Product Description: Ken and Melanie Light have embarked on a photographic and literary exploration of a region known for its agricultural plenty--and the marginalization of its people. In Valley of Shadows and Dreams they dig deep into the harsh truths of farm workers' daily experience, revealing a deep sense of anger and betrayal toward the destructive legacies of politics, bureaucracy, and control...read more

Striking black and white photographs paired with powerful stories capture the experiences of southern West Virginians whose lives were shaped by coal--from retired miners to men and women who have been jobless for their entire lives.

The author's photographs from 1947 Shanghai express the brutality, confusion, and tumult of a country on the verge of major change, capturing the beggars, street executions, refugees, prostitutes, and ordinary people who made this city a spectacular locale for photo-journalists during the revolution. (History)

Presents a portrait of prisoners on death row in Texas

Product Description: A social documentary photographer whose work has appeared in books, magazines, and countless exhibitions presents a photographic journey through the poorest communities of the Mississippi Delta. More than 100 duotone photos capture the legacy of sharecroppers, racism, and poverty in the Deep South--a land where time has brought little change...read more

Photographs document the lives of rural Mexicans, the work of U.S. immigration agents, and the everyday life of illegal aliens working in the U.S