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The Power of Photography: National Geographic 125 Years

The Power of Photography: National Geographic 125 Years
those fantastic photo exhibitions you won't want to miss, Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles will soon present The Power of Photography: National Geographic 125 Years. Celebrating the iconic publication's 125 year anniversary, the exhibit will show everything from iconic images and portraits to landscapes and natural history.
Photo by Joel Sartore, © 2008 National Geographic
The Power of Photography: National Geographic 125 Years
Views of small limestone hills punctuating privately owned fields of rape plants in flower. The rape seed is harvested for cooking oil, the rape stalks are turned into housing insulation, and honey is produced from the flowers of hives of bees brought in by migratory beekeepers.
Photo by George Steinmetz, © 2007 National Geographic

Nebraska
After years of drought and depopulation, many parts of the Great Plains meet the historic definition of frontier territory, an area with no more than six people per square mile.
Photo by Jim Richardson, © 2004 National Geographic

Churchgate Railway Station in Mumbai
Photo by Randy Olson © 2010 National Geographic

A portrait of Robert E. Peary, an American explorer who claimed he was first to reach the North Pole.
Photo by Robert E. Peary, © 1909 National Geographic

A chimp clasps hands with zoologist Jane Goodall.
Dr. Goodall and the Jane Goodall Institute do not endorse handling or interfering with wild chimpanzees.

Photo by Hugo van Lawick, © 1965 National Geographic

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