photojournalist in its latest issue.

TOPIC magazine, published by the US Information Service, features a three-page article on the late Mr. Richard Saunders whose work is on display at the National Gallery.

The article, which includes local photographer Mr. John Weatherill's portrait of the photojournalist, highlights Mr. Saunders' career -- from his humble and difficult beginnings in Bermuda during the 1930s to his popularity in the US and around the world in the 1980s.

TOPIC also includes a handful of Mr. Saunders' photographs, including "The Lesotho Track'' which depicts women building the Trans-Lesotho roadway in Africa in 1971.

Mr. Saunders, who returned to Bermuda during World War II and worked as a photographer with the Police, spent a great portion of his career touring Africa with the likes of former US Secretary of State Mr. Henry Kissinger.

And by the time of his death in 1987 he was regarded as one of America's "foremost photojournalists''.

In the article, New York Congressman Mr. Charles Rangel is quoted as saying: "Richard Saunders, a great black artist, had expressed during his lifetime a desire to have his work benefit the community, and there has been an organised effort in my community to have his work deposited in the Schomburg Center for Black Culture''.

The Centre, located in Harlem, is the custodian of 20 years of photographs taken by Mr. Saunders for TOPIC where he spent the latter part of his career.

Thirty of those black and white photographs, chosen by local photographer Mr.

Graeme Outerbridge, are on display at the National Gallery.

It represents the first photographic exhibition in the gallery which celebrated its first anniversary last week.

Mr. Richard Saunders.