The Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs from 1942 to present day, with very nice annotations explaining the circumstances of the photographs and the technical details.This is a powerful series of photographs; probably more than half were familiar to me, but it was still illuminating to read the author's notes on the photos, interviews with the participants when possible, and information about the cameras used and the techniques.Many of these photographs have achieved iconographic status today, and should be familiar to any reasonably well-informed American. ( )

The short summaries on the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs were fascinating as well as the photographs. The book had a huge variety of types of photographs. What tied all the stories and photographs together was the randomness of the moments. And that is why I enjoyed Moments. It was a spattering of historical moments throughout the last seventy years.

Moments is at both times delightful and frightening to browse through. While it captures an amazing number of “moments” through history, some are horrendously shocking, as they deal with war. For that reason, I’m glad it’s not a coffee table book I’ll keep around my home. At the same time, I found both the stories and the photographs fascinating and I'm glad I checked it out from the library.

More detailed review on my blog