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National Geographic spotlights extraordinary photography as ‘Pictures of the Year’: Here are 10 great shots
National Geographic has released its roundup of the most intriguing photos of 2022. The brand’s “Pictures of the Year” issue showcased stunning photography captured in locations all around the world — and right here in the U.S. as well. Of a whopping 2,238,899 total photos snapped by NatGeo’s team of photographers, 118 were selected as the top shots. FIVE US DESTINATIONS MADE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC’S ‘BEST OF THE WORLD’ TRAVEL LIST: ARE YOU SURPRISED? The pictures were taken with the help of 4,000 pounds of gear shipped into the field by NatGeo staff photo engineer Tom O’Brien. The images capture everything from scenic Mount Everest views to a tapir strolling through…
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‘Invisible Man’ Author Ralph Ellison Was Also a Prolific Photographer. A New Book Spotlights Hundreds of His Polaroids and Street Scenes
Lovers of the celebrated American novelist Ralph Ellison will before long have a probability to check out the Invisible Man author through an totally new lens. The Ralph and Fanny Ellison Charitable Believe in has partnered with the Gordon Parks Foundation and German publishing residence Steidl to release Ralph Ellison: Photographer. Out this thirty day period, the book offers 200 earlier unpublished pictures by Ellison, together with Polaroids of his home existence and candid avenue scenes, a foreword from the Gordon Parks Foundation’s govt director Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr., and a few new essays on Ellison’s oft-neglected visual follow by Adam Bradley, John F. Callahan, and Michal Raz-Russo. All the book’s images…