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Behold: The 1,474-Megapixel Picture of Obama’s Inauguration

Staff / Truthdig Jan 26, 2009 Using special equipment, photographer David Bergman was able to capture a massive image of the inauguration. With resolution like that, you can see what generation iPhone Yo-Yo Ma is sporting, and a whole lot more. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Worth a Thousand Words

Staff / Truthdig Jan 22, 2009 The Boston Globe has assembled a stunning array of photos from Inauguration Day. Images from Washington, D.C., and from viewing parties around the world capture the excitement and wonder of that historic day. The subjects include Kenyans in Obama's father's home town, former Olympians Tommie Smith and John Carlos embracing, and crowds at the capital's Mall as photographed from a satellite. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Snapshots of Life and Death in Baghdad

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Jul 4, 2008 Three bodies lie beside a Baghdad street on a blindingly hot day. The one on the right is dressed in a white shirt and bright green trousers, his hands tied behind his back. Two others on the left lie shoeless, both dressed in check shirts, dumped -- how easily we use that word of Baghdad's corpses -- on a yard of dirt and bags of garbage. They, too, of course, are now garbage. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

AP Backs Photographer Held in Insurgency Case

Staff / Truthdig Nov 22, 2007 Bilal Hussein, an AP photographer whom the U.S. military has accused of collaborating with insurgents, has been detained in Iraq for 19 months and may soon be tried by an Iraqi court. The Associated Press, apparently fed up with trying to reason with the military, has released the results of its own exhaustive investigation, which found the charges against Hussein to be "false" and "meaningless." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

His Iconic Image Lives On

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2006 Now that the Iraq war has lasted longer than the U.S. role in World War II, it seems an appropriate time to pause and reflect on the death of a man who provided one of the great icons of that earlier conflict. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lives in the Balance

Staff / Truthdig Dec 19, 2005 The Gwich'in people's way of life is at stake whenever oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is proposed. Award-winning photographer Deddeda Stemler chronicles their existence on the banks of the Porcupine River in the Yukon Territory. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )