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Almond Garden
Jun 26, 2015 The Badam Bagh ("Almond Garden") penitentiary on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, is home to many incarcerated women whose stories are told in photographs and text in a new book by Gabriela Maj, a Polish-Canadian photographer based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Melting Away
Jan 23, 2015 The idea of photography as historic document is particularly poignant in a new book chronicling endangered polar regions, with magnificent portraits of icebergs and altered landscapes that are at risk of being lost forever.
Living on a Dollar a Day
Dec 26, 2014 Nearly 1.8 billion people live in extreme poverty, most barely surviving on $1 a day. A new book of photography documents the everyday lives of the world's poorest people.
The Thirteenth Turn
Oct 31, 2014 “The Thirteenth Turn: A History of the Noose” explores the little known history and symbolism of the noose and the role it played in crime, punishment and race in American society.
Gays in the Military
Jul 4, 2014 A new photo book puts a face to the struggles of homosexual men and women in the U.S. armed forces.
Iraqi Law Would Legalize Marriage for 9-Year-Old Girls
Mar 29, 2014 Iraq has recently put forth a controversial draft law that would allow men to marry girls as young as 9 years old and force their wives to have sex without consent. Women would also not be able to leave the house without their husband’s permission.
The Big Book
Mar 28, 2014 Photojournalist W. Eugene Smith brought worldwide attention to social injustice with his provocative photographs. In 1959 he began assembling a retrospective on what was then his life’s work, which has never been published, until now.In 1959, photojournalist W. Eugene Smith began assembling a retrospective on what was then his life’s work on social injustice. It has never been published, until now.