Present-day Chicago is not Harlem in 1979. Present-day Harlem isn’t even Harlem in 1979. But at the Art Institute of Chicago’s new exhibition Dawoud Bey: Harlem USA, some things have stayed the same.
The view of New York from the International Space Station evolved today, as the new World Trade tower became the tallest building in the city.
This week; The tribute lights rise above Manhattan on the tenth anniversary of 9/11, images from an Afghanistan observation post, Texas wildfires, North Korea’s special economic zone, hostage rescue in Australia, starvation in Somalia, plane crash kills top Russian ice hockey team, the Ganesh Chaturti Festival, Mexican bodybuilders, and elephant polo.
Photographer Camilo José Vergara writes for LightBox about his photographs of the World Trade Center taken over the past 41 years. Within his images, the Towers’ absence speaks perhaps even more powerfully than their presence.
New York City street photographer Richard Sandler was handed a Leica in 1977—it all changed from there. His photographs of New York City tapped directly into the pulse of the 80s.
Yesterday was the first day same sex couples were allowed to legally marry in the state of New York. TIME sent photographers to each of New York City’s five boroughs to document the harmonious unions taking place throughout the city.
