Elaine Mayes might well be the most accomplished photographer and photography educator that many passionate photography aficionados have never heard of. This summer, her project Autolandscapes will be shown at the Smithsonian's American Art Museum.
In 1967, Zhang Yaxin was 34 and working as a photojournalist at China’s state-controlled Xinhua News Agency when he was assigned to a top-secret government project: to be the official photographer of a new arts program led by Chairman Mao and his wife.
Curated by Mikko Takkunen, a collection of the best photojournalism around the web from the past two weeks.
The subjects of photographer David Magnusson’s series are participants in Purity Balls, an American phenomenon in which girls promise to remain virgins until marriage and their fathers pledge to help them do so.
From ceremonies marking the six-month anniversary of the Sandy Hook massacre and continued unrest in Turkey to the recovery of a rare World War II German bomber from the sea and the newly renovated Nelson Mandela Center in South Africa, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.
A weekend of "peace, love and photography," the LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph highlights work by Gregory Crewdson, Susan Meiselas, Richard Misrach, Michael Nichols, Josef Koudelka, Carrie Mae Weems and many others.
For our feature on the increasing popularity of cremation around the country, TIME sent photographer Lars Tunbjörk deep into the American heartland to chronicle the goings-on at three separate crematories.
When families that want cremation walk into Bradshaw Funeral & Cremation Services in Stillwater, Minn., they’re presented two options: fire or water. TIME sent photographer and filmmaker Shaul Schwarz to Stillwater to document Bradshaw's innovative service as well as the crematory and mausoleum at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis.
Yolanda Cuomo is the curatorial voice behind some of the 20th century's greatest photographic books. This year, alongside Melissa Harris, Cuomo is co-curating this year's LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph in Charlottesville, Va.
Chamizal is a small neighborhood in El Paso that sits right on the border. Photographer Reed Young was drawn to the area, a sort of “ground zero” for the national debate on immigration.
Italian photographer Paolo Marchetti traveled to India to document the state of Kerala — renowned for its beautiful scenery and high life expectancy but plagued by a growing number of homeless, alcoholics and suicides.
