Photojournalism Daily: Oct. 8, 2014

Today’s daily Photojournalism Links collection highlights work from Ernesto Bazan’s new book, Isla, which was published earlier this year and is the final installment of the photographer’s Cuban trilogy. The book consists of masterful, timeless black-and-white panoramas which only add to Bazan’s already impressive visual chronicle of the island state.

Ernesto Bazan’s Cuban Trilogy (The New York Times Lens blog)

Angel Valentin and Andrea Bruce: A Central American Dream (The New York Times) Photographs of a Guatemalan reality; the point of origin of tens of thousands who try to make their way to the U.S. every year.

Mikhael Subotzky: Ponte City (Wired Raw File) Another look at the Magnum photographer’s new book on Africa’s tallest residential skyscraper, which was also recently featured on TIME LightBox.

The Story Behind Ken Jarecke’s Horrific and Controversial Gulf War Photo (American Photo) Jarecke’s first-person account behind his 1991 photo of a burned Iraqi soldier.

Martin Bogren (Lens Culture) The Swedish photographer talks about working on his excellent Tractor Boys project, which was published as a book last year.

How a 17th century painting inspired a 70s LA photo (Phaidon) Stephen Shore tells how one his photographs was influenced by a centuries-old compositional technique.

The Photo That Made Me: Martin Schoeller, New York 1998 (TIME LightBox) Schoeller explains how a Vanessa Redgrave portrait jump-started his career.

Photojournalism Links is a compilation of the most interesting photojournalism found on the web, curated by Mikko Takkunen, Associate Photo Editor at TIME. Follow him on Twitter @photojournalism.