Berlin Wall Photo Gallery
Photographs ©Alexandra Avakian/Contact Press Images

Fall of Berlin Wall, 11/1989.
West Germans at the wall. E. German border guards on top of wall, before the fall.
West Germans attack the wall. East German border guards on

Self-portrait
Hi everybody,

Check out my story on today’s New York Times Lens. It was shot by me, my husband and son, and nurses. It is posted in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, because I know that many millions of women and their families co

TIME.com now features the book Windows of the Soul: My Journeys in the Muslim World, by Alexandra Avakian, published by National Geographic.

Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Check out today’s New York Times feature about Windows of the Soul: My Journeys in the Muslim World.
Click here: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/
MULTIMEDIA | June 04, 2009
Lens: Showcase: Taking Risks
By James Estrin
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Dear Readers/Viewers,

Windows of the Soul news includes:

The launch of a new NG Live! DVD in The Photographers series of my slide lecture (and Sam Abell’s) at the National Geographic Society, and it includes up close and personal interviews. Learn mo

On Saturday, February 21 at 8 a.m. (EST) and Sunday, February 22 at 12 a.m. and 1 p.m. (EST), CSPAN2’s Book TV featured Alexandra’s NG Live! 10/08 slide show and book talk at the National Geographic Society.

On Thursday, February 19, Alexandra and Win