Chris Rainier’s fascination with ritual masks began in the mid-1980s, when, during a photography trip to New Guinea, he was confronted by a tribesman adorned with feathers from a bird of paradise. The ...

Photographer Selim Harbi was drawn to West Africa for its culture and its handicrafts – specifically, its masks. When he visited the region in 2014, he spent time asking people all about the masks: ...

Widespread mask mandates are meant to slow the spread of covid-19. But they’re also stopping the spread of smiles. To remind people that behind every mask is a person with a story — and a smile — ...

When the CDC first made the recommendation that all Americans wear masks in public last month, New York was the first state to make those guidelines mandatory. Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, a photographer ...