Tag Archives: photojournalism

Food, the Kitchen, and the Domestic Environment

Posted on May 21, 2013 by

Documentary photojournalism flourished in the mid-twentieth century. Its popularity was nourished by the invention of the handheld camera, access to and improvement of photographic resources, and advances in printed media production and civilian travel. Photographers embarked on journeys to explore … Continue reading →

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Evgeniĭ Khaldeĭ

Posted on October 16, 2012 by

Evgeniĭ Khaldeĭ, [Raising the Soviet flag over the Reichstag, Berlin], 1945 Evgeniĭ Khaldeĭ, Self Portrait, Berlin, 1945 (2007.93.32) Evgeniĭ Khaldeĭ, General view of destroyed Nuremberg, 1945 (2008.109.12) Evgeniĭ Khaldeĭ, [Victory in Bulgaria], ca. 1944 (1059.1986) Mostly known in the Western … Continue reading →

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Faith in Chaos

Posted on September 27, 2012 by

Pep Bonet, Kinny Mattia tries to feel the morning light. “Milton Margai” is the only school for the blind in Sierra Leone. Approx. 85 children, 4 to 18 yrs old, study and live here. In 1998, when RUF-rebels attacked Freetown, … Continue reading →

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Cristina García Rodero

Posted on July 11, 2012 by

Cristina García Rodero, “El colacho” Castrillo de Murcia, Spain, 1975 Cristina García Rodero, “La Tabua,” Zarza de Montanchez, Spain, 1985 Cristina García Rodero, The Trinity, Lumbier, Spain, 1980 Cristina García Rodero, The Confession, Saavedra, Spain, 1980 Cristina García Rodero, The … Continue reading →

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Recent Acquisitions: Lu Guang’s “Pollution in China”

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

Lu Guang, Workers in the factories have no immunity defenses. They get ill after one or two years on the job, Wuhai City, Inner Mongolia, April 10, 2005 Lu Guang, The sewage plant of the Fluorine Industrial Park discharges its … Continue reading →

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Operation Prairie

Posted on November 8, 2010 by

I’m no more courageous than anyone else. I just feel that photography is important. And I will do what is required to show what is happening. I have a sense of the ultimate—death. And sometimes I must say, “To hell … Continue reading →

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The Commune Comes to America

Posted on October 8, 2010 by

John Olson, [Commune members], 1969 John Olson, Alone in their teepee at the end of a day of communal work, meditation, and play, a family within the Family reads from a book of fairy tales before the children’s bedtime. Ron, … Continue reading →

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Margaret Bourke-White: Women at Work

Posted on October 6, 2010 by

Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971) was a woman of firsts: the first foreign journalist allowed to take pictures of industries in the Soviet Union; the first female photographer hired by Life magazine and its first female war correspondent. In fact, her work … Continue reading →

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Burt Glinn’s Cuba

Posted on September 27, 2010 by

Burt Glinn, Young “guerillero” recently in hiding speaks to his first civilian lady, Havana, Cuba, January 1, 1959 Burt Glinn, Fidel Castro in the town liberated by Ernesto Che Guevara delivering a speech that lasts for hours, Santa Clara, Cuba, … Continue reading →

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Preview the Mexican Suitcase

Posted on September 21, 2010 by

One of three boxes containing negatives by Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and Chim (David Seymour). © International Center of Photography Robert Capa, [Battle of Teruel, Spain], December 1937 Gerda Taro, [Second International Congress for the Defense of Culture, Valencia, Spain], … Continue reading →

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