Portraits Of America's Endangered Species Joel Sartore is like the Richard Avedon for animals — except rather than showing up in fashion spreads, his photographs are often in <em>National Geographic</em> magazine. His latest book presents poignant portraits of U.S. wildlife threatened by extinction.
Charles Moore, Photographer Of The Civil Rights Movement, Dies At 79 There are common names associated with the civil rights movement, like Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. And there are lesser-known names like Charles Moore. He took seminal photographs of the movement, and died last week at age 79.
Civil Rights Photographer Charles Moore Remembered Charles Moore put faces on the civil rights movement for a nation to see. His photographs for <em>Life</em> magazine reached half of the nation. Images of snarling police dogs, water cannons, the Ku Klux Klan and Bloody Sunday helped spur the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Moore died March 11 at the age of 79 of kidney disease and other ailments.
Kentucky's African-American Hamlets: A Photographer's 'Homeplace' "If you see photographs of African-Americans today, you don't see a lot of positive imagery," photographer Sarah Hoskins asserts. Her 10-year project documents residents of African-American hamlets surrounding Lexington, Ky, many of whom are descendants of slaves.
Alexander McQueen's Final Collection Unveiled This week a group of fashion editors gathered in a Parisian salon to view the pieces that designer Alexander McQueen was working on before he committed suicide. Robin Givhan, the fashion writer for <em>The Washington Post</em>, was on hand for the Paris Preview, and talks about the collection.
U.S. Returns Sarcophagus To Egypt After a secret trip around the globe, a 3,000-year-old stolen sarcophagus is returning home to Egypt. On Wednesday, U.S. authorities sent the sarcophagus to Egypt. It was confiscated by customs officials at the Miami Airport in 2008. Zahi Hawass, secretary-general of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, offers his insight.
The Vegetarian's Dilemma: Carnivorous Plants The idea of carnivorous plants is so counterintuitive, so freakish, it nearly undermines a commitment to vegetarianism. If plants eat animals, why would humans eat only plants?
Violence In Photo Contests: How Much Is Too Much? World Press Photos hosts one of the most prestigious contests for photojournalism. The 2009 winners were recently announced and, as always, the results have sparked some debate.
