Chief Official White House photographer Pete Souza had taken approximately two million pictures of the former President Barack Obama. He captured the previous Commander-in-Chief in all situations — relaxing with his family or waiting to hear the outcome of the May 2011 mission to kill Osama Bin Laden. Here are a few of the amazing … Read more
Much of what we know and see of the Vietnam War has been defined by iconic photos taken by Western photographers and news agencies, working alongside American or South Vietnamese troops. But the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong had photographers of their own, documenting every facet of the bloody war under the most dangerous conditions. … Read more
All around the world, we find a lot of strict rules. But North Korea is something else. Particularly around censorship. Photography is not even allowed more often than not. As we all know by now North Korea is a mystery. We only get glimpses of this hermit kingdom through smuggled photos. Outsiders are not allowed … Read more
In 2006, developers planning to construct a shopping mall in the Ballard neighborhood offered Edith Macefield one million dollar for her property. But she refused the seemingly impossible to deny offer because she did not want to uproot and relocate. The mall was still constructed, but carefully so as not to disturb her home and … Read more
Most, if not all, of Bulgaria’s abandoned infrastructures are the remains of the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1989. The memory of communist ideologies, now in forms of buildings, villages, and forgotten monuments left to rust and crumble, wasting away and overtaken by the elements, as the Bulgarian state opts for more market-oriented practices. Bulgarian photographer … Read more
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