A Marching Band’s ‘Mountaintop’
How the Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps prepared for the big parade
Viewfinder
The Letters That Outgoing Presidents Wrote to Their Successors
Each one reminds us what a peaceful—and gracious—transfer of power looks like.
It Wasn’t a Gun
A material archive of police violence
Am I What You’re Looking For?
Photographs at the intersection of race, gender, and work
Photos of California’s Suffocating Smoke
A photographer rushed home to California to capture scenes from a historic fire season.
Photos From the March on Washington
On the 57th anniversary of the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, thousands gathered to demand social justice.
The Black Yearbook
Photos from the University of Texas at Austin
Summer Days
Street scenes from city life
When Crime Photography Started to See Color
Six decades ago, Gordon Parks, Life magazine’s first black photographer, revolutionized what a crime photo could look like. A new book reexamines one of his most powerful and prescient projects.
The Beauty of Age
Scenes from an all-women’s nursing home