Conventions by Kalvar
Magnum photographer Richard Kalvar has been on assignment for Slate this week and last covering the Democratic and Republican Conventions. Here is a look back at some of Kalvar’s previous convention experiences. KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The Republican National Convention, Michigan delegation, 1976.
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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. But all journalists share two concerns: first, for truth; second, for the suffering of innocents. No man can see what I've seen and not be moved to tell others about it. Philip Jones Griffiths |