THE COMPASSIONATE EYE

Camera in hand, Horace Bristol chose stories that led him on a life of adventure and danger…journeying to Bali by outrigger canoe…attacked by anti-labor goon squads in California…reported dead in the Korean War…he captured history in the making. This pioneering photojournalist shot some of the most significant photographs of the 20th century, images that have become icons of our past. Horace was among the first contributors to Life magazine, photographing migrant labor camps in a series that became the basis for The Grapes of Wrath. He circled the globe in World War II with Edward Steichen's Navy photography unit. He spent the postwar decade documenting the changing way of life in Japan and Asia, covering Emperor Hirohito, General MacArthur, Chiang Kai-Shek, Prince Sihanouk, and the wars in Korea. China, and Vietnam. His photographs countered the stereotypes of Asian culture perpetrated at the time... When his wife committed suicide Bristol destroyed every print he could find. His..