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A farmer ploughs the field with his buffalo on the outskirts of Sanaa on May 9, 2013.

[Credit : Mohammed al-Sayaghi/Reuters]

David Maisel’s recent book Black Maps—American Landscape and the Apocalyptic Sublime, are all unaltered photographs of landscapes and the endless array of colors and strange patterns are abstracted visions of environmental devastation of land. To see more amazing photos, click here: http://slate.me/ZU51eD

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Photojournalist Sharing the World through Instagram

Photojournalists from around the globe have begun using Instagram as an important part of their storytelling, using the intimacy and immediacy of mobile photography to open up new avenues of engagement with their audiences.

From Hurricane Sandy’s destruction to baseball’s opening season, photojournalists are capturing and sharing the world’s stories with people in real time through Instagram.

To tune into the news as it unfolds, be sure to follow these photojournalists:

• Michael Christopher Brown, documents life in Congolese refugee camps — @michaelchristopherbrown
• Ben Lowy, a conflict and feature photographer based in New York City — @benlowy
• Phil Moore, a British photojournalist based in East Africa — @philmoorephoto
• Kevin Frayer, the chief photographer for the Associated Press in South Asia — @kevinfrayer
• Ivan Kashinsky, a freelance photographer based in Quito, Ecuador — @ivankphoto
• Michael Yamashita, a documentary photographer for National Geographic specializing in Asia — @yamashitaphoto

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Hong Kong–based radiologist Dr. Kai-hung Fung discovered something within himself: an artist. See how he used CT scans of the human body to create fine art — more here: http://slate.me/15Opohu

Photographer Gabriele Galimberti’s series, “Delicatessen With Love,” took him to 58 countries where he photographed grandmothers with both the ingredients and finished signature dishes. The result? A collection of photos featuring home-cooked meals made with lots of love and care. See more great photos (and grandma’s meals) here: http://slate.me/16hbunK

In honor of Mother’s Day, share a photo on Twitter or Instagram of your grandmother and tell us her signature dish using the hashtag #grandmacooks.

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A boy runs in a field of Iceland poppies in full bloom at Showa Memorial Park in Tokyo on May 6, 2013.

[Credit : Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images]

In the 1980s, photographer Barbara Nitke documented the “Golden Age of porn” while working as a photographer on adult movie sets in New York. Her book American Ecstasy ”captures a fascinating and intimate image of the adult movie industry in its heyday.” More NSFW photos here: http://slate.me/10EmmDG 

Photographer Maja Daniels documents the lives of Monette and Mady — identical twins who have an interesting life — sharing the same apartment, working together as models and dancers, and finishing each other’s sentences. They’ve been dressing the same for years now — and the story behind their sisterhood is even more interesting. Read more (and see more photos) here: http://slate.me/18OuCpU

At Kent State University on May 4, 1970, four students were killed when Ohio National Guard troops fired at some 600 anti-war demonstrators. The story behind what happened is complex and sad — Read more and see more powerful photos HERE: http://slate.me/Ym0Rv2

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The Atlas Group

The Atlas Group is a project established in 1999 to research and document the contemporary history of Lebanon. One of their aims with this project is to locate, preserve, study, and produce audio, visual, literary and other artifacts that shed light on the contemporary history of Lebanon.

They have produced and found several documents including notebooks, films, videotapes, photographs and other objects. Moreover, they organized these works in an archive, The Atlas Group Archive. The project’s public forms include mixed-media installations, single channel screenings, visual and literary essays, and lectures/performances.

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