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I believe that I can speak most convincingly of what I have known the longest if perhaps not the best, I have derived from seemingly everyday aspects of an outwardly quiet and undramatic life an endless and rich source of photographic challenge, and I am tempted to believe that the results resonate beyond the specific and personal and speak for other lives as well.
Erich Hartmann
Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006
Zimbabwe: Before and After Independence
Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006
Float Like a Butterfly
Monday, Jan. 16, 2006
Iran, Before and After the Shah
Friday, Jan. 13, 2006
Chaos in Lithuania
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On this day in 1966, Indira Gandhi was chosen as India's first female prime minister.

NEW DELHI, India — Indian President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Indira Gandhi receive U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower at the Delhi Airport, 1959.

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The Evacuation
by Paolo Pellegrin

As part of a long-term project on Israel and Palestine, Paolo Pellegrin covered the planned evacuation of Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in August 2005.

Bolivian Elections
by Christopher Anderson

A commented diary about the rise of the left in Latin America.

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Book of the Week: <i>Sightwalk</i>
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Book of the Week: Sightwalk
by Gueorgui Pinkhassov
Gueorgui Pinkhassov is a different kind of street photographer, one who transforms the fixed world around him into a swirling study of color and composition. Sightwalk is Pinkhassov's meditation on the overlooked and subtle beauty of Tokyo's bustling streets.
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Zoom In: Desert Storm Begins
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Zoom In: Desert Storm Begins
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Operation Desert Storm began this week in 1991. Here is an extensive look back at the lead-up to the war and the conflict's first days.
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