Trump’s Thanksgiving Wingman: Pence in Iraq
Pence can be counted on to deliver a steady diet of visual comfort food, indulging those who hunger for a return to the political style of Ronald and Nancy.
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Combat Photographer’s Last Photo a Resounding Media Failure
The rush to publish a combat photographer’s last photo led to a fundamental lack of context and a widespread, culturally tone-deaf photo editing failure.
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Tiny Trumps Don’t Shrink the Sexual Power Trip
This Tiny Trump is funny, in essence, because he is smaller than a woman. The joke, ultimately, is at her expense.
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Trump’s Address to Congress: What Caught Our Eye
Trump received wide praise for his performance last night addressing a joint session of Congress. The problem is, that's mostly what it was.
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Memory, Poetry and Politics: Thoughtful Views from Instagram on the 15th Anniversary of 9/11
Far from the ash and the fireballs, we've collected a group of Instagram photos that evoke 9/11 in a more poetic, historical and/or political way.
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Not Again: Photographer David Gilkey, RIP
The black hole known as the Afghan War claims the life of another outstanding photographer.
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Why it’s Critical to View the Photos Inside the MSF Hospital in Kunduz
The photos are crucial for the opportunity to substantiate what we only know to be true.
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The Anti-ISIS "Coalition" and the Fiction of One Iraq: The Flags Tell You All You Need To Know
You can read any number of articles describing how Iraq and its military is a fiction. But the reality is fluttering right there in the wind.
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ISIS Attacks Iraqi Base Full of US Trainers, Ho Hum
Whatever the reasons for the quiet, America's reengagement in Iraq is primarily significant for the lack of attention.
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The Masking of Damaged Vets (With an Appearance by Hannibal Lecter). Photo by Lynn Johnson.
While the mask purports to give voice to his inner pain, it also makes it possible for us to observe him (from a distance) without actually seeing him.
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Pics from the Wire: The Overarching Obstacle in Iraq
The photo sums up the problem with western engagement -- in duplicate.
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Soul Searching Photos Replace “Shock and Awe” as Defense Industry Leads Us into Next Iraq War
As we roll almost mutely into another war, there is no end of high-priced hardware once more ready to burn.
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Photoville: War is Not Healthy for Children and Other Living Things
Wars may be easy to get into (and easy to suppose as tactically and emotionally limited) but then the stains just keep spreading.
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From the Islamic State News Desk, Hostage-Anchor John Cantlie Reporting
This op-ed is as impressive for dialing back on the previous execution videos as for taking over a classically Western media format.
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How the Pictures are Killing Us: The Dynamics of the Sotloff and Foley ISIS Videos
If the Foley and Sotloff videos felt like a piercing blow, if just from the bloodless screen shots, what is it that so pierced us?
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Enabling ISIS, the VICE Videos and the Execution of AFP Videographer James Foley
Where are the ethics and the boundaries when the media engagement is so passive, even acquiescent, and the product, so indistinguishable from propaganda that the insurgents feel they can have their way with the exposure?
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On that ISIS/ISIL Centerfold
I imagine you’ve seen this gentleman posing here in his outdoor boudoir?
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Charlie's Angels
No, I'm not mocking the Iraqi Army or the fact lives are on the line. What I am poking fun at are all the "stage-y" news pictures that end up illustrating a critical story because they're available.
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