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The stories behind the image from subjects and photographers.

Sunday, April 24, 2011 | 0

Bomb scares, lost film and life lessons. Mark Mahaney’s session with artist Thornton Dial

Mark Mahaney for TIME

For Richard Lacayo's story on artist Thornton Dial and the opening of his retrospective, Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial, at the Indianapolis Museum of Art TIME sent Mark Mahaney to photograph the artist at home.

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Martin Schoeller for TIME
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Pheasants, tigers and revolutionaries: Martin Schoeller’s TIME 100 Tour

Thursday, April 21, 2011 | 0

TIME commissioned Martin Schoeller, to photograph five of this years TIME 100 honorees. Here, a look behind the scenes.

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Marcus Bleasdale—VII
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A Fixer In Need

Monday, April 18, 2011 | 0

As journalists and photographers, we all fill with pride when we see our byline printed on the page. But never does the reader see the names of the fixers who make it all happen. Now one of these fixers is in need.

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Russell Watkins—Department for International Development/Reuters
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First Person: Pakistan’s Flood Lands Overrun by Thousands of Spiders

Monday, April 11, 2011 | 0

In the absence of people, arachnids take over the vegetation creating a bizarre and dramatic scene in Pakistan.

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James Nachtwey for TIME
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When the World Turned Its Back: James Nachtwey’s Reflections on the Rwandan Genocide

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 | 5

In 1994 TIME photographer James Nachtwey witnessed the devastating effects of the Rwandan genocide. On the 17-year anniversary, the photographer looks back on the tragedy.

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Kill Team
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The Trophy Shot

Friday, April 1, 2011 | 1

The photographs taken by the “Kill Team” are shocking but “trophy shots” have existed since cameras went to war.

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Reagan reacts
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Behind the Photos: the Attempted Assassination of President Reagan Revisited

Wednesday, March 30, 2011 | 0

On March 30, 1981, AP photographer Ron Edmonds made pictures of the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan that would earn him the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography. On the 30th anniversary, he talked to LightBox about the story behind the pictures.

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Anja Niedringhaus—AP
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First Person: A Single Frame from the Conclusion of the Allied Air Strike on Libya by Anja Niedringhaus

Friday, March 25, 2011 | 0

Lightbox noticed a strange and unusual photograph among the many compelling images to come out of Libya and asked photographer Anja Niedringhaus for the backstory.

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Portrait of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, by Platon
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The Craziest Guy in the Room: A Portrait of Gaddafi by Platon

Friday, March 25, 2011 | 2

Three inches from one of the most notorious dictators in history, the photographer Platon focused tightly on the black eyes glaring at him through his lens. “There was nothing in them,” he said. “It’s like his soul had been scooped out of his head and taken away.”

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Yuri Kozyrev, Lynsey Addario, Tyler Hicks and Nicki Sobecki in Ras Lanuf, Libya, March 11, 2011.
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Libya Releases Times Journalists

Monday, March 21, 2011 | 0

TIME LightBox is thrilled to report that the Libyan government has released four New York Times journalists held captive since last Tuesday. Photographers Lynsey Addario and Tyler Hicks, along with Anthony Shadid and Stephen Farrell, were detained in the city of Ajdabiya while covering clashes between rebels and the Libyan army.

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