Raw Journalism

A blog about photo journalism. WARNING this blog is not for those who are easily offended or faint of heart.

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"Survivors of the Titanic are taken on board the Carpathia in 1912"

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Charlie Chaplin and Helen Keller meet on the set of Sunnyside, 1919. Credit: Roy Export Company / Cineteca di Bologna

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Photo by Albert Fernique   |   Paris, France   |   1883

The Statue of Liberty head in display at a park in Paris

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Photo by Peter van Agtmael   |   Saltillo, Mexico   |   March 8, 2013

The wrapped bodies of two dead people hang from an overpass as three more dead bodies lie on the ground.

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Photo by Atish Saha   |   Dhaka, Bangladesh   |   May 5, 2013 An activist tries to take another severely injured activist to the hospital.

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Once in a long while we are gifted with the life of an amazing person. Today the world has lost a great champion. R.I.P. Nelson Mandela

Art by Patrice Murciano

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Photo by Taslima Akhter   |   Savar, Bangladesh   |   April 25, 2013 The bodies of a man and woman as they embrace in their last moments from the collapse of a garment factory in Rana Plaza building. At least 800 victims died.

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Photo by Asahi Shimbum   |   Natori, Japan   |   March 13, 2011 A woman sits amidst wreckage caused by a massive earthquake and a ensuing tsunami.

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Photograph Jimmy Nelson traveled the world to visit vanishing tribes and document them “Before They Pass Away”

Check out his amazing journey!

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Photograph Jimmy Nelson traveled the world to visit vanishing tribes and document them "Before They Pass Away"

Check out his amazing journey!

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Photo by David McNew   |   Camarillo, California   |   May 3, 2013 A man on a rooftop looks at approaching flames as the Springs fire continues to grow.

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Photo by Mark Brunner   |   Ann Arbor, Michigan USA   |   1996 18-year-old Keshia Thomas protects a fallen man, believed to be associated with the Ku Klux Klan from an angry mob of anti-clan protestors.

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Taken by Allied soldiers   |   Fuhrerbunker   |   1945

One of the first photos taken inside of Hitler's bunker. 

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Photo by Steve McCurry   |   Kuwait   |   1991

In the wake of the Gulf War, camels search for shrubs and water in the burning oil fields of southern Kuwait.

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California   |   1892

Loggers pose with the Mark Twain redwood.

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Chicago, Illinois   |   August 5, 1966 Struck on the head by a rock thrown by a group of hecklers, Dr. Martin Luther King falls to one knee. Dr. King regained his feet and led a group of marchers demonstrating alleged housing discrimination through an all-white district 8/5. Hundreds of jeering persons lined the march route showering the marchers with stones, bottles and firecrackers.

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Grenada, Mississippi   |   September 20, 1966 Dr. Martin Luther King is shown leading a group of black children to their newly integrated school in Grenada, Mississippi, escorted by folk singer Joan Baez and two aides, Andy Young (L) and Hosea Williams (next to Baez).