Paul Moakley

Moakley is editor at large for special projects at TIME.

Recent Articles

A Photographic Diary of One Man's Struggle with Mental Illness

In the summer of 1984, photographer Arlene Gottfried met a man who called himself Midnight at a Lower East Side nightclub, where he was dancing. He invited her out the next night to see him...

By Paul Moakley

The 'Safe Supply Movement Aims to Curb Drug Overdose Deaths

On a morning Zoom call, a group of Canadian mothers give their full attention to a young man from the Drug User Liberation Front. At 26, Jeremy Kalicum is the age some of their kids...

By Paul Moakley

The Story Behind TIME's Cover of D.C. Officer Michael Fanone

Photographer Christopher Lee was at the Capitol on Jan. 6. For TIME, he returns to photograph D.C. police officer Mike Fanone

By Paul Moakley

A Mother Speaks Out About Opioid Stigma and The Pain Of Losing Her Son

Four years ago, the stories of a young man named Billy with his mother Kristina and stepfather John Barboza appeared in The Opioid Diaries, a special issue of TIME calling attention to the dire rise...

By Kristina Barboza and Paul Moakley

Why Deaths Among America's Homeless Are Soaring

When West Virginia declared a state of emergency to arrest the coronavirus, the social network that aids the homeless froze along with everything else. Charities that offered daily meals and warming stations shut down. Volunteers,...

By Paul Moakley

How a Groundbreaking Book Helped a Generation of Lesbians See Themselves in the 1970s

Photographer and activist JEB (Joan E. Biren) reflects on her groundbreaking photo book ‘Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians’

By Paul Moakley

Scenes from Election Protests in Arizona

Tensions are running high outside of the Maricopa County Elections office in Phoenix, Ariz., where more than a hundred protestors have demonstrated for the last three nights to argue about the electoral process after former...

By Paul Moakley

Photographing the New Age of Conspiracies

In November 2017, the House Intelligence Committee released fake advertisements found on Facebook in the walk up to the 2016 election. As politicians on each side argued over whether the ads changed the election results,...

By Paul Moakley

'I'm Just Trying to Photograph Life as I See It.' Earlie Hudnall Jr. Has Spent More Than 40 Years Documenting Historically Black Neighborhoods in Houston

Long before George Floyd’s death, Earlie Hudnall Jr. was photographing the neighborhood where Floyd grew up. Houston’s Third Ward, like many Black enclaves, has suffered the long-term effects of systemic racism and inequity. But Hudnall,...

By Paul Moakley

NYC Church Mourns as Priests Recover From COVID-19

Fr. Brendan Gormley talks to TIME about how the pandemic has upended his church during the holiest week of the year for Christians

By Paul Moakley

One Year After Surviving a Mass Shooting, the Capital Gazette Journalists Refuse to Be Silenced

Rachael Pacella had been doing better. No longer did any little sound—the buzz of a cell phone, a door opening—cause her, to twitch. She wasn’t freezing in crosswalks. The therapy and medication helped. So did...

By Sean Gregory and Paul Moakley

'Everything Was Broken.' The Photographer Who Captured the Most Haunting Photographs of Dorian and Its Aftermath

'I've covered hurricanes in the Caribbean the last fourteen years... but nothing compared to this one'

By Paul Moakley

The Public Is Angry About the Opioid Crisis. We Need to Listen

They consider it a betrayal, says Chris McGeal, author of "American Overdose"

By Paul Moakley

Best-selling Author Beth Macy: “We Need to Treat Addiction as the Medical Problem It Is”

The best-selling author on dope sickness, the opioid addict next door and holding drug companies accountableYour new book, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company That Addicted America, details the opioid crisis in the U.S....

By Paul Moakley

Remembering Arlene Gottfried: Legendary New York City Street Photographer

A look back at the work of a legendary New York City street photographer

By Paul Moakley

Photographic Memory: The Importance of Preserving Community History

“People today misuse photography,” says photographer Earlie Hudnall Jr.. “Photos tend to stay in phones and people lose them.”

By Paul Moakley

The Art of Photographing Animals Like Humans

“I’m tired of language,” says photographer Robin Schwartz. “With animals you don’t have to use language.”Since childhood Schwartz has documented her close connection to animals in images that reveal the complexities of domestication. Her attraction...

By Paul Moakley

Inside the Cinematography of the Oscar-Nominated Movie 'Moonlight'

This weekend at the Oscars, cinematographer James Laxton is up for his first Academy Award for his work on the drama Moonlight. The film and its visuals developed from a deep collaboration with his college...

By Paul Moakley

Inside Gays for Trump's Deploraball Dance Party

Dina Litovsky photographed the Gays for Trump event

By Paul Moakley

Pioneering Photographs of Gay Life in the 1960s

Anthony Friedkin photographed gay culture in the 1960s

By Paul Moakley
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