Photographer Jean-Luc Mylayne has fixated for more than 30 years on a single subject: birds. Celebrated in this year’s Venice Biennale, Mylayne’s work retains an intense resonance. Matt Witcovsky, chair of the Department of Photography at the Art Institute of Chicago, writes for LightBox about Mylayne’s work.
This week: a merry-go-round turns inside a former nuclear plant; artillery fire along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border; a one-and-a-half year old boy is killed in Libya by Gaddafi’s forces, military maneuvers and youth movements in Spain; Indonesia’s dog slaughterhouses; The White Soldier; the spelling bee, and space shuttle Endeavour touches down for the final time.
TIME contract photographer Yuri Kozyrev documents life in Yemen during a critical time in the country's history.
TIME contract photographer Peter Hapak captured the dancers of the Cuban National Ballet in rehearsals as they prepared to embark on a US tour this month.
TIME followed Sarah Palin’s bus tour of historic sites along the eastern seaboard, traveling nearly 400 miles from Washington DC to New York City, but still uncertain about whether she'll run in 2012.
Photographer Daniel Berehulak documents the lives of workers in the unregulated mines of India's Jaintia Hills.
The photos in Boris Mikhailov’s book “Case History” form a raw and deeply felt response to the decline of his hometown of Kharkov, Ukraine following the collapse of the Soviet Union. A selection of the work, curated by Eva Respini, will be on display in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City from May 26 to September 5.
TIME contract photographer James Nachtwey documents the rising drug trade in Thailand—and the controversial rehabilitation programs.
Photographer Julia Gillard’s project American Holidays documents both the conventional and often reinterpreted tradition of holidays in the United States. For more than three years, she has spent each holiday in a different location, documenting Americans as they celebrate.
A rare chance to see the video installation, now on view at the Aperture Gallery in New York City till June 23rd 2011.
