Paul Moakley

Moakley is editor at large for special projects at TIME.

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Bronx Boys: A Digital Monograph by Stephen Shames

What started out for Stephen Shames as an assignment for Look magazine back in 1977 turned into an epic 22 year project documenting the lives of young boys in the Bronx, New York.

By Paul Moakley

Embodiment: A Portrait of Queer Life in America

In 2004, photographer Molly Landreth began documenting the varied lives of queer Americans. Seven years later, the Embodiment project consists of more than 80 portraits and 18 short films.

By Paul Moakley

Multimedia Heartbreaker: The National Film Board of Canada

Looking back at the recent PhotoStories multimedia conference held last month in Rotterdam, the National Film Board of Canada showed its sensitive side with its deeply emotive and interactive multimedia projects.

By Paul Moakley

Bacalaitos and Fireworks by Arlene Gottfried

Over the past four decades, documentary photographer Arlene Gottfried captured the vibrant Puerto Rican community that moved into her Crown Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn, a place where she remembers having her first Salsa lesson with a new neighbor.

By Paul Moakley

Backstage with the Cuban National Ballet by Peter Hapak

TIME contract photographer Peter Hapak captured the dancers of the Cuban National Ballet in rehearsals as they prepared to embark on a US tour this month.

By Paul Moakley

Standing Close to Tim Hetherington's Sleeping Soldiers

A rare chance to see the video installation, now on view at the Aperture Gallery in New York City till June 23rd 2011.

By Paul Moakley

Elliott Erwitt's Very Own Personal Best

This evening the International Center of Photography in New York City will honor Elliot Erwitt with a lifetime achivement award. In an interview with LightBox he says, "I think great pictures start great conversations. It’s the stuff of life, just talking with the people that are around."

By Paul Moakley

One Day After at Ground Zero

Like many New York City based photographers Peter van Agtmael rushed over to the World Trade Center Site on the eve of the killing of Osama Bin Laden to see how people would react to the news. After making some work in the crowd overtaken with the media and young revelers he decided to head home to sleep, confused by the reactions of the crowd, and waiting to see what the morning would bring.

By Paul Moakley

Tim Hetherington in Memoriam

Tim Hetherington, photographer and director of the film Restrepo, was killed in the besieged city of Misratah on Wednesday April 20, 2011.

By Paul Moakley

Atlanta Hip-Hop Deconstructed by Michael Schmelling

“The first thing you do when you get to town is turn on the radio” say's Michael Schmelling in his latest book Atlanta. This project began as an attempt to “make a book that reflected both the content of an album and the context in which a record was made”.

By Paul Moakley

First Person Shooter In the Virtual World: The Work of Thibault Brunet

Thibault Brunet has chronicled war-torn landscapes and images of beleaguered soldiers — all without leaving the comfort of his home in Lille, France.

By Paul Moakley

Portraits with Purpose: Vik Muniz in Waste Land

Director Lucy Walker’s new film follows the photographer as he finds subjects at the world’s largest garbage dump in Brazil

By Paul Moakley

War Becomes Personal: Interview with Eugene Richards on Capturing the Aftermath of the Iraq War

The book War Is Personal is an unflinching look into fifteen lives forever altered by the war in Iraq. Watch an interview with the author here.

By Paul Moakley

Infidel: Tim Hetherington Examines the Lives of Men Fighting In Afghanistan

Check out our video interview with the photographer and Oscar nominated filmmaker on his latest book Infidel.

By Paul Moakley

Dignified Transfers

A year after the U.S. lifted the ban on media coverage of the return of dead service members, a rare glimpse into the last journey of a fallen soldier. Photographs by Peter van Agtmael—Magnum for TIME

By Paul Moakley

Finding the Chilean Miners with Peter Hapak

Trapped 2,300 ft. below the earth's surface for almost three months, these 33 men defied the odds and inspired the world. Here they are in the order in which they emerged from the mine. Photographs by Peter Hapak for TIME

By Paul Moakley

Amnesia and a Camera That Can Help

Some amnesiacs cannot be cured, but they may be helped by a new camera called the Sensecam. Watch one woman's life with the technology.

By Paul Moakley

Photographing the Invisible World of the Military: Interview with Trevor Paglen

Trevor Paglen discusses his book Invisible, a photographic effort to uncover covert military operations and classified intelligence organizations.

By Paul Moakley

Aftermath of Haiti's Quake: A Photographer's Vision

Tragedy often has a way of visiting those who can bear it the least. And on Jan 12, 2010, that is exactly what happened to Haiti, the poorest nation in the western hemisphere. TIME's Shaul Schwarz documents the humanitarian crisis caused by the catastrophe.

By Paul Moakley
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