Jan 8th, 2009 · National Geographic reporter Brook Larmer and photographer Randy Olson collaborated in this month's cover story, "The Price of Gold." As the value of gold soars, Larmer and Olson expose the underlying human and environmental costs.
Jan 7th, 2009 · Photojournalist David Gilkey spoke with Corey Flintoff via telephone Tuesday from Israel. Gilkey had just returned from a reporting trip to Sderot, one of the Israeli towns near the border with Gaza. Here are some excerpts from the interview.
Jan 7th, 2009 · A vacationer somehow fell through the chair of his ski lift in Vail, Colorado. And in a feat worthy of Cirque du Soleil, he ended up hanging bare bottom, upside down. He was not injured and was rescued after about seven minutes. Just long enough though for other skiers to snap photographs. Of course those images are now online.
Jan 5th, 2009 · In the first installment of a three-part series, independent producer Scott Carrier takes us to Juarez, Mexico where we hear about the violence that plagues that city, just over the border from El Paso, Texas. Carrier spends time with a newspaper photographer, whose days are spent shooting crime scenes.
Jan 5th, 2009 · President-elect Obama and his wife Michelle sent their daughters off to the first day of school Monday morning in Washington, D.C. One of the people capturing the intimate moment was Time magazine photographer Callie Shell, who has been snapping photos of Obama since 2006.
Dec 31st, 2008 · Six photographers spent a year cataloging their lives with daily photos taken at 7:15 p.m. The online yearlong gallery project, sametime715.com, concludes Dec. 31. The photos document the mundanity of life: yoga, playing pool, traveling and sunsets.
Dec 8th, 2008 · Burton Snowboards is under fire for featuring photographs of semi-naked women on one new line of boards. The company has also put cartoon graphics of self-mutilation on another line. Children's advocacy groups and parents are calling for a boycott.
Dec 5th, 2008 · Nick Veasey has looked inside everything from airplanes to oranges. Veasey is an X-ray photographer and recently published a collection of his work. Science Friday digital producer Flora Lichtman stopped by a shoot to see the artist in action.