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10.18.11: Chaz Maviyane-Davies
Occupy America 2011Graphic designer Chaz Maviyane-Davies adapts a vision of repression
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09.16.11: Photo by Iain McKell
The New GypsiesPhotographer Iain McKell documents England's romantic travelers
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07.25.11: Photo by Jason Orton
London 2012Photo of London's Olympic Park site, one in a recent series
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02.09.11: Photos by Magda Biernat
The Hard SellImages from "Betel Nut Beauties": photos by Magda Biernat.
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01.19.11: Photo by Milton Rogovin
The Poetry of SimplicityPablo Neruda on the photographer Milton Rogovin
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01.17.11: The Editors
Getting Something Done in D.C.Photo of President Lyndon Johnson signing Voting Rights Act in presence of Martin Luther KIng, Jr.
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01.06.11: Photo by Jason Orton
Built Not to LastPhoto of prefab London housting development slated for demolition.
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12.02.10: Photo by Thomas Struth
Vanishing PointBukseo Dong, Pyongyang, North Korea 2007. Photo by Thomas Struth
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11.25.10: The Editors
Happy Thanksgiving from Design ObserverThanksgiving greetings from Design Observer.
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10.27.10: Photo by Taslima Akhter
The Raveled Sleeve of CarePhoto by Taslima Akhter showing living conditions for Bangladesh's garment workers.
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10.13.10: Photo by Andy Drewitt
Forty Angles and a MulePhotograph from series by Australian Andy Drewitt of donkey rescue facility.
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09.23.10: Photo by Abelardo Morell
Getting In with the Ingot CrowdPhoto and journalistic excerpts about the soaring price of gold
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09.09.10: Sculpture by Mara Haseltine
Pearl RiverOyster Island, Mara Haseltine's sculpture created to revive the oyster reefs that once flourished in and near New York City.
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09.02.10: Photo by Teun Voeten
Hell Under WheelsPhoto from Teun Voeten's newly reissued book on New York's Tunnel People.
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08.17.10: Photo by Susannah Sayler/The Canary Project
Hot MountainPhoto documenting the effects of climate change in Peru, by Susannah Sayler of The Canary Project.
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08.05.10: Photo by Greg Constantine
Nubians Then and NowImage of Nubian homes in the Kibera area of Nairobi by Greg Constantine.
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07.28.10: Photo by Pieter Hugo
Permanent ErrorPhoto by Pieter Hugo of Ghana's Agbogbloshie slum.
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07.14.10: Patrick Chappatte
Study in ContrastsCartoon commentary on 2010 World Cup by Patrick Chappatte.
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07.08.10: Mike Sinclair
Midway at the OasisPhoto of Neshoba County Fair, Philadelphia, Mississippi.
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05.24.10: Elizabeth Helman Minchilli, Annie Schlechter
Rome Sustainable Food ProjectAlice Waters has been working tirelessly to change the way we eat in America. Four years ago, she sent chef Mona Talbott overseas to reform the kitchens of the American Academy in Rome.
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01.21.10: Mitch Epstein
Why Not in My Backyard?Mitch Epstein's photo of Amos Coal Power Plant, Raymond City, West Virginia 2004, from his book American Power (Steidl, 2009).
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01.05.10: Rick Landesberg
The Bleating EdgeRick Landesberg's photo of an innovative design in Haiti for keeping goats in their place.
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12.18.09: Jason Orton
All That RemainsJason Orton's photograph of a tree in Dartford, Kent, one of few left over from a lush arboretum.
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11.21.09: By Dona Ann McAdams
Milking ItDona Ann McAdams photograph featured in an exhibition at the Opalka Gallery in Albany, New York.
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11.04.09: By Alexis Rockman
Hot Times in the Old TownEast 82nd Street, 2007, painting from Alexis Rockman's American Icons series depicting future landscapes ravaged by climate change
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10.29.09: Lindsay Stark
RenewalAid worker Lindsay Stark's portrait of the ritual purification of a child soldier in Sierra Leone.
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10.06.09: Justin Partyka
The East AngliansImage from photographer Justin Partyka's series, The East Anglians, about the decline of rural culture in the UK.
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10.05.09: William Drenttel
Better World by Design PosterA recent poster by Winterhouse for the A Better World by Design conference at RISD/Brown in early October 2009.
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09.09.09: Inkahoots
Australians All Let Us Text"New Anthems" art project by Inkahoots for Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts in Brisbane, Australia.
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08.22.09: Richard Ross
No Place Like HomeImage from photographer Richard Ross's latest project, "Suitable Placement: Juvenile Justice in America"
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08.18.09: Teun Voeten
Under CoverTeun Voeten photograph of Kabul, Afghanistan, 2007. The situation for widows in Afghanistan is desperate...
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08.18.09: Teun Voeten
Hell in a Horse CartPhoto of coal merchant in Shanxi Province, China, by Teun Voeten.
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08.07.09: Jason Orton
Going CoastalPhoto of Holliwell Point, Essex County, England by Jason Orton.
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