The newly re-launched American-Journal.org has a new look at photojournalist Melissa Lyttle’s “Girl in the Window” story. Three years after the story ran in the St. Petersburg Times, Lyttle and writer Lane DeGregory revisited the family to find out what’s changed, and perhaps, more importantly, what hasn’t.

While editing her photos each night during one recent visit in August 2011, Lyttle felt like she had seen some of these scenes before. She has created the diptych photo pairings in this presentation offering us a unique look at then and now.

Very cool.

View the essay at www.american-journal.org.

There is a heart-wrenching essay about a family being evicted from their home in Colorado in The Washington Post. Getty photographer John Moore had amazing access and captured some very sad moments. Great work covering a true American economic tragedy.

See the essay at www.washingtonpost.com.

Note: Of course there is the obligatory advertisement first.

The title of Chip Litherland’s blog post is “it’s the aperture, stupid.” We thought our reference to it needed to be more about the great images.

Chip is know for his use of color and desire to find something different. It really shows in his recent coverage of politics in Florida. This guy has a truly amazing eye.

Don’t believe me? Check it out for yourself at Chiplitherland.com/blog.

Virginian Pilot photojournalist Preston Gannaway has an excellent essay on a quadriplegic rugby ream from Hampton Roads’, Virginia, called the East Coast Cripplers. Some really nice black and white work. I have always been a fan of her work and she never disappoints.

See the essay on her website at www.prestongannaway.com.

New York Times photographer Todd Heisler has a nice piece of work on city neighborhoods that are changing underneath their long-time residents.

View the slideshow at www.nytimes.com.

Washington Post photographer Michael S. Williamson has been traveling the United States for a story on the recession, using only his smartphone camera to document his travels. We are more than impressed.

View the essay on the Washington Post website: Michael S. Williamson’s On Recession Road (Click here).

Pete Marovich has created a series of images from items in the Harrisonburg Fire Department’s fire safety exhibit. The charred and burned items were collected by the fire department from fires in the city and  have been a staple of the department’s fire safety education program for over 20 years.

View BURNED here on Pete Marovich’s website at www.petemarovichimages.com.

“As a sweet-faced baby Marlon Barton, right, pictured with his mother, Pearile Barton, sister, Mary Barton and father, Larry Barton, made everyone smile. Marlon was almost 18 months old before he was identified with autism. Now that he is full grown, no one knows quite what to do with him. Barton is 6 foot 2 inches tall and weighs 283 pounds and acutely autistic. He is one of thousands of people diagnosed as children who are now entering adulthood. “He scares people, ” said his mother, Pearlie Barton, who cares for him around he clock. “Being large, African American and autistic does not work in his favor.” Autism was a relatively rare condition when Barton was born, and youngsters like him did not get the kinds of therapeutic help that they do now.”  - From Renée C. Byer’s essay in the Sacramento Bee about Marlin and Pearlie Barton.

See the full essay on the Sacramento Bee website.

New York Times photojournalist Damon Winter won the 2009 Pultizer Prize for feature photography with his coverage of Barack Obama on the campaign trail.

You can view the winning images on the New York Times website.

As we reported in November, you  can also view a multimedia production on the New York Times website where Winter talks about his images and coverage of the campaign. Click here.

The Chicago Tribune has an excellent multimedia piece about a woman fleeing an abusive relationship and coming to the United States from Mexico. Mariana de la Torre  illegally crossed the border in a car trunk seeking a better life. It was not going to be that easy.

She was diagnosed with cervical cancer, eight months after arriving in the United States leading her to buy a fake identity on the black market in order to receive medical treatment she needed.  It was too late. Her dying wish was to return home to see the family she left behind. 

View the multimedia story on the Chicago Tribune website.