{"product_id":"light-in-dark-places-9781953480231","title":"Light in Dark Places","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA photojournalist and physician documents his remarkable career.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Trained as a physician and self-taught as a photographer, Matthew Naythons documented many of the most important global and domestic events of his generation. \u003ci\u003eLight In Dark Places\u003c\/i\u003e encompasses the depth and breadth of his career. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Post-medical school Naythons worked forty-eight-hour emergency room shifts in rural California, which gave him freedom to explore the world of photojournalism as a freelancer, eventually joining \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e. He was on one of the last helicopters out of Saigon the morning the city fell, and on the first helicopter into the horror of Jonestown. He covered the Yom Kippur War, the Nicaraguan revolution, and the United States invasion of Grenada, among other stories. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e After photographing the exodus of skeletal Cambodian refugees into Thailand in 1979, Naythons laid down his cameras and returned to his first calling. He founded International Medical Teams, which brought American physicians, nurses, and paramedics across the Thai border into Cambodia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Many of the images in this book bear witness to the aftermath of wars and natural disasters. Yet amid the darkness, his photographs also illuminate luminous moments of life, joy, and hope. \"Cameras peer through darkness,\" Naythons reflected. \"I've used mine to shed light in dark places.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In addition to the photographs, the book includes an autobiographical essay by Naythons. A foreword by Judith Thurman, an introduction by Jon Lee Anderson, and an afterword by Don Carleton, all further serve to put Naythons's life and career in historical context. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew Naythons is a photojournalist, physician, publisher, and author. Trained as a physician, he covered the world for \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e in the 1970s and 1980s, founding an international medical NGO in 1980. Among his many books is \u003ci\u003eThe Face of Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e. His photographic archive is at the Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Briscoe Ctr for Amer History Ut-Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51890608800018,"sku":"9781953480231","price":52.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7440fddf-2d58-44ef-a7a5-0e2869ecf5a8.jpg?v=1768310760","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/light-in-dark-places-9781953480231","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}