Portrait photography and photojournalism are two potentially intense and powerful art forms that don’t always get the recognition they deserve, so we thought we should show you some of the most powerful and diverse portraits of people around the world that we’ve ever seen.
Both the faces of the people in these photos and their contexts speak volumes about the people pictured and the worlds they live in. Some can be unimaginably and even horrifically different from ours, while other once-exotic worlds seem to grow closer and more interconnected with our own. Though they are only photos, looking into their eyes can still give us a feeling of connection.
26This is Sandra. She's 25 and just started her own falconry
27A hippie dad walking with his daughter in Amsterdam, 1968
28Japanese Nurse dressed in black during the Russo-Japanese War
29Two children on a bank in Alabama, 1956
30Woman in Blue
31Weeping for a fallen Marine
32Two cute humans sharing a smile
33Nihang Sikh, photo by Mark Hartman
34An elder of the Karo tribe rests with his head on his wooden head-rest which protects his clay hairdo. Every man carries a headrest which doubles as a stool. Duss, Omo Valley, Ethiopia
35Mayan street Vendor in Playa del Carmen
36Child sleeping with Reindeer in Mongolia
37Dancer in Dublin
38Ethiopian beggar boy with blue eyes on the streets of Jinka, by Mike Eloff
39My friend and her giant laugh
40Fan of Heavy Metal in Sub-Saharan Africa
41West African exiled desert rock group Tinariwen
4218 year old goalie Malcolm Subban after being drafted in the first round by the Bruins
43Girls playing cricket in Pakistan
44A woman's last moments with her friend
45The Beauty of Ireland
46Fresh French Fries
47A young boy plays with his tablet while his mother smokes with a friend
48Old Russian couple from Khalilov village, Russia, have been happily married for 65 years
49Ethnic Even girl, Topolinoe village, Verkhoyansk mountains, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia
50Little girl and her horned lizard at the Venice beach pet show, California, 1936
