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Teenager reading at Highland Park High School, Texas, November 1947. LIFE. Cornell Capa.
Capa (1918–2008) chose the phrase “concerned photographer” to describe those photographers who demonstrated in their work a humanitarian impulse to use pictures to educate and change the world, not just to record it. Capa worked for LIFE magazine from 1946 to 1967, and for the Magnum Photos agency beginning in 1954, covering social and political issues.
J. K. Rowling reading.
Joanne “Jo” Rowling, OBE FRSL, is best known as the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series. The Potter books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, and sold more than 400 million copies.
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Detail of a photograph of the children of Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris, date unknown
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Mother and Child (1899). William Mainwaring Palin (British, 1862-1947).
Palin worked for five years with Wedgwood and Son before attending the Royal College of Art in London. He also studied in Italy, and Paris, with Boulanger and Lefebvre. He exhibited widely, especially with the Royal Society of British Artists.
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