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InSight: ’Etched, carved and broken’: A photographer’s view of the world’s largest underground marble quarry

By The Washington Post — By Chloe Coleman Photo Editor Last Fall, The Washington Post partnered with Visura in an open call for submissions of photo essays . The Post..

Mar 1, 2019 1293

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Brazil’s Deadly Dam Collapse Could Force the Mining Industry to Change

By Bloomberg Businessweek — The list of catastrophic failures will continue to grow so long as cost ranks ahead of safety. Written by Danielle Bochove, Laura Millan Lombrana,..

Feb 21, 2019 1084

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Announcing the winners of the Washington Post Open Call for Photographers

By The Washington Post — The Washington Post is delighted to announce the winners and honorable mentions of its 2018 Open Call for photographers...

Feb 5, 2019 5054

WORLD: Maintaining a competitive hedge

By The Washington Post — How hippies, farmers and Prince Charles are preserving the ancient art of hedgelaying. By William Booth Photography by Tori Ferenc Ladies..

Jan 20, 2019 1694

A Diminished Document

By The Washington Post — Trump cut Grand Staircase-Escalante nearly in half to spur a mining boom. But those lost protections may not yield big profits. Text by ..

Jan 20, 2019 1505

Unlocking a kingdom’s long-hidden treasures

By The Washington Post — The vast desert ruins of Al-Ula inspire awe. But Saudi Arabia’s crackdown on dissidents and Jamal Khashoggi’s killing could make tourism..

Jan 20, 2019 1226

Japan’s Prisons Are a Haven for Elderly Women

By Bloomberg Businessweek — Lonely seniors are shoplifting in search of the community and stability of jail. By Shiho Fukada Every aging society faces distinct challenges...

Dec 20, 2018 926

Ravaged by drugs and alcohol, these women reminded the photographer of his own mother

By The Washington Post — Magnum Photos photographer Bruce Gilden documents the plight of women drug addicts and prostitutes. Kenneth Dickerman and Bruce Gilden..

Dec 20, 2018 2446

Meet the peacekeepers of Nigeria’s Plateau State

By The Washington Post — They form the first line of defense between the population and the unknown masked men terrorizing central Nigeria Olivier Laurent and Jane Hahn..

Dec 17, 2018 2064

Voices of African photography: Telling Zimbabwe’s stories

By The Washington Post — Voices of African Photography is a 10-part series presented in partnership with Everyday Africa and the African Photojournalism Database to..

Golden age images of Iraq by ‘the father of Iraqi photography’

By The Washington Post — Latif Al-Ani holds the reputation as being the founding "father of Iraqi photography," known for his images of urban life in Iraq in the..

A young girl says goodbye to her great-grandfather — a Vietnam veteran and her hero

By The Washington Post — Photographer Angus Mordant documents a painful week as a family buries a beloved patriarch in Missouri. MaryAnne Golon and Angus Mordant Read..

Nov 16, 2018 1235

Searching for ‘black diamonds’ in the treacherous conditions of India’s ‘capital of coal’

By The Washington Post — Photographer Sebastian Sardi documents coal mining in Dhanbad, India. Written by Kenneth Dickerman and Sebastian Sardi Read the article,..

Nov 14, 2018 990

Voices of African Photography: At the intersection of identity, power and belonging

By The Washington Post — By Olivier Laurent November 5 Voices of African Photography is a 10-part series presented in partnership with the African Photojournalism..

Nov 5, 2018 1482

What it is like inside a tightknit, reclusive community of Irish Travellers

By The Washington Post — Photographer Mary Turner has spent years documenting a tightknit, reclusive community of Irish Travellers. Fueled by curiosity about how they were..

Russian neopagans move their faith from the fringes

By The Washington Post — Pavel Volkov, Amanda Erickson and Chloe Coleman For centuries, Russia’s pagans practiced their faith on the fringes. But lately, the..

Oct 31, 2018 1343

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