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Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at the landmark Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom in Washington, DC, one of the earliest mass rallies of the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement.
Paul Schutzer took this photograph in 1957, but it did not appear in LIFE until the April 12, 1968, issue — one week after Dr. King was assassinated.
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3:59 am • 5 April 2012 • 551 notes
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Rodrigo Abd—AP
March 10, 2012. Hana, 12, flashes the victory sign next to her sister Eva, 13, as they recover from severe injuries after the Syrian Army shelled their house in Idlib, north Syria. Their father and two siblings were killed after their home was shelled.
In a TIME exclusive, AP photographer Rodrigo Abd describes his harrowing recent experience documenting the Syrian civil war. See more here.
11:09 pm • 20 March 2012 • 128 notes
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Dylan photo session with Don Hunstein in 1961 for his first LP cover released March 9, 1962
On the fiftieth anniversary of Bob Dylan’s first album release—and in honor of a new exhibition put together by the Grammy Museum and Cité de la Musique, featuring the work of both Don Hunstein and Daniel Kramer—photographer Daniel Kramer talks to LightBox about working with Dylan at an early and pivotal point in the troubadour’s musical career. See more here.
11:09 pm • 20 March 2012 • 85 notes
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Eadweard Muybridge
Animal Locomotion, plate 640, 1887
Can you really mount a worthwhile retrospective of sports photography without some of the most iconic athletes and moments? Turns out you can. In fact, “The Sports Show,” a photography and new-media exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, is better off for it. See more here.
11:08 pm • 20 March 2012 • 1,290 notes