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Has Google joined the ranks of the best street photographers? Jon Rafman might argue so, and he can make a case with a series of Google Street View photos.

Can you guess how these eerie photographs were made?

There's a crazy landform in Madagascar called a tsingy, which, euphemistically translated from Malagasy, means "where one cannot walk barefoot." It's basically a treacherous forest of limestone spires that could impale anything, and cut straight through ropes and harnesses. ...

For Americans, the days of extreme cultural revolution have arguably subsided. But according to one photographer, the music revolution is just beginning in China.

Photographer Paul Nicklen was raised in a remote Inuit community in Canada's Arctic and could not stay away. Today he photographs for National Geographic with a mission: to bring those extreme polar regions to those of us who may never see them, and to make us care.

According to Eliot Glazer, "Before the fanny packs and Andrea Bocelli concerts, your parents (and grandparents) were once free-wheeling, fashion-forward, and super awesome." It's hard to believe, but he has evidence.

As recently as last month, reading material on photographer Robert Bergman was scarce. But now he's storming onto the scene. After nearly 60 years as a photographer, he finally has a solo show at the National Gallery of Art

Afghanistan is not camera-friendly terrain. "Everything is either made out of mud, steel or rocks," NPR photographer David Gilkey explains over the phone, before offering an update on the Marines of 1st Platoon Golf Company.

Clyde Butcher and Ansel Adams have a few things in common: big cameras, a love of landscapes and beards. But Butcher is alive and well. He's an award-winning environmental photographer based in the Florida wetlands. View some of his photos on NPR's Picture Show.

National Geographic's International Photography Contest has come to a close, and winners will be announced in early December. Here's a selection of a few submissions.

Cameras have come a long way since 1839, and Smithsonian's National Museum of American History currently has a display of 22 cameras to celebrate the evolution.

Photographer Pam Spaulding took the concept of the long-term assignment to an extreme -- spending more than 30 years photographing the McGarvey family of Anchorage, Ky.

Plaid may be back and more beautiful than ever. But the real grunge look of the 1980s and 90s was emblematic of a more serious subculture. Renowned photographer Michael Lavine was there to photograph the music scene, and his photos are now in a new book.

National Geographic and NPR are each renowned for storytelling. And both have adapted to new digital technologies that facilitate -- and change -- the way they report. Join NPR's Jacki Lyden as she hosts a panel discussion and presentation about the evolution of storytelling in sights and sounds.