Black Star s catalogue of photos reflects the diversity of themes found in the history of photojournalism: from the International Brigade of the Spanish civil war to the misery of Rwandan refugees in a Zairean camp; from the stone age tribes living in the Philippine rain forest to the criminal gangs in the jungle of Los Angeles. Hendrik Neubauers text introduces the reader to this long established agencys history and its photographers. Above all this book reveals that from the very start Black Star and photojournalism have been closely bound together.