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Easter is behind us, but we can still appreciate the creepy magic of the peep. National Geographic Traveler asked readers to submit photos of the marshmallow treats in far-flung places, and the result is a pretty frickin' adorable collection of photos that easily beat Amelie's similar work with garden gnomes.

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The contemporary passport photo is a frightening, humiliating thing: a garish digital rendering under fluorescent light with muffled colors and shiny skin. But, it wasn't always this way.

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Capturing the art of capturing the moment

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Photographer Lyle Owerko shoots and tells.

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Legendary fashion designer Christian Lacroix is giving back to his hometown this summer. Lacroix will be this year’s guest curator for the 39th edition of "Rencontres de Photographie d'Arles," a summer photography exhibit that runs from July 8 through until September 14 in Arles, France. While Lacroix hasn’t returned to his hometown in nearly nine years, in an interview with Le Journal des Arts, he said, “Arles is a city you do things for notwithstanding, and one I keep coming back to."

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A sneak peek at life on the road with Michael Stipe, from David Belisle’s candid photo book R.E.M.: HELLO.

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American documentary photographer Peter Beste is a good-looking guy, an everyman. He has blondish hair. All the more remarkable then, that he was able to ingratiate himself into the hyper-violent, ultra-exclusive Norwegian Black Metal subculture. For the last eight years, Beste has chronicled the group, known for its ties to Satanism, punk, slasher movies, violent outbreaks, arson, Pagan mythology, and man makeup. To celebrate the release of his first book, True Norwegian Black Metal (Vice Books, out today), the Steven Kasher Gallery has unveiled an exhibition of the same name, featuring 30 haunting photographs that depict scenes of fire-breathing, excessive bleeding, and really scary painted faces. These kids are definitely not alright. (Just kidding, guys. You're great. Please don't hurt me.)

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