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Raghunath Manwar examines an X-ray of one of several workers who has been diagnosed with asbestosis in Ahmedabad, India. Raghunath is the secretary of an NGO, the Occupational Health and Safety Association, that assists employees affected by asbestos from a power-generating company and a cement factory. From the book A Field Guide to Asbestos (Yoffy Press 2019). Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press

The Devastation of Asbestos by Louie Palu

May 13, 2019
South African Commuters through the window of a taxi leaving Noord Taxi Rank at the end of the day. Johannesburg. © Renata Larroyd, 29 years old, Florianopolis, Brazil

A South African Gaze

April 29, 2019
Malibu, California, November 9, 2018-Llamas are tied to a lifeguard stand on the beach in Malibu as the Woolsey Fire comes down the hill Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

Photoville Lands in Los Angeles

April 26, 2019
From the book, Martino Marangoni: Rebuilding My Days In New York 1959–2018 (The Eriskay Connection, 2019) © Martino Marangoni

An Italian Flâneur in New York

April 23, 2019
Photo by Charmaine Poh. Ele and Lee lie facing each other. The two don't prioritize marriage, although they do see themselves in a long-term partnership, and imagine a life together outside of Singapore.

Annie Tritt: Becoming Who I’m Supposed to Be

April 17, 2019
© Estate of Nathan Lyons /Loan from Estate of Nathan Lyons
“Untitled (Tucson), 2013,” by Nathan Lyons. The renowned critic, curator and teacher is the subject of a retrospective exhibition that features photos he made of street art and signs in the last years of his life. © Estate of Nathan Lyons /Loan from Estate of Nathan Lyons

Nathan Lyons: Final Sequence

April 11, 2019
© Edward Roberson/Courtesy of Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, gift of Detroit Focus.
Edward “Robbie” Roberson’s 1963 photo “Marchers Sleep on the Streets—'We were tired, we were tired, Selma, Alabama.'” © Edward Roberson/Courtesy of Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, gift of Detroit Focus

Dream On

April 10, 2019
Residents make their way among destroyed buildings in Raqqa, Syria, Sunday, November 12, 2018. More than a year after the end of the brutal fighting that liberated the one time capital city of the Islamic State, and a devastating air campaign that mostly flattened it, Raqqa lies in ruins. © Victor J. Blue. From Cities in Dust, an exhibition by Victor J. Blue at the Bronx Documentary Center through April 21, 2019.

A Slow and Painful Recovery in Two Cities Once Con...

April 8, 2019
Sasha Arutyunova positioned herself on the rafters directly over the stage, next to a lot of lighting equipment, in order to capture this picture of Kretzschmar and others dancers during a performance by the New York City Ballet. © Sasha Arutyunova

Witness to the Grind

March 21, 2019
An Image from the book, When We Were Strangers, by Jake Naughton and Juan Anibal Sosa, published by Red Hook Editions.

A Queer Couple Deconstructs Love

March 15, 2019
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