Portfolios

The Faroese are a storytelling people, with ancestries tracing back to Nordic and Irish lines and a history etched in bloody Icelandic sagas. For centuries, fishing has been a pillar of the Faroese livelihood and economy.

Craig Mod, Rodrigo Corral, Michael Fusco, John Gall, and Jon Gray discuss book covers that have influenced their thinking about design.

From under a rock in the highlands of Guinea, the Gambia emerges as one of the last untamed great rivers of Africa, winding through three countries on its way to the sea.

Leonard Knight built Salvation Mountain for nearly thirty years. He passed on Monday—may he rest in peace.

Bollywood holds a major key to India’s cultural identity, reinforced by over a billion devoted masala fans within and outside the country, including in neighboring Pakistan. Bollywood not only captures the social fabric of India; through...

New Orleans photog­rapher Libbie Allen was raised Catholic, but broke from the Church years ago. While she no longer practices any specific faith, spirituality remains a force in her life. What’s more, she never lost her love for the...

 A photo essay about The Cradle Project, an art installation designed to call attention to the plight of millions of children orphaned in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Portraits of Ex-Prisoners of Egypt’s Emergency Law

For the people in these portraits, life goes on with little hope of an end to the violence. Still, life goes on.

The Maine lobster industry has a reputation as one of the best managed fisheries in the world—but few have considered how this ethic is enforced.