In The Shadow of Power

[Joanne98]

by Ralph Nader

Our just published In the Shadow of Power is a penetrating collection of 92 black and white photographs about life in Washington, DC, by Venezuelan photographer Kike Arnal.

After scores of books and reports by our groups over forty-five years, where the premise was that "a thousand words is worth one picture," I am reminded of the impact of the reverse saying "a picture is worth a thousand words."

If you want to see the power of these 92 pictures aided by the discerning eye of a masterful interviewer, visit Brian Lamb's one hour C-SPAN program about Mr. Arnal's book (http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292161-1).

The accomplished photographer Fred Ritchin captured the visual impacts in his foreword with these words: "In shades of gray the murkiness is probed, fragments of anguish exposed, painful contrasts fractionally illuminated."

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/03/06-0

I saw that. It was shocking. Here's the video.

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292161-1