TIME Photojournalist Visits MDI Library for New Book: “Legacy of Lies”

NORTHEAST HARBOR—On Wednesday, September 24 at 5:30 p.m. the Northeast Harbor Library will host a discussion with TIME photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg on his book Legacy of Lies: El Salvador 1981 - 1984.

Nickelsberg worked as a Time magazine contract photographer for nearly thirty years, specializing in political and cultural change in developing countries. He will offer insights on his previously unpublished images illuminating an important chapter in Latin American history. Featuring essays from renowned journalists alongside Nickelsberg’s photography, Legacy of Lies: El Salvador 1981-1984 is a window into El Salvador following the left-wing 1979 Sandinista Revolution, after which the United States sought to prop up El Salvador’s right-wing military government, helping fuel a lethal 13-year civil war,

Register at nehlibrary.org/events or by calling 207-276-3333.