Photography
Diverse Splendor of Birds on Display in Audubon Photo Competition
100 of the top submissions can now be viewed online
Forget Dinos: Horseshoe Crabs Are Stranger, More Ancient—And Still Alive Today
But now evolution’s ultimate survivors may be in danger
The Whimsical, Chameleon-Like Figure Behind the Myth of Sylvia Plath
Today, visions of a life marked by mental illness endure, but the author had a light side—and a knack for savvy image control
The Pioneering Androgyny of Classic Hollywood Star Marlene Dietrich
The film icon embraced bisexuality, glamorous mystique and provocation
Explore the Timeless World of Vodou, Deep Within the Caves of Haiti
Photographer Troi Anderson captures the religion that has been misunderstood for centuries
A Pittsburgh Church Holds the Greatest Collection of Relics Outside of the Vatican
Behold the treasures of this tiny neighborhood church
Portraits of Faith
In a world changing faster than ever, the enduring appeal of religious tradition shines in these photographs
A Legendary Photographer Visits an Isolated Christian Community in Ethiopia
High in the mountains of eastern Africa, an ancient way of life continues apace
See Yerevan Through a Local's Lens
Eduard Kankanyan's visual journals offer a view into Armenia's capital that most travelers don't see
How One Mathew Brady Photograph May Have Helped Elect Abraham Lincoln
Before chronicling the Civil War, the nation's first photojournalist took these portraits
Camera Film Reveals Images of the Mount St. Helens Eruption
A photographer developed the film found at a Goodwill, revealing images of the ash plume from the 1980 eruption that killed 57
Take a Peep at This Gallery of Historic Selfies
People have been photographing themselves almost since the dawn of the technology
Tourists Are Now Banned from Photographing This Swiss Village
It's a blatant—if somewhat brilliant—press play
How the First Female Photographer Changed the Way the World Sees Algae
The groundbreaking photo book by Anna Atkins, a 19th-century British botanist, is going on display in the Netherlands
Where to Go if You Want to See Manhattanhenge in 2017
It's the most anticipated sunset of the year
Scientists Finally Figured Out Why Earth Twinkles From Space
Horizontal ice makes the planet sparkle and shine
New App Makes It Easier to Colorize Old Photos
The software combines human input and a sophisticated neural network to make historical images pop
Why These Humans Are Museum Treasures, Too
A portrait photographer captured 24 staffers from the National Museum of Natural History posing with their favorite artifacts from the collections
See the Civil War Through the Lens of Its First Photographer
Mathew Brady and the photographers he hired were the first to photograph a war zone
JFK's Presidency Was Custom Made for the Golden Age of Photojournalism
A new exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum concentrates on the White House's most photogenic couple
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