A Sami in Sweden mourns the loss of two reindeer that starved after locking horns in a fight for dominance, in this remarkable photograph by Erika Larsen.
The people who walk with reindeer, 2011 —
A Sami in Sweden mourns the loss of two reindeer that starved after locking horns in a fight for dominance, in this remarkable photograph by Erika Larsen.
Courtesy Erika Larsen/National Geographic
The photographs are part of a National Geographic exhibition called "Women of Vision," featuring 11 female photojournalists. Here, a herder in Norway practices a time-honored custom called yoiking -- chanting softly while tending his reindeer.
Winter wonderland, 2011 —
The photographs are part of a National Geographic exhibition called "Women of Vision," featuring 11 female photojournalists. Here, a herder in Norway practices a time-honored custom called yoiking -- chanting softly while tending his reindeer.
Erika Larsen/National Geographic
Larsen spent four years living with the indigenous Sami people of Scandinavia, as part of the photography project. Tepee-style structures are common in Sami villages, where they are often used to smoke reindeer meat.
Frozen world, 2011 —
Larsen spent four years living with the indigenous Sami people of Scandinavia, as part of the photography project. Tepee-style structures are common in Sami villages, where they are often used to smoke reindeer meat.
Courtesy Erika Larsen/National Geographic
Stephanie Sinclair traveled to Yemen for an assignment on child brides. Here, she captures Nujood Ali and her younger sister, a few of years after 10-year-old Ali fled an abusive husband in his 30s.
Too young to wed, 2011 —
Stephanie Sinclair traveled to Yemen for an assignment on child brides. Here, she captures Nujood Ali and her younger sister, a few of years after 10-year-old Ali fled an abusive husband in his 30s.
Courtesy Stephanie Sinclair/National Geographic
A female member of Yemen's elite counterterrorsim unit checks the barracks, in this photo from Stephanie Sinclair.
Yemen, 2012 —
A female member of Yemen's elite counterterrorsim unit checks the barracks, in this photo from Stephanie Sinclair.
Courtesy Stephanie Sinclair/National Geographic
Amy Toensing captured these women swimming on America's Jersey Shore with an underwater camera. "There's a beautiful lack of control that happens when you're out in those swells. I think this picture gives you that feeling," she said.
ZipUSA, 2001 —
Amy Toensing captured these women swimming on America's Jersey Shore with an underwater camera. "There's a beautiful lack of control that happens when you're out in those swells. I think this picture gives you that feeling," she said.
Amy Toensing/National Geographic
Diane Cook photographed Chicago City Hall's award-winning green rooftop. "I thought 'We're going to reveal a secret landscape to people.' And it is really magical," she said.
Green roof, 2009 —
Diane Cook photographed Chicago City Hall's award-winning green rooftop. "I thought 'We're going to reveal a secret landscape to people.' And it is really magical," she said.
Courtesy Diane Cook/National Geographic
Beverly and Dereck Joubert first encountered this leopard when she was only days old and ended up following her for nearly five years. Here, the eight-month-old cub plays a hunting game with her mother.
Lessons of the hunt, 2007 —
Beverly and Dereck Joubert first encountered this leopard when she was only days old and ended up following her for nearly five years. Here, the eight-month-old cub plays a hunting game with her mother.
Courtsey Beverly Joubert/National Geographic
Women—mostly widows—train for police force jobs at a firing range near Kabul, in this image by Lynsey Addario. The female officers can take on tasks that men cannot because of Islamic custom: frisking other women, searching homes where female family members are present.
Veiled rebellion, 2009 —
Women—mostly widows—train for police force jobs at a firing range near Kabul, in this image by Lynsey Addario. The female officers can take on tasks that men cannot because of Islamic custom: frisking other women, searching homes where female family members are present.
Courtesy Lynsey Addario/National Geographic
Comatose and on a ventilator, a bird flu patient in Hanoi who was not expected to live made a remarkable recovery, in this haunting photograph by Lynn Johnson.
Tracking the next killer flu, 2005 —
Comatose and on a ventilator, a bird flu patient in Hanoi who was not expected to live made a remarkable recovery, in this haunting photograph by Lynn Johnson.
Courtesy Lynn Johnson/National Geographic
In Hotan, a Uygur town with a rising Han Chinese population, Uygurs socialize at their own nightclubs, in this photo by Carolyn Drake.
The other Tibet -- China's Uygurs, 2009 —
In Hotan, a Uygur town with a rising Han Chinese population, Uygurs socialize at their own nightclubs, in this photo by Carolyn Drake.
Courtesy Carolyn Drake/National Geographic
Photographer Maggie Steber took this photo of four young sisters in Miami, Florida, napping on a Sunday afternoon after attending church, as part of a feature on sleep.
The secrets of sleep, 2010 —
Photographer Maggie Steber took this photo of four young sisters in Miami, Florida, napping on a Sunday afternoon after attending church, as part of a feature on sleep.
Courtesy Maggie Steber/National Geographic
Jodi Cobb joined National Geographic as one of the magazine's first female staff photographers, in 1977. In this image she captures prostitutes, who are known as cage girls and are often sex slaves, displaying themselves on a Mumbai street.
21st century slavery, 2003 —
Jodi Cobb joined National Geographic as one of the magazine's first female staff photographers, in 1977. In this image she captures prostitutes, who are known as cage girls and are often sex slaves, displaying themselves on a Mumbai street.
Courtesy Jodie Cobb/National Geographic