They Took My Kodachrome Away
Today would have been the birthday of Eastman Kodak founder George Eastman. In his honor, we celebrate (and mourn) the great Kodachrome film. ATLANTIC OCEAN—With a dog at their side, crewmen look out from the bridge of a Cunard freighter that is part of an Allied convoy en route to Great Britain from the United States. The ship is carrying seven airplanes, two torpedo boats, and 12 passengers, who agreed to travel at their own risk. The captain and his crew are Norwegian and have crossed the Atlantic many times during the war, 1941.
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Book of the Week  RFK Funeral Train by Paul Fusco Thirty-nine years ago this week in Los Angeles, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. A funeral train carried his body from New York City to Washington, D.C. In RFK Funeral Train, Paul Fusco documents the funeral train procession. Despite the hot weather, hundreds of thousands of people stood along the train tracks waiting to pay their respects. | Join the Fray  © Marilyn Silverstone / Magnum Photos What do you think of these photos? Join the Fray, our reader discussion forum. For me, photography affirms reality, but does not explain it. Part of its strength lies in its ambiguity, its suggestiveness. I embrace that strength of photography rather than worrying about its weaknesses. Alex Webb |
