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Presents photographs of the Civil War along with profiles of the major photographers and descriptions of the difficulties they faced while recording the reality of the conflict.

Offers a brief history of Matthew Brady and his role in Civil War photography; and contains photographs of Brady and other photographers and illustrators.

Collects the black-and-white photographs of Mathew Brady, which depict various scenes from the course of the entire Civil War.

Discusses some of the challenges of photojournalism and looks at the experiences of a United Nations photographer who has recorded the terrors of war in such places as Lebanon, Cambodia, and Bosnia.

The children of a war-photographer father and beautiful but remote mother, Frankie and Kate, two American sisters, grow up in Hong Kong during the turmoil of the Maoist revolution of the late 1960s.

A comprehensive narrative history of the Civil War photography including the first combat action photographs, photo essays of news events as they happened, and photos first censored by the federal government.

A history of the Aviation Photographic Unit founded and led by photographer Edward Steichen in World War II that includes over one hundred black-and-white photographs.

Chronicles the experiences of women reporters during World War II, discussing the discrimination they faced from the military and male colleagues, and looking at the adverse physical conditions they suffered in their efforts to bring the story of the war home to America.

A profile of 16 courageous women, this book tells the story of journalists who risked their lives to bring back scoops from the front lines.

Lynsey Addario was just finding her way as a young photographer when September 11 changed the world.

Looks at the life and work of war photographers Robert Capa and Gerta Taro, who were pioneers in the field of photojournalism as they captured images from the Spanish Civil War.

A graphic look at Robert Capa's time spent as a wartime photojournalist up till the time of his death.

A novel inspired by the life of the Vogue model-turned-renowned photographer finds Lee Miller relocating to 1929 Paris, where she becomes the muse and colleague of the mercurial surrealist, Man Ray.

Richard Boyle, a journalist, down on his luck in the US, drives to El Salvador to chronicle the events of the 1980 military dictatorship.