Photographic Memory: The Importance of Preserving Community History

Paul Moakley

Paul Moakley has been the deputy photo editor of TIME since 2010. He covers national news and special projects such as Person of the Year. Previously he was senior photo editor at Newsweek and photo editor of PDN (Photo District News). Moakley is an adjunct professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York City as well as a photographer and filmmaker. He lives at the Alice Austen House Museum, home of one of America’s earliest photographers, as caretaker and curator of the museum.

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LightBox Photographic Memory: The Importance of Preserving Community History “There’s no place like one’s own backyard,” says photographer Earlie Hudnall Jr. As a man who traveled much of the world throughout his life, Hudnall has always worked within

LightBox The Art of Photographing Animals Like Humans “I’m tired of language,” says photographer Robin Schwartz. “With animals you don’t have to use language.” Since childhood Schwartz has documented her close

LightBox Behind the Cinematography of the Oscar-Nominated Movie MoonlightThis weekend at the Oscars, cinematographer James Laxton is up for his first Academy Award for his work on the drama Moonlight. The film and its visuals developed from a deep collaboration with his

LightBox Inside Gays for Trump's Deploraball Dance Party In the waning hours of Jan. 20, as Donald Trump and his wife Melania danced on a rendition of Frank Sinatra’s My Way at the Freedom Ball, a different kind of celebration was taking place just a

LightBox Pioneering Photographs of Gay Life in the 1960s “I was 19, vulnerable, young and putting my own identity together,” says photographer Anthony Friedkin when reflecting on his first project, The Gay Essay, which documents gay culture in

LightBox We Asked Pro Photographers To Reveal Their Favorite Compact Cameras It’s the question professional photographers get the most from their family and friends: “What camera should I buy?” Not everyone wants to lug around a large DSLR with one, two or

LightBox Photographing the Places Where We Vote Far from the raucousness of the campaign trail and the urgency of the 24-hour news cycles of punditry on cable networks are the actual places where we vote on Election Day. They tend to be much less

Members of College Democrats of America pose for pictures in the Instagram/ Facebook lounge at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on Monday, July 25, 2016.

LightBox The 82 Most Unforgettable Photos From the Election During this historic campaign, we witnessed so many moments of mudslinging and division—and a sense of frustration on both sides. With respect for our leaders tarnished, people searched for

LightBox The Story Behind TIME's Original 9/11 Cover On the morning of September 11, 2001, photographer Lyle Owerko remembers being jetlagged and unable to sleep in his Tribeca apartment when he heard a sound that defied description. That sound was the

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LightBox Photographing America's Polarizing Political Process In 1955, the Swiss photographer Robert Frank crisscrossed America, creating the now iconic work, The Americans, which drew the controversial picture of an imperfect country. Sixty years later,

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