Tunisia. Photo by Christophe Ena/AP, Time, January 16, 2011. ”A poster of former Tunisian resident Sine El Abidine Ben Ali iin the center of Tunis is torn apart. The former president fled to Saudi Arabia on January 14, when his control of the government collapsed. For revolutionaries and photographers alike, torn posters are potent means of visual storytelling.”

Tunisia. Photo by Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images. Time, January 18, 2011. ”The Arab world’s first popular uprising, as Time magazine put it, came with violence and trepidation. Here, a man lies injured during a clash with riot police in Tunis. Protesters were tear-gassed while demonstrating against Tunisia’s new government.”

Tunis. Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images, Boston Globe, January 26, 2011. ”A Tunisian man pauses to watch the protest.”

Tripoli. Photo by Ahmed Omar/AP, New York Times, January 26 2011. ”No symbolism needed in this shot: In Lebanon, supporters of former Prime Minister Saad Hariri chase soldiers through the streets. Hariri’s government this month after Hezbollah and its allied parties withdrew. Is this the Middle East’s version of People Power?”

Tripoli. Photo by Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images, New York Times, January 26, 2011. ”A supporter of Hariri carves up a poster of Hebollah’s Najib Migati. The protest was called ’A Day of Rage’.”

Cairo. Photo by Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images, Boston Globe, January 26, 2011. ”Thousands of Egyptians took to the streets to call for an end to President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule. Here the protest appears chaotic.”

Cairo. Photo by Mohammed Abu Zaid/AP, Boston Globe, January 26 ”In this street-level view of the Cairo protest, chaos becomes ferocity.”

Sting and Trudie Styler. Photo by Terry Richardson, Harper’s Bazaar, February 2011. ”Terry Richardson is the master at combining sex and comedy. And who doesn’t get a good laugh out of Sting and Trudie’s sex life?”

Rooney Mara. Photo by Jean-Baptiste Mondino, W, February 2011. ”The most coveted role in Hollywood this year went to relatively unknown actress Rooney Mara, who beat out dozens of others to portray Lizbeth Salander in director David Finch’s upcoming film version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. (Mara had a leading role in Finch’s extraordinary film The Social Network, as well.) Now she is far from unknown: For this fashion layout in W, Mondino suggests that the Salander role will leave a permanent mark on Mara.”

Spider-Man. Photo by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue US, February 2011. ”It was supposed to be the biggest show on Broadway this season, but instead ’Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark’ has become the subject of jokes by late-night TV hosts. Cost overruns, the death of a producer, technological malfunctions, and injuries to its cast have delayed the opening the of $65-million musical. Nonetheless, Vogue used the show as inspiration for a extravagant fashion story, shot by Annie Leibovitz, no less. The images are over-the-top miracles of art direction and post-production wizardry. Sometimes, too much is just right.”

Spider-Man. Photo by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, February 2011

Jennifer Aniston. Photo by Michael Thompson, Allure, February 2011. ”The creative director of Allure, Paul Cavaco, says he drew inspiration for this photo from a 1960s image of Brigitte Bardot.”

Justin Bieber. Photo by Art Streiber, Vanity Fair, Feburary 2011. ”Art Streiber is one of my favorite magazine portrait photographers….In this picture he transforms ’the most popular 16-year-old on the planet’ into a 1950s teen idol, showing how things never really change.”

Syracuse University. Photo by Fred Vuich, Sports Illustrated, January 21, 2011. ”The vaunted Syracuse ’Orangemen’ basketball team was playing an important game against the team from rival Villanova University, but Fred Vuich found more excitement and color among the spectators.”