Here is a look inside the lives of Iranians from different walks of life — including a fitness trainer, butcher and carpet seller — and how they're coping with an economy battered by U.S. sanctions.
Sheila & Joe is a film about two people separated by incarceration who met, fell in love and committed their lives to one another through hundreds of pages written over thousands of days.
As drag pushes further into the mainstream, queer photographers are helping performers lift their profiles. NPR spoke with three people documenting the queens from season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race.
Photographer Karen Marshall started documenting a group of high school friends in 1985. She discovered that the bonding she captured is cyclical, ultimately reflected to her by her own teenager.
Photographer Al J Thompson came of age in a community of Caribbean immigrants in Spring Valley, N.Y. His new book Remnants of an Exodus documents his return to a changed community.
As the 10-year anniversary of the war approaches, a new book from the photojournalist Bassam Khabieh shares moments of normalcy and resilience against a backdrop of violence, displacement and fear.
Damaged family photos — part of photographer Munemasa Takahashi's Lost & Found Project — bridge the past and the present after an earthquake and tsunami struck the coast of Japan a decade ago.
Wray explores the difficulties of 2020, balancing the pandemic, family and work through her photography in a new book. She hopes "people will see themselves ... or loved ones in these pictures."
This portrait series documents the vibrant street style of seniors in Chinatowns across North America. Amid a pandemic and a surge of anti-Asian hate crimes, it's a reminder of joy and resilience.
Chanell Stone wants to change how people think about nature photography. "As Black people, it feels like these rural spaces aren't for us," she says. "I want to turn that idea on its head."
A husband and wife photography team create avant-garde and futuristic shoots for their clients. The couple hopes the portraits transcend the typical images of beauty.
"There isn't a lot of space for dreaming in an oppressive world," says Leroy, "so I use photography as a tool to create a space where I can freely navigate the various facets of my life."
Dr. Scott Kobner is the chief emergency room resident at the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center. His black-and-white photos show the suffering, anxiety and chaos unfolding in overrun COVID units.
