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    20 Photographers From a Decade of Lens

    Our mixtape continues with more photos and videos that have appeared in The New York Times Lens column over the past decade.

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    These Portraits of Metalheads Go to 11

    Returning to venues where he attended metal shows years ago, Matthew DeFeo captures the vulnerability behind these artists’ angsty facades.

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    Poetry Meets Politics in Photos of China

    Between violent flash points in history, Liu Heung Shing saw tenderness and subversive humor in societies saturated with propaganda.

    By Liu Heung Shing and Tiffany May

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    Documenting Climate Change by Air, Land and Sea

    The New York Times photographer Josh Haner has spent the past four years capturing the effects of climate change around the world and under water.

    By Josh Haner and James Estrin

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    In Photos, Eudora Welty Captured Life in 1930s Mississippi

    Before her career as a distinguished fiction writer, Eudora Welty applied her short-form prowess to photographing life in Depression-era Mississippi.

    By Eudora Welty and Matthew Sedacca

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    Making Visible the Spirit World of Mexico’s Indigenous Communities

    Through photos and photo-illustrations, Yael Martínez and Orlando Velázquez capture the traditional rituals connecting life between the physical and invisible.

    By Yael Martínez and David Gonzalez

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    A Son of the South’s Quiet Photos of a Complex Region

    During his travels across the South, the photographer George Etheredge documents the region, with scenes that invite lingering.

    By George Etheredge and Roger May

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    Disability Didn’t End Their Athletic Dreams. It Started Them.

    At a gym in Queens, Donahue Fields is training people and laying the foundation for a new sport: wheelchair boxing.

    By Nolan Ryan Trowe and John Leland

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    Revealing the Terror of Sleep Paralysis

    To help people understand a condition that frightened her at night, Ranita Roy used photography to visualize her experiences.

    By Ranita Roy and James Estrin

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    When Dawoud Bey Met David Hammons

    In the ’80s, a portrait photographer coming into his own captured an enigmatic artist creating his own legend. Rarely exhibited, the images are here, and at Frieze New York.

    By Max Lakin

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    Examining Identity, Race and Responsibility Among White South Africans

    Sydelle Willow Smith’s photos tease out the complexities of her white South African compatriots, who grapple with the question of national origin.

    By Sydelle Willow Smith and David Gonzalez

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    Photographing Trafficked Animals in Colombia

    In his free time, Ivan Valencia documents animals rescued from traffickers to champion these creatures and expose the industry.

    By Ivan Valencia and Evelyn Nieves

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