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James Stanfield

The entire July 1989 issue was dedicated to France's bicentennial. Les Charmettes, pictured here, was a favorite retreat for philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Now, it's a historical landmark and museum.

The entire July 1989 issue was dedicated to France's bicentennial. Les Charmettes, pictured here, was a favourite retreat for philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Now, it's a historical landmark and museum.

A May 1995 story documented Oman's efforts at modernising. Here, a Bedouin woman participates in an adult literacy class while her granddaughters look on.

After their wedding at a monastery in northeastern Romania, a couple waits for their reception to begin. This portrait from the December 1983 issue shows a room full of appetisers—which the whole village will soon gather to eat.

A woman stops her bike ride to sketch the scenery in Palo Alto, California, in 1969.

A Myanmar (Burma) official checks National Geographic author Peter McMillan for signs of plague. McMillan had just arrived from India, where the disease had broken out in several towns. After a cursory examination, he was released.