Rian DundoninGENWho’s Burning Down Oakland?After a fire destroyed the only place I could afford to live, I knew it was time to leave for good·15 min read·Oct 30, 2019--2--2
Rian DundoninGENMy 9 Months on the Road With Fan Bingbing, China’s Biggest Movie StarA decade before Fan Bingbing disappeared, I worked as her tutor and got a crash course in China’s celebrity-industrial complex·25 min read·Jul 11, 2019--15--15
Rian DundoninTimelinePhotos: L.A.’s mid-century smog was so bad, people thought it was a gas attackPollution earned the city the nickname ‘Smell-A’4 min read·May 23, 2018--17--17
Rian DundoninTimelineWhile abortion doctors were being killed, pro-lifers prayed in support of the attackersPhotos of anti-abortion protests in the 1990s show what intolerance and religious fervor look like4 min read·May 15, 2018--2--2
Rian DundoninTimelinePhotos: Depression-era billboards sold and celebrated the “American way”Meanwhile, homeless families huddled under their shadows4 min read·May 11, 2018--11--11
Rian DundoninTimelineThese photos show an idealized vision of midcentury America… with a subtle hint of weirdnessNina Leen’s work was some of the best — and least remembered — of all Life’s celebrated photographers4 min read·Apr 16, 2018--11--11
Rian DundoninTimelineThese photos show how everyday life continued at the heart of Lebanon’s brutal civil warDaily activities continued along Beirut’s Green Line4 min read·Apr 4, 2018--5--5
Rian DundoninTimelineWelcome to the hotel. All rooms come with views of urban warfareSome of the heaviest fighting in the Lebanese Civil War happened in Beirut’s ritzy hotel district4 min read·Mar 27, 2018--4--4
Rian DundoninTimelineWhat we’ve lost to gentrificationArlene Gottfried’s photography is a lesson in being with people5 min read·Mar 6, 2018--11--11
Rian DundoninTimelineOperation Desert Storm was a practice run in press manipulationThe 1991 Gulf War initiated the “CNN effect”4 min read·Mar 1, 2018--2--2