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  • Charles Moore Remembered

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    Birmingham, 1963

    Charles Moore, one of the greatest photojournalists of the 20th century, died earlier this month of natural causes at age 79.  This photo of police dogs attacking protesters in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, is indicative of what made him great – a short lens and a fearless attitude.

    Today, The New York Times looks at photojournalism in the time of the cell phone camera.  The news is good and bad.  At the top end, professional photographers are producing great works, but on the local front, most newspapers can’t afford them any more.  Citizen journalists are filling the void, often with profoundly moving results.  Read the article by Hank Klibanoff.

    Charles Moore’s NYT obituary.

  • Dogs: From Birmingham to Barack

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    Walter Gadsden in Birmingham on 3 May
    1963, attacked by police dogs during a civil rights protest.   Photo by Bill Hudson/AP.

    There has been a lot of coverage of the military dogs who are part of the Inauguration security team. But I have yet to see someone write about the magnitude of the fact that merely a generation ago, official police dogs were used against those of the same race as our next President.  It is truly astonishing.

     

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    A patrolman and a police dog go after a black man who swings at the dog with a small knife during racial demonstrations in Birmingham, Ala., May 3, 1963.  Police dispersed hundreds of demonstrators and spectators with dogs and water hoses.  Bill Hudson/AP.

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    Birmingham, May 3, 1963.  Unknown photographer via Picasa.

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    Birmingham, May 3, 1963.  Unknown photogapher via Picasa.