“The Ways of Opus Dei” by Erika Larsen in Time

Erika Larsen covers Opus Dei, the secret Catholic society that is portrayed as the villain in “The Da Vinci Code,” for Time magazine’s April 24 cover story.

Erika Larsen covers Opus Dei, the secret Catholic society that is portrayed as the villain in “The Da Vinci Code,” for Time magazine’s April 24 cover story.

Matt Shonfeld photographs the unique way the Chinese deal with death as part of a life and death feature in the April edition of Diplo magazine.



James Whitlow Delano covers legal and illegal immigration for the April 10 cover story of Newsweek magazine. Many immigrant clans are a mixture of citizens and relatives at risk - who deserves to stay?

Rudy Archuleta photographs Sean Paul and friends for the Verizon VCast advertorial that appears in the April 6 edition of Rolling Stone.



Stephen Ferry photographs Venezuela for the April edition of GEO magazine. Although the country has the largest oil reserves of the western world, more than half of all humans in poverty lives in Venezuela. President Hugo Chávez looks to Cuba dictator Fidel Casto for inspiration in creating “21st Century Socialism.”


Brent Humphreys photographs the most important event in the life of a teenage girl in Laredo, the Society of Martha Washington Colonia Pageant and Ball, for the April edition of Texas Monthly.