As time passes by and you look at portraits, the people come back to you like a silent echo. A photograph is a vestige of a face, a face in transit. Photography has something to do with death. It's a trace.
CANNES, France — Director Jean-Luc Godard adjusts the projection of his film Détective at the 1985 Cannes International Film Festival. On the screen is singer-actor Johnny Hallyday.
On Dec. 31, 1946, U.S. President Harry S. Truman formally declared the end of World War II. The photographs in this book survey the era during and following the war -- the people and places affected by this extraordinary event.