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Medellín’s past will break your heart. Its present will uplift you. In the last decade, Colombia’s second-largest city has evolved from one of the world’s most dangerous to a modern, vibrant, and safe metropolis. To witness the transition first-hand, start by wandering through Comuna 13 with a local. Tour guide Alex Caro Ruiz, sporting an…
Europe leads the world in overtouristed destinations. Old Town Dubrovnik consistently ranks among the worst, with a 27:1 tourist-to-local-resident ratio during peak times. Others high on the list include Amsterdam, Venice, Paris, Barcelona, Rome, Mallorca, Malta…
The silver Arch soars gracefully above the expansive grounds of Gateway Arch National Park on the banks of the Mississippi River. Visible from up to 30 miles away, the St. Louis icon was erected 60 years…
The pre-dawn blue hour is often chilly, as the Venice Carnival takes place in midwinter. Dress warmly to greet the stoic and mysterious women (and a few men) who don marvelous costumes and pose before the…
Just outside Quartzite, Arizona, not far from the California border, a massive bonfire crackles and occasionally pops, sending sparks into the dimming sky. Basketball-sized boulders circle the flames, and about three feet wider, smaller rocks ring…
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By David DeVoss It was a beautiful autumn day in 1887 when Mac McGillivray and…
Publisher Indiana University Press | Author Steve Raymer
Reviewed by Caroline Erskine
In the world of publishing, there are some books that fit into the world you inhabit — by work, or simply by life experience. You tend to see those books through the small details that make a life in journalism so interesting. Steve Raymer’s Somewhere West of Lonely: My Life in Pictures is one of those books. Raymer’s career with the National Geographic ran from the early 1970s through the 1990s into the new century — a period sometimes described as the golden years of photojournalism. The magazines had big budgets, pages to fill, and were fiercely competitive. That competition made its way down the food chain to the photographers themselves.The photographers who thrived in that era were driven to tell stories with pictures, to follow the news, to relate the state of humanity. Read More
