Witness to Our Times

Flip Schulke has photographed Elvis Presley, Mohammed Ali, Martin Luther King, Fidel Castro, John F. Kennedy, and the early astronauts of the American space program. He has shot film underwater with Jacques Cousteau, and in the path of racecars. During the civil rights movement of the 1960s, Schulke?s images stunned American magazine readers, helping to change public opinion and influence the course of history. In this heartfelt and revealing profile, Schulke recounts how he built a career out of his passion for documenting social change.