Eclipse as the One Bright Spot: Our Roundup of the Week

Because of the “power greater than us” vibe. Reposting @flanagan_annie. #Eclipse & eclipse-inspired. pic.twitter.com/kn1LW9YqzT

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) August 21, 2017

The vague and reluctant Afghanistan reset. Trump’s red meat Phoenix appearance. Ongoing fallout from the Charlottesville neo-Nazi march and the President’s tacit approval of it. …All we can say is, the moon plunging parts of the country into total darkness on Tuesday was clearly the week’s shining moment. (Here’s our post with more favorites, by the way.)

Pretty grim @Getty pic of soldiers listening to Trump, Afghan plan. The messenger? message? lighting? All the above? #FortMyer 📷MarkWilson pic.twitter.com/APgRogxk74

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) August 23, 2017

#BREAKING: Trump set to implement transgender military ban, allow removal of current transgender troops: report https://t.co/jGXys8GxWD pic.twitter.com/BC2DIFakG9

— The Hill (@thehill) August 24, 2017

Yes, of course, the photo is ironic. https://t.co/umhv56Daaq

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) August 24, 2017

On same day as solar event, #Ivanka, #Melania eclipse the uniforms. #FortMyer #TrumpAfghanistanStrategy 📷Nicholas Kamm @GettyImages pic.twitter.com/Gc5bI1AWPo

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) August 23, 2017

What makes it all worth it. #TrumpRallyPhoenix @GettyImages pic.twitter.com/fJ9oHKvx2b

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) August 23, 2017

Just minutes after Trump’s speech ended in Phoenix, the uneasy calm that had prevailed beforehand gave way https://t.co/MJmVmFc1Jp pic.twitter.com/Htt87ib25w

— POLITICO (@politico) August 24, 2017

That 45 catching on. https://t.co/azF5ctQJZ1

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) August 24, 2017

As opposed to “2 equal sides,” there’s “you reap what you sow.” Anti-#Trump defense team. #TrumpRallyPhoenix @GettyImages pic.twitter.com/77YjPkTBrS

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) August 23, 2017

It’s really unusual how publications have felt no qualm working the same visual turf. The Charlottesville Trump furor.

German news magazine @sternde features Trump. Text = “His fight” a play title of Hilter’s book ‘mein kampf’. V. strong stuff in Europe. pic.twitter.com/swvg4UURou

— Andrew Beatty (@AndrewBeatty) August 23, 2017

It’s really unusual how publications have felt no qualm working the same visual turf. The #Charlottesville Trump furor. https://t.co/MJGfPXucVv

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) August 24, 2017

These people jumped into @mgalinsk establishing shot for #Durham memorial coming down. These are bizarre times. Vid: https://t.co/J2TcSeN9ne pic.twitter.com/ttnJpVfPcf

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) August 20, 2017

Endlessly intrigued by parallel between biz as usual, and US – #SKorea disaster prep. Surreal times. #Seoul @GettyImages pic.twitter.com/g4xTrnJifT

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) August 23, 2017

A simple but profound transformation by the great Michael Williamson. By way of the angle, he took an inscription and turned it into the tombstone for a Confederate War statue relocated from Louisville.⠀ ⠀ Reposting @washpostphoto:⠀ …⠀ “A view of the recently relocated Civil War monument in Brandenburg, Kentucky. iPhone image made just after sunrise, August 20, 2017. (Photo by Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post)” @mswontheroad #CivilWar #civilwarstatues #war #memorial #monuments #race #politics #art #politicalart #history #culture #visualpolitics #visualrhetoric

A post shared by Reading The Pictures (@readingthepictures) on Aug 23, 2017 at 8:12pm PDT

You saw the naked eyeball shot, but did you see this one by Getty’s Mark Wilson? We call it cockeyed.⠀ ⠀ Reposting @markphoto__⠀ ⠀ #trump #eclipse #NASA #glasses #humor #politics #whitehouse #accessorizing

A post shared by Reading The Pictures (@readingthepictures) on Aug 24, 2017 at 11:42pm PDT

What stuck us, with the street, truck and box, was … fashion commerce and the beauty ideal meets human trafficking. #fashion #Mannequin #gender #women #politics ⠀ ⠀ Reposting @heislerphoto:⠀ …⠀ “TriBeCa. #nyc #streetphotography #pictureoftheday”

A post shared by Reading The Pictures (@readingthepictures) on Aug 24, 2017 at 11:08am PDT

Photo: @AnnieFlanagan via Instagram