The Backstory
The stories behind the image from subjects and photographers.

Summertime with the McCartneys

Paul, Stella and James, Scotland, 1982

Thirteen years after her untimely death from breast cancer, the Bonni Benrubi Gallery in New York City is showcasing photographs by Linda McCartney that chronicle her professional career with images of iconic rock-n-roll musicians, celebrities, and warm, tender snapshots of her family. TIME spoke with Paul and Linda’s eldest daughter, Mary McCartney, to get the backstory of this image.

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Riccardo Gangale
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A Fixer in Need: Good News from The Pastor

Pastor Marrion P’Udongo worked as a fixer with just about every journalist who passed through Congo, and spent years guiding photographers through displacement camps, firefights, and into the homes of people who’d been raped and assaulted. The Pastor needed help, and the world responded. An update on his condition after a kidney transplant.

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Diving Horse Act
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Dr. Carver’s Diving Horse Act

A short history of the breathtaking diving horse act.

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Gona Aziz
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Iraq through Iraqi Eyes

Inside a dusty compound in northern Iraq, amid bombed-out tanks and empty prison cells once used for torture, a group of photographers gathered for a week-long intensive workshop on photojournalism

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Lynsey Addario—VII Network for TIME
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Backseat Driving in Saudi Arabia

Lynsey Addario photographs a woman behind the wheel in Saudi Arabia defying the longstanding prohibition against women drivers.

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Robert Beck—Sports Illustrated
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The 2011 Stanley Cup Finals: A View from Sports Illustrated

The morning after the seventh and final game of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals, LightBox spoke with Sports Illustrated about photographing championship hockey and editing on deadline.

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Greg Nelson / Sports Illustrated
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What Makes a Great Basketball Picture? A View of the NBA Finals from Sports Illustrated

What makes a great basketball picture? A view of the NBA Finals from Sports Illustrated photo editor Marguerite Schropp Lucarelli.

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Mathew Brady—Library of Congress
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Doctored Photos – The Art of the Altered Image

Photographic images can be altered and manipulated in various ways to change their meaning. David Levi Strauss traces the motivation and art of the altered image through history.

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Ragnar Th. Sigurdsson—Arctic Images
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High Above the Glacier

Icelandic photographer Ragnar Th. Sigurdsson recounts his flight over a volcano spewing 10,000 to 20,000 tons of ash per second.

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Freedom Riders bus trip to Jackson, MS
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Freedom Riders: Bruce Davidson on his Awakening

50 years ago today, Magnum photographer Bruce Davidson set out on a bus headed to Jackson, Miss. to document the historic travels of the Freedom Riders.

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