Images of MAGA-hatted rioters crashing through police barricades and vandalizing the U.S. Capitol reverberated around the world yesterday,...
Jan 07, 2021
Photographers capture a world after war in ‘Imagine: Reflections on Peace’
Peace is not simply the absence of war. It is a complex and often-fragile condition that requires courage...
Dec 03, 2020
Vanishing West Virginia
This photo essay is part of a series exploring the dimensions of daily life in West Virginia, “coal country”...
Jul 22, 2020
So you’re suddenly a photographer: a field guide
Editor’s note: Ben Brody, GroundTruth’s director of photography, shared some of the insights he learned during his time...
Jun 12, 2020
Ground Rules: Photojournalism advice from our director of photography
This column originally appeared in Navigator, GroundTruth’s newsletter for early-career journalists. Email Address For this edition of Navigator,...
Jun 09, 2020
Kent State and the photos that changed a nation
There are some photographs so ingrained in the public mind that they hardly need to be described. For...
May 05, 2020
Kentucky
Kentucky: Introduction Kentucky is the second of five reporting legs of Crossing the Divide. In the heart of...
Oct 11, 2017
Struggling in Rural New England
Struggling in Rural New England: 'Undercurrent of anxiety' Emilie Poulin, a 32-year-old mother living in Marlboro, Vermont, says...
Nov 01, 2016
The Forgotten War in Afghanistan: And how the US military tries to keep it that way
One year ago, the United States and allied forces in Afghanistan ceremonially lowered the flag at military headquarters...
Dec 31, 2015
The Life and Times of an Afghan police officer
Afghan photojournalist Farshad Usyan developed an interest in photography after his brother Qais started working for AFP in...
Nov 05, 2015
Afghanistan’s Doomed Dam
KAJAKI, Afghanistan — In the shadow of the Kajaki Dam's towering earthworks, a small, unassuming building discharges two...
Oct 11, 2011
