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The Story Behind Hurricane Sandy's First Viral Photo

On the morning the storm hit New York City, Nick Cope snapped a photo of rising flood waters from the window of his Red Hook, Brooklyn apartment. Then things got interesting. 

The Two Types Of Hurricane Sandy Photos

And where to follow along with both on the web, as the storm hits

In the Digital Sea of Images, Beautiful is Boring

Some thoughts on what it means to create and consume images in our Tumblr-centric world

Most Recent

Instagram Watch: Salmon Season in Alaska With Corey Arnold and the New Yorker

Richard Mosse's Hypercolor Congo, Now in a Short Film

The Sun-Times Photo Layoffs: What We're Losing

Landscapes

A Fresh Look At…Trees?

Peter Wegner's Buildings Made of Sky

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Portfolios

On the Wall: A Colorful Miasma In the Bronson Caves

After Catastrophe, Photographs To Help Rebuild

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Books

A Fresh Look At…Trees?

Alec Soth, Reporting From The Valleys of Silicon, San Joaquin, and Death

Diving Into The Americans

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Street Photography

William Klein + Daido Moriyama in London

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The Internet

Instagram Watch: Salmon Season in Alaska With Corey Arnold and the New Yorker

The Sun-Times Photo Layoffs: What We're Losing

Photobooks Worth Their Weight in Gold? There's an App For That

A Master's Work—Now Available in PDF Form

Instagram Watch: Todd Hido

Behind the Notes: Joachim Robert's Paris Skyline

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On the Wall

On the Wall: A Colorful Miasma In the Bronson Caves

Exhibits to Watch in 2013: Irving Penn's "Underfoot"

Exhibits to Watch in 2013: Bill Brandt at MoMA

The Fashion Photography of Viviane Sassen

Nine Top Photographers "Remix" Classic Photo Books That Inspired Them

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Studio Work

Some Great Work in This Year's PDN 30

Behind the Notes: Valerio Loi's Vials of Emotion

The Art of the Splash

Wild Style

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