[1] Pogue has worked in many areas around the world, including Cuba, Pakistan, Iraq, Chiapas, Haiti, Saudi Arabia, and Rio Grande valley of Texas.

[2] As he left home to serve in the war, his mother gave him a Kodak Instamatic, asking him to send her pictures because she knew he wasn't going to write.

During the 1968 Tet offensive, he endured shelling and witnessed a member of his unit being shot to death, leading him to question the justification of the war.

He kept his rent low by living in a janitor's closet at the University YWCA, and he found free meals at Les Amis, a cafe that treated him as its artist-in-residence.

Pogue took odd jobs related to photography, such as wedding and passport work, as well as his income from the Texas Observer, which earned him $5 a picture.

[1] Of note, a 1972 photograph taken during the struggle for reproductive freedom taken by Pogue shows a woman in the University YMCA on the phone, providing information on birth control and abortion.

His 1979 "The Short-Handled Hoe" from Hidalgo, Texas exposed the cruelty of growers forcing field workers to bend over solely to discern whether they were working.

His 'Photographs from prison' support the work of Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE) a grassroots organization of Texas origin.

When members of the Christian Peacemaker Team chained themselves to a house in the West Bank in 1998, attempting to prevent its demolition by Israeli forces, Pogue preserved the moment on film.

During his career, Pogue also managed to capture many well known Texans, including, John Henry Faulk, Sissy Farenthold, Barbara Jordan, Molly Ivins, Ann Richards, Jim Hightower, and former president George W.

During the coronavirus pandemic, Pogue journeyed to Oklahoma to cover President Donald Trump's June 20, 2020 Tulsa rally.

While waiting for Trump to arrive, Pogue ventured outside to investigate a commotion caused by a group of Black Lives Matter protestors.