of Bone Carving Alive in India [Interview]

In Lucknow, India, a small family-run workshop is helping preserve a prehistoric artistic tradition. Jalaluddeen Akhtar learned bone carving from his uncle in 1980 and has been producing stunning creations ever since. Now, his son Aqeel works alongside him in one of the very few workshops that are able to keep its doors open.

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July 16, 2022

Wildlife Photographer Created a Custom Camera for Taking Intimate Animal Portraits [Interview]

Photographer Donal Boyd is known for his intimate portraits of wildlife.

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July 4, 2022

Photographer Documents the Magical Moments When Indigenous Peruvians Visited Machu Picchu for the First Time [Interview]

Every year over 1.5 million people visit Peru's Machu Picchu.

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June 14, 2022

Biologist Uses UV Light to Expose the Hidden World of the Amazon Rainforest [Interview]

Brazilian biologist, photographer, and National Geographic Explorer Leo Lanna is passionate about nature. And this passion has led him on a path to study the praying mantis. Since 2015, along with designer Lvcas Fiat, Lanna has been exploring the micro-world of insects thanks to his non-profit Projeto Mantis. By marrying science, art, and technology, they hope to bring a new perspective to the state of the Amazon rainforest.

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June 9, 2022

Photographer Shares Visual Diary of Lockdown in Shanghai Under “Zero Covid” Policy [Interview]

When we last caught up with American photographer Nicole Chan, it was February 2020 and the world was on the...

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May 21, 2022

Photographer Shares How a Community in Kenya Came Together to Help Orphaned Elephants [Interview]

Conservation photographer Ami Vitale is known for her incredible ability to support local communities that are making an impact.

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May 6, 2022

Fashion Photographer Captures Editorial Style Portraits of Cosplayers [Interview]

Photographer Thurstan Redding was working primarily as a fashion photographer when he had two memorable encounters with cosplayers in the wild. For the first time, the folks dressed in costumes of characters from popular culture came on his radar. Previously, he was aware of the practice, but he “hadn’t ever fully engaged with it.

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May 2, 2022

Photographer Spends a Full Year Taking Portraits of Strangers Every Single Day [Interview]

Like many of us, filmmaker and photographer Rory Langdon-Down found his life altered by the pandemic.

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February 23, 2022

Photographer Takes Dignified B&W Portraits of “Forgotten” People He Meets on the Street [Interview]

Algerian street photographer Imed Kolli uses his camera to form a connection with others.

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January 28, 2022

Photojournalist Turned Nurse Pulls Back the Curtain on Hospital Life During COVID-19 [Interview]

Alan Hawes works as a registered nurse at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, but he comes with an interesting background. For more than 20 years, he worked as a photojournalist; and now he's using those skills to help pull back the curtain of what happens in the hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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