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Robert King—Polaris
Man on the Wire

Flood Patterns

Saturday, May 28, 2011 | 0

Lightbox noticed a number of beautiful images taken from the air of the flooding in Mississippi. We asked photographer Robert King about how he came to make aerials over Mississippi’s flooded lands.

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England
Closeup

The Best Pictures of the Week, May 20 – May 27

Friday, May 27, 2011 | 1

This week: Obama tours Europe, the Grimsvoetn volcano erupts; tornadoes and floods hit the US; fighting continues on Misratah’s frontline; a Slovakian hospital provides music therapy for newborn babies; and shuttle astronaut Andrew Fuestel walks in space.

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Edward Keating—Contact for Time
Photo Essay

A Town Lost in the Wreckage by Edward Keating

Friday, May 27, 2011 | 0

The wreckage left by the Force 5 tornado in Joplin, Missouri, defies description and baffles belief. That’s where Edward Keating comes in. The veteran photojournalist blends a tender love for Joplin. A place he knows the city from repeated visits as part of a project he is pursuing on the storied American artery Route 66. With a clear, unflinching eye he documented the aftermath of this weeks tragic storms.

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Grant Cornett
In Progress

Grant Cornett’s Beautiful Decay

Thursday, May 26, 2011 | 0

New York based photographer Grant Cornett doesn't fancy himself a storyteller. His vibrant still lifes tell stories of their own.

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Ragnar Th. Sigurdsson—Arctic Images
The Backstory

High Above the Glacier

Thursday, May 26, 2011 | 0

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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Jane Hilton
Out There

The Cowboy in Me: Jane Hilton’s Dead Eagle Trail

Wednesday, May 25, 2011 | 0

Songs, books and films have romanticized the image of the cowboy as an enigmatic hero--a man and his horse, alone on the range. In Dead Eagle Trail, Jane Hilton gives us a glimpse of the man behind the myth, not busting broncos, but simply seated on the edge of his beds, in spartan rooms, in living rooms crammed full of memorabilia, or watching TV next to his gun safe.

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Ed Wray
In Progress

The Masked Monkeys of Indonesia

Wednesday, May 25, 2011 | 2

Photographer Ed Wray was terrified the first time he encountered a masked monkey. Having lived and worked in Jakarta as a freelance photographer for years he was accustomed to seeing the animals, cruelly leashed by chains, jumping through hoops or riding trikes on the sidewalks. But the mask was a terrifying twist.

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Freedom Riders bus trip to Jackson, MS
The Backstory

Freedom Riders: Bruce Davidson on his Awakening

Tuesday, May 24, 2011 | 0

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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Bob Dylan
The Backstory

Bob Dylan at Home by Elliott Landy: Woodstock 1968

Monday, May 23, 2011 | 0

In 1968, a young photographer named Elliott Landy was assigned by the Saturday Evening Post to shoot a cover image of Bob Dylan. At the time, Dylan was at the height of his fame, while Landy was a relatively unknown photographer. Landy got the job after shooting his first record-album assignment, the Band’s Music from Big Pink, which got noticed by a friend of Dylan’s. The meeting spawned a friendship, yielded an album cover and a left a series of intimate photos of the musician with his young family.

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Jon Gustafsson—Reuters
Man on the Wire

Iceland’s Grimsvotn Volcano Erupts

Sunday, May 22, 2011 | 0

Iceland's most active volcano erupted Saturday — just over a year after another eruption on the North Atlantic island shut down European air traffic for days. The powerful volcanic eruption sent a plume of ash, smoke and steam 12 miles into the air.

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