Though most Americans learn about the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in standard history classes, very few actually seem to realize the significance of this event. Many dark moments in history are preserved and remembered by photographs of destruction and despair, but very few images of the atomic bomb’s sheer power exist. As stated in [...]

The Big Picture, by far the best blog for photojournalism geeks, posted some photographs of the recent flooding in the country of Yemen. In case you don’t know, the Republic of Yemen (الجمهورية اليمنية) is an Arab country located on the south-west corner of the Arabian Peninsula. The floods started on October 23rd, and were [...]

One month ago, guardian.co.uk posted a story about the human labor behind the massive construction in the UAE’s favorite larger-than-life province. Dubai is known as the home to many recently broken world records involving architecture. It also happens to host the most construction cranes in the world. Sandy deserts surrounding the main city have “forced” [...]

Sometimes I come across photos on Flickr that I just can’t help but write about. These photographs, posted by Flickr user rorymac, were taken by traveler/photographer Daniel Smaller whilst traversing the Asia Overland Hippie Trail in 1977. The Hippie Trail, popular in the late Sixties and Seventies, was an overland route from Europe to Kathmandu [...]

I absolutely love great photojournalism. I’ve always believed that photographs should tell a story, and photojournalists are often masters of this skill. Most individuals only know photojournalism as the photos that appear alongside news stories. In reality, a larger, and much deeper, world of phenomenal photography exists beyond this realm. Often times, truly remarkable photography [...]

I came across this photograph by Flickr user Bernard Schul the other day, and felt the need to write about it. From what I can tell, this photo was taken during a reenactment of the attack on Bastogne, Belgium during World War II. The Siege of Bastogne lasted from mid-December 1944 to January 1945, and [...]

Today’s post on The Big Picture features photographs of the aftermath of Hurricane Ike in the southern United States. I’m a sucker for great photojournalism shots, and the image above stood out as one of my favorites. The Big Picture is a great resource for anyone interested in photojournalism, as it showcases the best journalistic [...]

Many individuals imagine old black and white images when they think of any time period before the advent of commonplace color photography in the mid-1960s. Let’s face it: Our planet turned color right around the same time Technicolor was created (and I’m not referring to the dreamcoat, that came later). Mental_floss, however, reports on the addition [...]