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Their “fight club” had rules. At least one Friday a month, boys gathered after school in the backyard of Bryan Campbell (at far left) to wrestle and box. Campbell’s mother gave her OK as long as they kept it safe; a bloody nose was the worst injury suffered. The boys often used phones to film their contests, then posted the videos to a private group on Facebook, where more friends could admire their prowess. The rush of a headlock, a bond between friends, their fights delivered both excitement and social rewards. This photograph originally appeared in the October 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine as part of a feature on the teenage brain.
The concert was unlike any Austin Brown (centre) had attended—a dance party called Dayglow where blasts of fluorescent paint rained down on crowds in downtown Austin. Black light made them shine. “If you weren’t dancing, you were just standing there covered in paint,” Brown said. “That doesn’t sound like fun.” The hunt for novelty can go awry when teens try to top each new kick with another, more intense one. But it also helps them find their path. A concert-goer since high school, Brown now studies lighting design in college. This photograph originally appeared in the October 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine as part of a feature on the teenage brain.
On a farm in Kentucky, girls play during a break from a daylong mother-daughter retreat to help girls understand and appreciate their changing bodies. This picture appeared in the January 2017 issue, which was dedicated entirely to gender.
On a farm in Kentucky, Emma Langley, 13, Camille McCay, 10, and “Emerald” Shean, 10, play on a break from a daylong mother-daughter retreat to help girls understand and appreciate their bodies as they change with the onset of puberty. This photo was originally published in, "A Challenge for Girls Today: Moving Beyond ‘How Do I Look?’," in January 2017.