Photographer Don Bartletti and a team at the Los Angeles Times produced an investigation into Mexican children and adults laboring in abject conditions to provide inexpensive produce to U.S. consumers.

Tobias Hutzler’s abstract light drawing experiments in the deserts of the American West have led to assignments for Sony and other clients.

Photographers taking on roles as producers and curators of collaborative projects describe the rewards and challenges of working with like-minded photographers to bring their ideas to fruition.