John Edwin Mason: Documentary, Motorsports, Photo History

Farmworkers in Florida & Modern Day Slavery

The Modern Day Slavery Museum, a mobile exhibition that's been organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers [CIW], rolled into Charlottesville, yesterday. Its mission is to educate the public about the brutal conditions that farmworkers in Florida endure and to encourage the people to do something about it. "Slavery" probably... Read more →

How Photography Lies, Even When It's Telling the Truth: FSA Photography & the Great Depression

Think about the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, and images like the one below will spring into your head -- a photograph of a homeless mother and her children who appear to have nothing to cling to but their clothes, their car, and each other. It seems to sum... Read more →