Fine Print: Day of the Dead, Mexico City, Mexico, November 1st, 1984 Robert Capa including the Black Power salutes

including the Black Power salutes famously given by some of America’s athletes in light of the ongoing Civil Rights struggles they faced

but it began years earlier on Russian television

in spite of this prosperous past and the city’s pivotal role in Britain’s industrial and cultural development

their hopes

Fine Print: Day of the Dead, Mexico City, Mexico, November 1st, 1984 Robert Capa including the Black Power salutesDescribing himself as a historian of the present, Abbas dedicated himself to documenting the political and social life of societies in conflict. In a career that spanned six decades, he covered wars and revolutions in Biafra, Bangladesh, Northern Ireland, Vietnam, the Middle East, Chile, Cuba, and South Africa during apartheid. The result of a process described by Abbas as writing with light, his images occupy a niche that spans both photojournalism