Author

Michele McDonald

When People’s Suffering is Portrayed as Art

Sebastião Salgado’s photographs ‘represent everything that is meaningful, controversial and difficult about “concerned photography.”’

The Unbearable Weight of Witness

Vivid images of war and famine make human misery impossible to ignore.

1998: Photo Essay

Widow of Muslim man killed in Banja Luka is comforted. Photo courtesy of Michele McDonald. [This article originally appeared in the Summer 1998 issue of Nieman Reports.]These photos were taken…