Since the invention of photography, the camera's eye has reported, chronicled and even influenced history. A new kind of journalism- photojournalism- reinvented reality, allowing the public for the first time to witness events just as they happened. Time, the pre-eminent news magazine for more than 70 years, has helped shape that process. Eyewitness celebrates some of the most important and memorable images of photojournalism from the insider's perspective of the editors of Time. Eyewitness offers a unique selection of the most memorable images from 150 years of international photojournalism. These powerful pictures trace the growth of photojournalism from amateur's pastime to a professional, technologically sophisticated enterprise that has fundamentally altered the way we regard our world.