The life’s work of one of the most important photojournalists of our time, covering major events in American history from the 1960s to present Stephen Shames is an American photojournalist for more than five decades. In his award-winning photo essays, he draws attention to social issues such as child poverty and racism. During his career Shames authored numerous books, among others Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers and Outside the Dream: Child Poverty in America . Kehrer Verlag is now publishing a comprehensive book containing many unpublished photos. Although Shames photographed many diverse subjects including presidents from Kennedy to Obama, activists and visionaries like Martin Luther King or Stephen Hawking, and people from countless cultures, there is a thread connecting his pictures: Shames’ photos of children and families focus on what tears us apart and binds us together: violence and abuse, but also love, hope, and transcendence. The images come from his heart and soul. Stephen Shames (b. 1947, in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an American photojournalist who for over 50 years has used his photography to raise awareness of social issues, with a particular focus on child poverty, solutions to child poverty, and racism. Shames was named a Purpose Prize Fellow in 2010 by Encore.org for his work helping AIDS orphans and former child soldiers in Africa. His photographs have been published and exhibited widely. and are included in numerous permanent collections of renowned institutions, such as the MoMA, New York, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the George Eastman Museum, and the International Center of Photography, New York. Jeffrey Henson Scales  is an independent photographer, as well as an award-winning New York Times, photography editor who has been co-editor of the annual Year in Pictures special section for over a dozen years and he also created and curated the photography column, “Exposures.”  Caleb Cain Marcus  (b. 1978, Colorado) is an American photographer, living in New York City. His work has been published widely and is the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Getty Museum, the High Museum of Art, Norton Museum of Art, and Museum of Fine Arts Houston.