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• - An ongoing photo essay on the pervasiveness and beauty of trash.
  
• - Photography by Ulrich Wuest looking at the transformation of East Berlin after the fall of communism
  
• - E. Wright Ledbetter investigates and interprets contemporary Cuban culture.
  
• - An exhibition on Tibet by John Trewin.
  
• - Chris Steele Perkins's pictures from Afganistan in the 1990s, also published as a book and touring exhibition.
  
• - Of construction in the area where the WTC stood (known as Ground Zero) over the months. By Newsday.com.
  
• - Detailed photo essay covering the civil war and the daily life of Afghans, by Alexander Merkushev.
  
• - By K.N. Chaudhuri, historian, writer, and artist who specialises in historical sites and presents through photo-texts and images a distinctive interpretation of landscape.
  
• - Vietnamese culture and lifestyle by Filipino photographer Claro Cortes.
  
• - "Faces of Iran: from the kingdom of Persepolis to a state of Islam" is a photo essay on today's Iran by the Documentary photographer Bikem Ekberzade.
  
• - Images from World War II's Holocaust and the history behind several well-known images. By Louis Bülow.
  
• - A 1976 photo journey across Russia and a 1996 retrospective.
  
• - Seamus Murphy's award-winning story on war torn Sierra Leone's Olympic hopefuls.
  
• - Major project on the end of the Soviet era, from religion to work to punishment
  
• - A portfolio of photographs of Beijing's hutongs by the photographer Iain Masterton
  
• - By Tim Constable. Images made during a trip home to Newcastle. An attempt to capture both the size of the sculpture and the reaction of people to it.
  
• - Tim Hetherington looks at soccer in a Liberia recovering from civil war.
  
• - Exploring Watsonville, (strawberry capital of the world, one of dozens of migrant Meccas in California) from the migrant perspective. Story by Ruben Martinez, photography by Joseph Rodriguez.
  
• - Elena de la Vega looks at FARC guerrillas favourite passtime: soccer.
  
• - By Deborah Wian Whitehouse documenting the 'Saturday Night' experience across America. Selections from the series are in private and public collections.
  
• - Features photographs of Kurdistan (Turkey) people, landscape and history by Zbigniew Kosc.
  
• - A web photo diary showing Hong Kong, China from the photographer's point of view.
  
• - Navajo indian culture and history in pictures. Earl Waggoner lived on the Navajo Indian Reservations in the 1950s and recordered the culture of the Nation among dramatic panoramic views of the Southwest.
  
• - "Settimana Santa in Sicilia". Photography by Maurizio Distefano, narration in English and Italian.
  
• - Photographs of the WTC attack aftermath by award-winning photojournalist James Nachtwey.
  
• - 20 year photo essay of lightning flashes striking Empire State Building, United Nations, 59th Street Bridge and other Manhattan landmarks by Greg Geffner.
  
• - By Courteney Coolidge, exploring the lives of ten families across the United States at the dawn of the new millennium.
  
• - 5 essays on US Civil War battlefields Harpers Ferry, Antietam, Manassas, Gettysburg and Chickamauga.
  
• - A portrait of alcoholism by photographer Mark Peterson, featuring residents of the Queens nursing home in Minneapolis. [requires Shockwave]
  
• - A photography project undertaken by documentary photographer Bikem Ekberzade on the lives of refugees and IDPs. The project is currently open for grants and sponsorships.
  
• - Photo journal of industrial structures in the Los Angeles area with commentary and observations. By Greg Ercolano.
  
• - Black and white photo essay presenting Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte's personal perspective on Havana, Cuba.
  
• - A photo guide to St.Helier,Jersey documenting its history and its relationship with New Jersey.
  
• - Photographer Mary Teresa Giancoli documents the rituals, festivals and foods of the Mexican community in New York City.
  
• - This site contains photos of a small area of the Arkansas Ozarks called Iceledo. These are seasonal photos of streams and woodlands taken during the late 1970's by Willie Weeks.
  
• - By Frederick Foley, who taught English and traveled around the island with his camera.
  
• - A selection of photo essays by Jean-Philippe Soule to present various Native Cultures.
  
• - The last decade of the AIDS crisis photographed by well-known New York photographer Scott Thode. Co-published with the New York Times.
  
• - Fire as a cleansing agent and as society's post-industrial solution to the problem of death. By Juraj Lipscher.
  
• - In-depth story, accompanied by over twenty photos, about the town meeting form of government.
  
• - Photographic compilation and diary journal of the 2001 re-creation of the historic London to Sydney Air Race.
  
• - 49 photos by Jerry Hall documenting Nashville's eccentric southern nature since 1997.
  
• - Photographs capturing the rapid cultural changes Beijing and its people are going through.
  
• - A personal view of the street life in this city.
  
• - A photo essay and story with over thirty photos about the declining number of family dairy farmers in Northern New England.
  
• - 5 images of Korean people and lifestyles by Park Chang Dai in black and white.
  
• - Alejandro Jaimes-Larrarte's experience with WTC before the tragedy and the events in NY after the tragedy (not photographs of the event itself).
  
• - A photo essay on women survivors of the Vietnam War, these are mothers, wives, daughters and sister of those killed in the Vietnam War.
  
• - Six miles of photography by Wing Young Huie, shown on store fronts, bus-stops and as murals along Lake Street, Minneapolis.
  
• - Black and white photo essays and documentary work with passion. Specializing in editorial assignments, portraits, weddings, and fine art books.
  
• - Large format photography documenting life at two closely related fish camps along St. John's River near Osteen, Florida. By Carl Gillette.
  
• - By Jacob Holdt, who hitchhiked more than 100,000 miles throughout the USA in 5 years. A multi-media show since 1976, it has been a focus for the international media as well as human rights and anti-apartheid groups.
  
• - Ten years ago, Hope, a small Kansas country town was struggling to preserve its way of life. A look back since then. Story by Nancy Mays, photos by Keith Mays.
  
• - Interviews and photographs of people on buses in San Francisco. By Clarke Robinson.
  
• - Photographs of Iran based on "Towards Ispahan" an Pierre Loti novel. Links to Loti's biography, articles and web-based books.
  
• - Sponsored by the STEP Foundation Switzerland, which works for fair conditions in carpet trade. By Adrian Moser.
  
• - Discover the roots of our place in history, through an archaeology of our culture. By Shaun O'Boyle.
  
• - 2 photo essays in Korean and English: the Pigeon Train, and soldiers on the northern frontier of South Korea (untitled). By Lee Jin Hong.
  
• - Pictures and photo essay of the last day the historic Las Vegas Sands Hotel and Casino.
  
• - By Lauren Greenfield. A photographer's penetrating look at youths growing up on both sides of the tracks in the shadow of Hollywood - also a book.
  
• - Miraculous photograph of a twenty-one week old fetus reaching out of his mother's womb to grasp the hand of his surgeon.
  
• - An ongoing essay depicting long-married couples in America. By Robert Fass.
  
• - Photographic journey through the aftermath of 9-11, the heroes, the missing and the mourning, in memory of those who died.
  
• - Purchasing information for photos and images of Iran Revolution.
  
• - Photo essay by Chris Leslie documenting stories of Rwandans 10 years after the genocide.
  
• - Images of the New Jersey Boardwalk 1975-85 by Mike Morizio.
  
• - Promotional photography to humanitarian aid organizations.
  
• - A collection of photographs from the three southern states, by documentary photographer Bikem Ekberzade.
  
• - Sebastiao Salgado's essay on the life, times and political mobilization of Brazil's landless peasants. [Free registration at New York Times]
  
• - Panoramic reportage of the Gotthard tunnel building sites in Zurich and Sedrun (Switzerland). By Mark-Steffen Göwecke.
  
• - Collection of the people and places one Brunei Darussalam ambassador has been and met during his official business.
  
• - Of children living in orphanages and psychiatric hospitals in Russia and Moldova, and who have gone underground in Bucharest, Romania. By Northstar Gallery.
  
• - A few days through Tokyo: people and encounters, sounds and fragrances. Street photography by unknown photographer.
  
• - Alex Majoli's disturbing account of the gradual improvements in Greece's most notorious mental asylum.
  
• - Nation united under a freak flag issue: American strippers, 19-year-olds' world of sex for sale, Alabama drag queens, motel life and a personal journal by Tyler Ondine Whitman.
  
• - Current photographs of the original Lewis and Clark Trail taken by photographer Jerry Millevoi.
  
• - Jean Garup follows a group of Palestinian kids from school to stone-throwing to home.
  
• - Seasonal and scenic photographs from the Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.
  
• - Photo essay about a photo festival in Holland.
  
• - Jillian Edelstein's medium format pictures from several years of South Africa's post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation hearings.
  
• - Maya Goded's medium format work on Mexican prostitutes.
  
• - Taylor Lasseigne's album of photos from around the U.S. and Canada.
  
• - A photo-audio-essay, with excerpts from Harper's magazine article: "After the Fall, Letters from Afghanistan" (April 2002).
  
• - By Gilles Peress, a member of Magnum Photos. Black and white images taken over a 4-month period in 1993, now a book as well as a traveling exhibition.
  
• - An exploration of the meaning of music through stories about musicians in the State of Missouri since 1997. By Ingrid Young.
  
• - A photo story documenting the years leading up to his father's suicide. [Requires Shockwave]
  
• - A series of images shot below the submersion levels of China's future Yangtze reservoir. By Bill Zorn.
  
• - On China's Three Gorges Dam and its effects on the environment and people of the Yangtze River Basin. By Ben Sandler.
  
• - An examination of violence amongst former child combatants in Africa by Stuart Freedman.
  
• - A documentary on the people and work at a particular call centre, by Jonh Perkins.
  
• - Photographs from Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and thailand by the documentary photographer Bikem Ekberzade.
  
• - By Brian Rose, documenting the landscape of the Iron Curtain and the Berlin Wall in 1985; the dismantling of the Wall at the end of 1989; and the subsequent changes in the border zone, particularly at Potsdamer Platz.
  
• - B&W images of Sydney's seafront by Trent Parke of Magnum.
  
• - Berenice Abbott's Changing New York project with the identical camera, at the same time of day and year, showing the city's evolution over 65 years.
  
• - Black and white photographs of Latino gang members in East Los Angeles by Joseph Rodriguez.
  
• - Non-fiction about urban life and international travel by a professional photographer cum community activist.
  
• - Photographs of places associated with the life of Gregor Mendel (born 1822), Abbot of the Augustinian convent in Brno. By Simon Mawer.
  
• - Photos of 'Miscellaneous Heroes'.
  
• - Photo-essays of wildland firefighting, including smokejumping and hot shot crews. By Alaska Smokejumper and photographer Mike McMillan.
  
• - Photography by Zbigniew Kosc of monasteries and monks of Mount Athos, Greece.