As the US military fights to gain stability in Iraq, doctors, nurses, and medics are working on the front lines to keep the casualties down. Thomas Dworzak was embedded with the 44th, 50th and 115th Medical Companies in Iraq.
Requiem in Samba
by Alex Majoli
Living in the poor favelas of Brazil, photographer Alex Majoli
encountered a beautiful but violent culture shaped by the constant
specter of death. During his time there, he also discovered a
different outlook on life captured in the sounds of samba.
In Police Work, Leonard Freed’s in-depth coverage of the New York Police Department during the 1970s, he documents policing efforts in words and images while questioning our need for authority.
Magnum and Slate present a collection of images inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, whose work is known for its mysterious and macabre story lines and subjects. Poe was born this week in Boston in 1809.