Vaughn Wallace

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Robert Capa's Unpublished Color Photographs Debut at ICP

For many, Robert Capa is the quintessential photojournalist. Honest, insightful, poetic and fearless, Capa’s work granted license and creative inspiration to any and all who followed in his footsteps. Despite changing trends in photographic storytelling...

By Vaughn Wallace

A Very Doggy Christmas: Mary Ellen Mark's Legendary Canine Party

For those who don’t know Mary Ellen Mark personally, the notion of one of the world’s premier documentary photographers hosting a Christmas party for dogs might sound downright weird. But for the past decade, Mark has opened the doors of her New York City studio to throngs of canines.

By Vaughn Wallace

Tracking Down Lewis Hine's Forgotten Child Laborers

In the last ten years, Joe Manning has tracked down the life stories of more than 350 child laborers in Lewis Hine's documentary photography for the National Child Labor Committee.

By Vaughn Wallace

'Us Kids Loved Him Too': A Second-Grader's Letter to LIFE, After JFK's Murder

Of the countless letters written to LIFE magazine after JFK's assassination, one in particular -- from a second-grader -- seemed to capture not only a nation's loss, but something of an era's innocence.

By Vaughn Wallace

Kennedy’s Assassination: How LIFE Brought the Zapruder Film to Light

Former LIFE editor Richard Stolley shares the incredible story in this video interview of how he purchased the Zapruder film of JFK's murder — "the most famous home movie in American history" — for LIFE magazine in 1963.

By Vaughn Wallace

Rare Color Photographs from the Trenches of World War I

On Veterans Day, LightBox presents rare, vibrant color autochromes documenting the soldiers and battles of the First World War.

By Vaughn Wallace

The Monkey and the Mask: Terrifying Portraits of Indonesia's Street-Performing Macaques

Terror often stems not from the unknown, but from something familiar that has been subtly -- but unmistakably -- transformed. This certainly helps explain why Finnish photographer Perttu Saksa's series of masked and chained monkeys is so unsettling.

By Vaughn Wallace

Harrowing Photos of the Mentally Ill in Sub-Saharan Africa

Robin Hammond was awarded a $30,000 grant for his work documenting mental illness in sub-Saharan Africa.

By Vaughn Wallace

In Memoriam: Iconic LIFE Photographer Bill Eppridge (1938-2013)

After more than five decades as a professional photographer, LIFE photojournalist Bill Eppridge passed away on October 3, 2013, at the age of 75.

By Vaughn Wallace

TIME and Peter van Agtmael present ‘Disco Night Sept. 11’ at Photoville NYC 2013

LightBox is proud to announce that we're curating an exhibition at Photoville featuring the work from Peter van Agtmael's forthcoming book, 'Disco Night Sept 11'.

By Vaughn Wallace

Behind the Cover: The Childfree Life by Randal Ford

This week, TIME turned to Austin-based photographer Randal Ford, whose painterly and nostalgic style was perfect for our cover story on childlessness.

By Vaughn Wallace

Detroit's Fight to Survive: A Humanist's Look at the Motor City

A second-generation Detroit native living in Chicago, photographer Dave Jordano returned to his home city three years ago with a mission: not to document what's been destroyed, but to record what's been left behind and the lives of those coping with it.

By Vaughn Wallace

Hong Kong Yesterday: The Pearl of the Orient in the 1950s

The layered black and white photographs of Hong Kong Yesterday are the visual diary of a patient observer; a diary that, save for the lack of diesel-spewing motorbikes, cell phones and neon advertisements, truly feels like it might have been written — and photographed — yesterday.

By Vaughn Wallace

In Memoriam: Wayne Miller (1918 - 2013)

Wayne Miller, the legendary Magnum photographer known for his photographs of the World War II Pacific theater and the post-war streets of Chicago, passed away Wednesday at the age of 94.

By Vaughn Wallace

Tomás Munita: 2013 Recipient of the Chris Hondros Fund Award

Named in honor of the late photojournalist, The Chris Hondros Fund offers financial support to photographers who work in the same vein that Hondros did — with empathy, dedication and humility.

By Vaughn Wallace

Supporting Photographers, Moving Walls

On Wednesday, the Open Society Foundations will mark their 20th group exhibition of "Moving Walls" — a project reflecting the group's support for long-term documentary photography.

By Vaughn Wallace

2013 Overseas Press Club Winners Announced

Since 1948, the Overseas Press Club of America has recognized photojournalists for exceptional photographic reportage. Fabio Bucciarelli, Samuel James, Bernat Armangue and Oded Balilty were recognized as the winners of this year's OPC prizes.

By Vaughn Wallace

The Hero in the Cowboy Hat: Carlos Arredondo's Story, by Eugene Richards

After the tragic events at the Boston Marathon, a hero in a cowboy hat emerged. Carlos Arredondo was identified as helping Jeff Bauman in a now-iconic photograph appearing on front pages around the world. In 2006, Eugene Richards began photographing Arredondo, an anti-war activist, after he lost his first son in Iraq — eventually publishing his story in War is Personal. Richards spoke to LightBox about his relationship with Arredondo.

By Vaughn Wallace

When an Archive is Lost: Jacques Lowe’s Rare (And Recently Restored) Look at JFK’s Camelot

Presidential photographers are afforded access to their subjects that most journalists only dream of. But what happens when their original negatives are destroyed?

By Vaughn Wallace

A Kiss Is (More Than) Just a Kiss: Elliott Erwitt's Portraits of Intimacy

To commemorate Valentine's Day in a unique and moving way, LightBox turned to Elliott Erwitt's sprawling archive for inspiration.

By Vaughn Wallace
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