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Photojournalist Rich Glickstein covered the post-war aftermath of Iraq in April and May 2003. Little snippets of daily life interspersed with the harsh realities of war are being captured as the stories begin to unravel and the complexities of people's lives begin to unfold.
Taking a look in his own backyard, Evan Parker makes the ordinary extraordinary. Highway 9, in Whatcom County, WA., is an ordinary stretch of road. It starts at the Canadian-USA border crossing at Sumas and runs through places with names like: Nooksack, Everson, Demming, Nugent's Corner, Acme, Clipper, Van Zandt and Wickersham until it leaves Whatcom County for flatter landscape of Skagit County and beyond.
Photojournalist Bob Croslin went from coast to coast, putting 3,500 miles on his car, and many rolls of film though his camera -- documenting the beauty and variety of the American landscape.
Freelance photographer Stuart Tannehill went around the world. Spending a month in China practicing his Mandarin and exploring the country visually, he turned his eye to documenting the people of Hangzhou as and the changes brought on by east meeting west, as well as with the collision of old and new.
Celebrating the 4th is the result of a small band of photographers from the aphotoaday community that traveled to Washington D.C. during July of 2001 to document the nation's largest Independence Day celebration.

Jen Friedberg has been viewing the world around her through the lens of a cheap plastic camera. The images, while sometimes mysterious or magical, often evoke a sense of childlike wonder and fun -- reminding us why we take pictures in the first place.

Photojournalist Rich Glickstein spent some time unlocking the doors of a hidden Main Street, using his camera as the key.

David Holloway captured a world of big cowboy hats, big sky and big fun during the National Championship Chuckwagon Races.

For many ex-cons, former addicts, and poverty-line peoples, flophouses such as the Mark Twain Hotel are a last resort to live without established credit. For four months, photojournalist Ben Lowy became a part of that community, seeking to illustrate, with compassion and subjectivity, the nature of this ever-changing environment.

Photojournalist Chip Litherland documented a week in December,where a church became a safe haven -- and centurions, donkeys, travelers, kings, shepherds, angels, and yes, even Jesus and Santa Claus, got along for one night of faith. Spend some time behind the scenes with Chip as he documents Prestonwood Baptist Church's annual Christmas pageant.

After reading an MSNBC story on how one in five children in America today is living in poverty, photojournalist Melissa Lyttle wanted to take a look at poverty through the eyes of children. She spent eight months documenting the Stone family's struggles with homelessness, and how Meghan, Mark, Allison, Taylor and Matthew "Piglet" Stone view their world.