war photographers

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 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. Includes DVD.

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.

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.

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.

Chronicles the life of photojournalist Robert Capa, discussing his childhood in Budapest, his escape to Berlin, his gambling problem, his career, and other related topics.

Text and more than 300 photographs trace the evolution of war photography from the 1840s to the present, with an explanation of the changing role of the photographer and an introduction to the men and women who developed this art form.

Historical photographs of the Virginia Campaighs of 1864-1865, between Generals Grant and Lee that includes accompanying text.

Explores the photographs of Mathew Brady who chronicled the American Civil War in his photographs.