David Burnett: Too Close, excerpt
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  • Senator Robert Kennedy campaigning for the Democratic nomination to the Presidency. Provo, Utah, USA, March, 1968.
  • Drought-striken hills in the Sahel desert near Agadès. Niger, March 1974
  • Inside the basement of the Pentagon. Arlington, Virginia, USA, Febuary 1975.
  • The first French and British supersonic Concorde jets arrive at Dulles Airport. Near Washington, D.C., USA, May 1976
  • Supporters of the Ayatollah Khomeini demonstrating against the Shah's regime. Tehran, Iran, January 1979.
  • An early personal computer user at home. Corvallis, Oregon, USA, December 1982.
  • Start of the 27th annual Gordon-Bennett Cup in ballooning (the translucent balloon later crashed near Czechoslovakia border killing both fliers). Paris, France, June 25, 1983
  • Fishermen float on inner tubes at dawn. Havana Bay, Cuba, March 1994
  • The aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower en route to Haiti as part of the American military intervention in September, 1994
  • Secret Service agents at JFK Airport await the return by helicopter of President George W. Bush from a visit to Ground Zero in the aftermath of 9/11, New York City, New York, USA, October 3, 2001
  • Men's K120 Ski Jump, Winter Olympics, Park City, Utah, February 2002
  • Launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, May 11, 2009

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