Busy was the Chinese Communist Party in the first few days after it brutally suppressed pro-democracy demonstrators on June 4, 1989. It produced a series of horrifying photos and a photo book to justify its brutal suppression.
Category: Politics
Tiananmen – The Sunday Times Magazine, 1989
Four months after the massacre, as the Communist regimes in Eastern Europe also looking increasingly fragile, the Sunday Times magazine devoted 15 pages to the tragedy and analysed its effect on China’s future.
Fall of Mussolini – Picture Post, 1943
No publication was happier about Il Duce’s fall from power than Picture Post. Its August 14, 1943 issue recapped the rule of Mussolini and labelled the titular “condemned man” as a gangster, agitator, revolutionary, and dictator.
Mikhail Gorbachev Resigns, 1991
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev resigned, ending the USSR. The AP Moscow photo chief, Liu Heung Shing, was the only foreign photographer who captured the moment.
The Untouchables by William Albert Allard, 2003
The Untouchables number some 160 million, about 15 percent of India’s people. Almost the only way an Untouchable can rise in Indian society is via a federal quota system.
A Record of Rage and Grief by Hiroshi Hamaya, 1960
In May and June of 1960, Japan erupted into some of the largest protests in its history. The cause was the proposed security treaty between Japan and the United States.
Sharpeville Funeral by Peter Magubane
On March 21, 1960, police opened fire on the unarmed crowd protesting pass books, killing 69 people. Peter Magubane covered their funeral.
Revolt of Arab Refugees, 1969
In 1969 issue, Look magazine profiled Fatah and PLO, earlier incarnations of the Palestinian movement. Reporter Christopher Wren and photographer Tom Koeniges spent time with various guerrilla groups in the West Bank.
The War in Biafra
Eventually Federal Nigeria found an effective way to quell the rebellious Igbos, by inducing famine conditions inside Biafra. The Nigerian Army began sea and land blockade of Biafra, cutting off food supplies.
Sicily and the Mafia by Letizia Battaglia
In late 1970s and 1980s, Letizia Battaglia fearlessly documented mafia murders of judges, politicians, police, and rival thugs.