Le Journal de la Photographie

Law and Order, Part 1 Photo by John Marino New York Daily News Law and Order, Part 1. ”On Sunday, the people of France woke to the news that Dominique Strauss-Kahn, considered a leading contender to the be the nation's next president, had been arrested in New York City on sexual misconduct charges, including the attempted rape of a hotel employee. On Monday,... Law and Order, Part 2 Photo by Lucas Jackson/Reuters Washington Post Law and Order, Part 2. ”The Perp Walk is the first chapter of a story that ends with a trial and verdict. For Raj Rajaratnam, the founder of the Galleon Group hedge fund, the tale’s climax came this week when he was found guilty of 14 counts of securities fraud and conspiracy charges in federal c... Law and Order, Part 3 Photo by Matthias Schrader/AP USA Today Law and Order, Part 3. ”Another trial, another conviction, another picture to dwell over: John Demjanjuk emerges from shadow and into the glare of the media as leaves a courtroon in Munich, where on May 12 he was found guilty as an accessory to murder at a Nazi death camp in World War II.” Photo ... Desperate Moments, Part 1 Photo from AFP/Getty Images Time Desperate Moments, Part 1. ”What looks like a still from a summer action movie is in fact the real-life scene at the main fuel depot in Misrata, Libya, aflame after being bombed by the forces of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi on May 7.” Photo from AFP/Getty Images, Time Desperate Moments, Part 2 Photo by Arshad Arbab/EPA “Lens,” New York Times Desperate Moments, Part 2. ”A wounded man is rushed to a hospital in Peshawar, northwest Pakistan, after a suicide bombing at a military training center.” Photo by Arshad Arbab/EPA, ”Lens”, New York Times Desperate Moments, Part 3 Photo by Feisal Omar/Reuters “Lens,” New York Times Desperate Moments, Part 3. ”In Somalia, forces of an African Union peacekeeping mission clashed with Islamists. Here, Somali civilians dragged the body of what was identified as a Ugandan peacekeeper in a neighborhood of Mogadishu.” Photo by Feisal Omar/Reuters, ”Lens”, New York Times Desperate Moments, Part 4 Photo by Jeff Robertson/AP Time Desperate Moments, Part 4. ”The desperation captured in this photo was brought on by weather, not war. Photographer Jeff Robertson indicated the depths of the crisis along the Mississippi River this week by shooting an athletic field in Memphis, Tennessee inundated by floodwater.” Photo by Jeff R... Faces, Part 1 Photo by Wolfgang Tillmans i-D Faces, Part 1. ”Every photo story about Lady Gaga could properly be titled, ’Lady Gaga As You’ve Never Seen Her.’ For i-D magazine’s summer ’Hedonism Issue’, superstar photographer Wolfgang Tillmans photographed Gaga looking entirely normal, which may be her most shockingly original persona yet.”... Faces, Part 2 Photo by Theo Wenner Rolling Stone Faces, Part 2. ”For Steven Tyler, a judge on ’American Idol’ and author of a new autobiography, one persona will do: Rock Star. Theo Wenner captured it perfectly for a Rolling Stone cover story.” Photo by Theo Wenner, Rolling Stone Faces, Part 3 Photo by Finlay McKay New York Times Magazine Faces, Part 3. ”The demand for gold—what the New York Times Magazine calls ’the most primitive form of wealth’—grows in times of economic uncertainty. Photographer Finlay McKay traveled to Canada’s Yukon Territory to photograph a modern-day prospector who is on top of the world during these hard ... Faces, Part 4 Photo by Robert Trachtenberg New York Faces, Part 4. ”Is the television sitcom an art form? Actress and writer Amy Poehler, star of the NBC sitcom “Parks and Recreation,” asks you not to laugh at the question in May 23rd issue of New York magazine. In the image sequence here, the magazine in turn asks how the talented Poehler might f... Faces, Part 5 Photo by Brian Prahl/Splash News In Touch Faces, Part 5. ”Photographer Brian Prahl snapped Kim Kardashian vacationing in Mexico earlier this month with her boyfriend, pro basketball player Kris Humphries. The images spread rapidly across the Internet, prompting In Touch magazine to report rumors that Kim’s ’larger-than-ever-backside’ is ... Cover Story, Part 1 Photo by Collier Schorr Dossier Journal Cover Story, Part 1. ”The Barnes & Noble bookstore chain has reportedly refused to display the current issue of Dossier Journal, an art-and-fashion magazine, deeming its cover photo of androgynous male model Andrej Pejic to be offensive. The retailer demanded that the magazine be wrapped in opaqu... Cover Story, Part 2 Photo by Rob Howard O, The Oprah Magazine Cover Story, Part 2. ”An even more consequential piece of media history will be made this spring when Oprah Winfrey ends her long-running television show. The June issue of O, The Oprah Magazine looks back at the program’s great moments, but in Rob Howard’s cover image Oprah herself gazes up towa...