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Nov 11, 2021
A viral photo of Kim Kardashian with a golden coffin helped solve an antiquities mystery
Kim Kardashian posed next to the glistening coffin at the 2018 Met Gala. The image went viral and then things got really interesting.
Jun 18, 2015
How This Artist’s Intentionally Cliche Self-Portrait Was Spread Across the Internet
A crummy stock-style photo ended up on hundreds of websites
Apr 13, 2015
How Rachel Sussman Photographs the World’s Oldest Living Things
An adventure in deep time, extreme travel, and the business of art
Apr 07, 2015
Brave New Camera: Discover Photography’s Radical New Influence On Our World
“The biggest development in human communication since the invention of written language”
Nov 01, 2012
The Story Behind Hurricane Sandy’s First Viral Photo
_Of the hundreds of photos that went viral as hurricane Sandy struck the east coast, Nick Cope‘s was one of...
Aug 24, 2012
In New York, a Graphic Story Unfolds Through Photos
This morning outside the Empire State Building, a man identified as Jeffrey Johnson shot and killed at least one victim...
