Christy Havranek speaks about the “craft” of visual journalism, the indispensability of photo editors, and the importance of knowing your audience when you’re putting together a pitch. 

Amidst the roots of the tallest mangrove trees in the world, young concheros (or shell pickers) hunt for the precious black shells that will support their families. Felipe Jacome has photographed this practice for a decade.

Taking its name from the mirage that often appears on the horizon—a false promise of land ahead—this series is a conceptual vision of the dreams of migrants hoping to make their way across the sea and into Europe.

Portraits of resilience and strength—these young women were captured by Boko Haram and forced to carry suicide bombs. But instead of succumbing to their captors’ torments and committing a violent...

In the aftermath of western exploration and colonization, this photographer (born and raised in Xinjiang) uses images to address the tension between maintaining tradition and pursuing modern life in northwest China.

Inspired by the subjectivity of storytelling, photographer Dylan Hausthor creates images that question and bring to light the frenetic nature of visual memory.