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Politicians at Rest and Play
Happy Birthday, Barack Obama! We know things have been stressful, and hope you take at least a few minutes to kick back and relax—like these folks. OREGON—Herbert Hoover fishing, 1952.
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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. In the end, there are two things that give you a real buzz. There’s the photograph that you take on the street, where everything works and you are delighted with the image. It may not be published, but are happy. Then there’s the situation where you are involved in a news event, and you get a photograph that sums up the event totally and gets published. Ian Berry |