For his first assignment with National Geographic, a longtime dream client, Ohio-based photographer Ryan Scott journeyed to Detroit for a City Guide feature titled "The Unlikely Star of the Arts." The project called for Scott to document the energy of the city's cultural rebirth with a wide variety of images, from location to food shots captured in both horizontal and vertical orientations. "My goal was for readers to feel as though they were right there in the moment, observers within the scene rather than outsiders looking in. That immersive approach aligned perfectly with the themes of this story," Scott says.

  The Studio Museum in Harlem After seven years of construction, the Studio Museum of Harlem opened its new doors on Sunday, with an all-day celebration of artists who created this center for Black culture and the community that grew around it. Speaking at a press opening, Director and Curator Thelma Golden said, “We chose to build this completely new home on the same ground where we stood for so many years. We could’ve looked for a different site in Harlem. We could...