Reading the Symbols of Political Movements: A Joint Reading the Pictures/Columbia University Tow Center and Data Science Institute Salon
In this Salon, we discuss the symbolic strategies of political movements, especially those on the far right, and the challenges posed to the media.
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The Best Visual Response to the NYC Truck Attack
With the White House immediately politicizing the New York truck attack, the picture serves as a critical counterweight.
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Las Vegas, Puerto Rico, Catalonia: Our Roundup of the Week
Hurricanes, earthquakes, the threat of nuclear war. Just when you thought another cataclysm couldn't possibly happen, the Las Vegas massacre happened.
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Nick Oza’s Haunting Photo from Inside the Mandalay Hotel
The image channels every photo we've seen of the Mandalay Hotel's exterior since the attack.
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Salam 9/11
The photo was taken in 2011, on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. It seems even more relevant now.
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London and a Fake Suicide Vest
The biggest threat of this attack was the potential to create outsized effects on the cheap. A fake vest or a real one is part of sorting the difference.
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Beyond Manchester: A Typical Terror-Filled Monday
Perhaps the most insidious impact of the attack on Manchester is the narrowing of western attention.
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Mapplethorpe to Stonewall: the Orlando Massacre Over the Course of Sunday
Tracking the visual reactions to the horrific Orlando massacre on Twitter over the course of the day Sunday.
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Brussels, Tintin and White House Wild Things: Juxtaposition of the Day
Two popular children's books, right? But here's where the twist comes....
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Sacrilege
These photos, in the aftermath of the attacks in Brussels and Lahore, share a profane symmetry.
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Two Getty Photographers Use Instagram to Respond to the Insanity
The photos by Platt and Olson step us back, way back, from the hostility of the day and replaces it with eloquence.
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The Latest Terror Attack and a 19th Century Painting
I doubt that the photographer was thinking of Caillebotte’s work when snapping the photo in Brussels, but the connection is there in several ways.
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Less Than a Day Later, a Paris All-Too-Normal. (Photo: Alex Majoli)
If it’s primarily about Parisians reclaiming their cafe life and affirming their resilience, I wonder if the photo isn’t more provocative than that.
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On Charlie Hebdo’s (Latest) Paris Attack Response
If it’s about the latest attack on Paris, it seems to say as much, or more, about the last one.
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Who’s French Now? The Most Political, and Poignant Aftermath Photos from the Paris Attack.
If the attack changed the way France sees its Muslims, its foreign born and even non-whites, how did that inform the immediate imagery?
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From Guerrilla to Boy Band: The Paris Ringleader and ISIS Photo Tactics
The discrepant photos of Abdelhamid not only demonstrate their marketing prowess, but how easily ISIS can tweak the west.
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Eiffel Tower Peace Sign: Branding or Love Call (if for Impending Security State)?
The effort to stop a ruthless tyranny can lead to a state where the Paris of today is only a memory.
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