Alan Taylor

Boston

Senior Editor at The Atlantic

Senior Editor at @TheAtlantic - I run the Atlantic's Photo section: https://t.co/oFVTQqEwJd

Articles

A Spectacular Eruption of Mount Etna

3 days ago | theatlantic.com | Alan Taylor

PhotographyYesterday morning, a plume of gas and ash destroyed part of the volcano’s crater wall as pyroclastic flows ran down its slopes. Despite the spectacle, no damage was reported, though tourists did have to pause their visits for a time. June 3, 2025, 12:49 PM ET Marco Restivo / ReutersVolcanic ash and steam rise from Mount Etna, as seen from Milo, Italy, on June 2, 2025.
A Spectacular Eruption of Mount Etna

3 days ago | yahoo.com | Alan Taylor

Marco Restivo / ReutersPlumes of volcanic ash rise from Mount Etna, as seen from Milo, Italy, on June 2, 2025. Salvatore Allegra / Anadolu / GettyA cloud of ash and gas rises as Etna erupts again, seen in Nicolosi, near Catania, on June 2, 2025. Joachim Herrmann / ReutersAsh and steam rise from Mount Etna, seen near Motta Camastra, Sicily, on June 2, 2025. Marco Restivo / ReutersSteam rises from Mount Etna, as seen from Milo, on June 2, 2025.
Photos of the Week: Wienermobile Race, Beehive Therapy, Everest Queue

1 week ago | theatlantic.com | Alan Taylor

Kayla Bartkowski / GettyVikyath Tanamala, 10, of Leesburg, Virginia, closes his eyes during the preliminaries of the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, on May 27, 2025. Two hundred and forty-three spellers ages 8 to 14, from all over the globe, compete from May 27 to May 30 during the 100th anniversary of the bee.
Photos of the Week: Wienermobile Race, Beehive Therapy, Everest Queue

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Alan Taylor

Matthias Hangst / GettyMaya Ståhl of Team Sweden performs on the Balance Beam during day one of the 2025 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships on May 26, 2025, in Leipzig, Germany. Ahmad Hasaballah / GettyRunners pose in front of pyramids as they participate in the One Run race on May 24, 2025, near the Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt.
A Swiss Village, Destroyed by a Landslide

1 week ago | theatlantic.com | Alan Taylor

Alexandre Agrusti / AFP / GettyThis photograph shows the remaining buildings of the village of Blatten, in the Swiss Alps, buried by a landslide, on May 29, 2025. Blatten residents were evacuated last week after several smaller landslides, but one person remains missing. Rising floodwater from the blocked Lonza river is now inundating the few surviving buildings and threatening downstream villages.
A Swiss Village Destroyed by a Landslide

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Alan Taylor

Pomona Media / ReutersMud and rocks slide down a mountain after a glacier partially collapsed, burying most of the village of Blatten, on May 28, 2025, in this screen grab taken from a handout video. Jean-Christophe Bott / Keystone / APAn aerial view shows the destruction of Blatten, Switzerland, on May 29, 2025, one day after the landslide. Stefan Wermuth / ReutersDebris from a crumbling glacier that partially collapsed and tumbled onto the village of Blatten, seen on May 29, 2025.
The People Who Clean the Ears of Lincoln (And Other Statues)

1 week ago | theatlantic.com | Alan Taylor

Bettmann / GettyNational Parks Service worker James Hudson uses a cloth-wrapped pole to clean the ear of the statue at the Lincoln Memorial in 1987. Gary Hershorn / GettyMaintenance workers clean a statue in Central Park, in New York City, in 2016. Anton Vaganov / ReutersA municipal worker scrubs a statue of the Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 2023.
The People Who Clean the Ears of Lincoln (And Other Statues)

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Alan Taylor

Anton Vaganov / ReutersA municipal worker scrubs a statue of the Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 2023. Kyodo / ReutersA crew carries out the annual cleaning of the 120-meter-tall Ushiku Daibutsu Great Buddha statue in Ushiku, Japan, in 2022. Keystone / GettyNelson’s Column, in London’s Trafalgar Square, gets a spring cleaning in 1987.
Photos of the Week: Dragon’s Teeth, Witch Convention, High Plateau

2 weeks ago | businessandamerica.com | Alan Taylor

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Photos of the Week: Dragon’s Teeth, Witch Convention, High Plateau

2 weeks ago | theatlantic.com | Alan Taylor

Luis Robayo / AFP / GettyA woman wearing a protective helmet poses outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on May 21, 2025, during a protest called by pensioners against the economic measures of President Javier Milei’s government and demanding an increase in their pensions.