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I believe that I can speak most convincingly of what I have known the longest if perhaps not the best, I have derived from seemingly everyday aspects of an outwardly quiet and undramatic life an endless and rich source of photographic challenge, and I am tempted to believe that the results resonate beyond the specific and personal and speak for other lives as well.
Erich Hartmann
Thursday, Jan. 19, 2006
Indira Gandhi Makes History
Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006
Zimbabwe: Before and After Independence
Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006
Float Like a Butterfly
Monday, Jan. 16, 2006
Iran, Before and After the Shah
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John F. Kennedy was inaugurated president on Jan. 20, 1961.

UNITED STATES — John F. Kennedy along the whistle-stop campaign tour that took him to 25 towns across the country in five days, 1960.

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Interactive Essays
CrossingsWerner Bischof
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The Evacuation
by Paolo Pellegrin

As part of a long-term project on Israel and Palestine, Paolo Pellegrin covered the planned evacuation of Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in August 2005.

Leaving the Ivory Tower
Werner Bischof: Life and Work

Compelled by the horrors of World War II to leave his successful career as a studio photographer, Werner Bischof became an important humanitarian force in photojournalism before being killed at the early age of 38.

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Book of the Week: <i>Sightwalk</i>
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Book of the Week: Sightwalk
by Gueorgui Pinkhassov
Gueorgui Pinkhassov is a different kind of street photographer, one who transforms the fixed world around him into a swirling study of color and composition. Sightwalk is Pinkhassov's meditation on the overlooked and subtle beauty of Tokyo's bustling streets.
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Zoom In: Desert Storm Begins
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Zoom In: Desert Storm Begins
by Magnum Photographers
Operation Desert Storm began this week in 1991. Here is an extensive look back at the lead-up to the war and the conflict's first days.
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