In this expanded paperback version of Hal Buell's stunning collection of Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs from 1942 to 2015, the vast array of subjects, techniques and even photographers underscores the ambiguity in what makes an image Pulitzer quality. Compassion, brutality, success and failure: they run the spectrum of experience.
Moments moves chronologically through the existence of the award, illustrating the advances in technology as well as the growing diversity of recipients. But more than anything it showcases the history captured in these gripping snapshots--Babe Ruth saying goodbye at Yankee Stadium, a woman crying over one of the dead students at Kent State, for example--instances that so powerfully capture not only the subject but also the height of emotion and richness of atmosphere. The short essays accompanying each image provide insight into the photographers' thoughts and the extreme dangers in which they often place themselves in order to achieve that perfect picture.
Each turn of the page steals the reader's breath. Photography and history fans alike are sure to cherish the impassioned world captured spectacularly in Moments. --Jen Forbus of Jen's Book Thoughts