6 Modernity Clouds a Timeless Horizon by Steven Ambrus Photographs by Aldo Brando
Commercial development could uproot traditional life and virgin ecosystems in Colombia's Chocó

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14 Tomas Eloy Martinez: Imagining the Truth  by Caleb Bach
This best-selling Argentine novelist reveals why nothing is true, yet everything is true

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22 Lucrative Crafts from a Rare Tree Text and photographs by Phillippe Diederich
With a growing market for the carved boxes of Olinalá, Mexico, their primary material is becoming more scarce

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28 Captive Warriors' Eloquent Sketches by Louis Werner 
Plains Indians imprisoned at Fort Marion, Florida, preserved their indomitable spirit in revealing ledger drawings

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36 New World Challenge on Old World Turf  by Alejandro Rodrigo translated by Charles Becker
Eight teams from the Americas set new goals on French fields in the 1998 World Cup Soccer competition

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42 Portraits of Urban Drama  by K. Mitchell Snow
Mexican photographer Yolanda Andrade zooms in on the theater of the streets

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48 The Memory of Silver  by Parisina Malatesta Photographs by Jorge Provenza
The exotic jewelry of Ester Ventura links ancient cultures and modern design

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