One photographer journeyed into North Korea to catch a unique glimpse of a country under a dictatorship
An eerie vision of the luminous magic we find in ourselves
An exhibition at The New Museum takes collection obsession to an over-the-top (but adorable) extreme
Smithsonian Photo Contest Galleries
A highlight from our photo contest: Local photographer Yingting Shih captures surprising and unique moments in his travels
Photo Contest Featured Photographer
Photographer Reuben Wu casts new light on a familiar world
The experienced photographer says that nothing could have prepared him for what he saw
Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Venice
Instagram photographer Alvise Giovannini discovers Venice beyond its iconic symbols and places
Artist Maciek Jasik won't share the secrets behind his work, but the mystery is part of the fun
Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Inca Road
Take a peek inside Jiménez's visual journals
Photographer Margaret Morton traveled to the remote corners of the Central Asian nation to document its city-like ancestral cemeteries
Journey to the Center of Earth
Photographer Ryan Deboodt discovers beauty in this subterranean realm
A donation from the family of photographer and historian Duncan Schiedt captures the music's "essence"
Romanian photographer Radu Zaciu makes these farmers' market foods glow from within
See the finalists of our 2014 photo contest and vote for the Readers' Choice winner
The battle for the Pacific island in the late winter of 1945 positioned the United States to invade mainland Japan, but at a cost
The open-source show "LIGHT: Beyond the Bulb" crosses disciplines to show the many ways photonics has improved our lives
What's it like to live and work in the coldest inhabited place on Earth? Photographer Amos Chapple shares his stories from the frozen cities of Siberia
James Barker, a photographer from Alaska, shares his memories of documenting the famed event
If you thought gems were beautiful to the naked eye, take a look at them under a microscope
The British photographer reveals some unusual new portraits, with a hodgepodge of influences
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