What I most like about photography is the moment that you can't anticipate: you have to be constantly watching for it, ready to welcome the unexpected.
SINAI WAR FRONT—Gen. Ariel Sharon with a head injury, October 1973. Sharon suffered a massive stroke and fell into a coma in January 2006, ending his term as Israeli prime minister.
The death of Chile's Augusto Pinochet on Dec. 10, 2006 was more than the
passing of another dictator. His violent regime spurred an international
human rights movement. Activist and lawyer Reed Brody from Human Rights
Watch, who has closely followed the legal case against Pinochet for a
decade, provided the commentary for this essay.
Minutes to Midnight
by Trent Parke
Trent Parke captured Minutes to Midnight during a two-year journey across Australia at the end of which his son was born. It is both a document of a nation mourning the loss of a perceived innocence and a man's vision and evolution.