The magazine of the art-form of the photo-essay
May 2016 back issue
by Jill Freedman
“A free, really high quality photo-essay magazine. Fabulous!”
Stephen Fry. British actor, writer and film & documentary maker
I knew I had to shoot the Poor People Campaign when they murdered Martin Luther
King, Jr. I had to see what was happening, to record it and be part of it, I felt so bad.
Besides, it sounded too good to miss.
So I went and had one of the times of my life, and this is my trip. And I never realized
how much it had become a part of me until I was writing this and saying we and us
and feeling homesick. Which of course is what Resurrection City was all about.
It was old stuff from the start. Another nonviolent demonstration. Another march on
Washington. Another army camping, calling on a government that acts like a
telephone company.
Even poverty is ancient history. Always have been poor people, still are, always will
be. Because governments are run by ambitious men of no imagination. Whose
priorities are so twisted that they burn food while people starve. And we let them. So
that history doesn’t change much, only the names. Nothing protects the innocent.
And no news is new. Purchase Book
Busted for Peace.
Adela Thompson.
Brenda.
The American Dream.
The Backbone of the Movement.
Chester.
Might Makes Right.
Dignity.
Don’t Follow Me.
Flirting.
Grandpa.
Hands Like a Shawl.
Quiet Afternoon.
She Will Not Be Moved.
We Shall Overcome.
Rafting Down Mainstreet.
