JFK, WWII, French Vogue: Daily Photo Feed 11/29

Posted by David Ozanich — 29 Nov 2010

NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday investigated the story behind an iconic WWII photograph which is the basis for a new book "The Boy: A Holocaust Story":

The look of terror and confusion blankets a young boy's face as he raises his arms in surrender to a German soldier pointing a gun at him.

The image, captured in a photograph during World War II, has been seared into the minds and souls of millions since it was seen. But the identity of the little boy -- his thin, fragile legs visible beneath a long coat -- remains unknown.

For those who still haven't had their fill of Turkey, a Thanksgiving Day Parade slideshow from the New York Times. Another one, by Bill Cunningham, also looks at the parade as well as the style of those attending.

Notorious photographer of the naughty, naughty "Glee" photos, Terry Richardson, has a feature in the Tom Ford-edited issue of French Vogue.

PDN goes "Inside the Bestseller List: Top Photo Books of 2010" just in time for Cyber Monday.

The Photo Attorney has customizable contracts and release forms for photographers available for download on the website which should save you the cost of hiring a lawyer while still keeping you legally safe.

There seems to be an endless amount of "never-before-seen" and "lost" photos of the Kennedy White House. How they have been lost for 50 years is beyond me, but I sure enjoy looking at them. Today, the Big Picture Blog has a cache of unpublished ones courtesy LIFE magazine and the JFK Library which are part of a $10 million project to digitize the archives. Below, photographer Paul Schutzer turns his camera on his fellow shutterbugs on the 1960 campaign trail.