The Best of The Atlantic Photo
10+ most popular The Atlantic Photo articles, as voted by our community.
Photo coverage from @TheAtlantic | photo [at] theatlantic [dot] com
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A Photo Appreciation of Star Forts
Aerial images of various star-shaped forts around the world
The Atlantic Photo on China
The Bike-Share Oversupply in China: Huge Piles of Abandoned and Broken Bicycles
Gigantic piles of impounded, abandoned, and broken bicycles have become a familiar sight in many Chinese cities, after a rush to build up its new bike-sharing industry vastly overreached.
The Atlantic Photo on Diversity
China Viewed From Above
Simply a collection of some amazing recent aerial images showing the vast diversity of landscapes across China.
The Atlantic Photo on Outdoors
Winners of the 2021 Natural Landscape Photography Awards
Winners and runners-up from this year’s landscape-photo competition
The Atlantic Photo on Photography
Winners of the 2022 World Nature Photography Awards
Some of the top nature photography featured in this year’s competition
The Visual Landscape of a World Shaped by Pandemic
Glimpses of our new reality as billions of people stay home.
The Atlantic Photo on Switzerland
A Walk Along the Swiss Border
In a few weeks, Switzerland will vote on a proposal to dramatically restrict immigration. A group called Ecopop has gathered enough signatures to hold a referendum that proposes to limit immigration…
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2,000 Days on Mars With the Curiosity Rover
A few images of Mars from NASA’s Curiosity rover over the past few years.
Winners of Close-up Photographer of the Year
Some of the winning and honored images from the 2020 competition in close-up, macro, and micro photography
Winners of the 2021 Sony World Photography Awards
Some of the winning and shortlisted photos from this year’s competition
Scenes From Glastonbury 2022
Images from this year’s Glastonbury Festival—back after a two-year COVID-19 hiatus
Thousands of Migrants Attempt to Cross Into Europe From Turkey
After an announcement by the Turkish government that it would allow refugees to enter Europe, thousands set off for the border with Greece, attempting to leave by land or by sea.
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