Christopher Guess: Stonewall Moment of Victory
"EVERYONE was on their phones, checking Twitter, myself included," Christopher Guess reported from the West Village as the crowd awaited the outcome of the same sex marriage vote.
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Mark Ovaska in West Virginia: "Strip Mining Prevents Forest Fires"
Outside activists meet local hostility (partly from the union) as battle over mountaintop mining continues.
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Remembering Chris Hondros, Part IV
We conclude our series remembering Chris Hondros: Tyler Hicks, Darren McCollester, Shannon Stapleton, James Pomerantz, and Bruno Stevens. Additional photos and videos by Tim Fadek, Mark Ovaska, and Alan Chin.
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Remembering Chris Hondros, Part III: Tal Afar
Edward Wong of the New York Times shares the story of Chris Hondros's photographs documenting the accidental killing of Iraqi civilians by American troops in Iraq.
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Remembering Chris Hondros, Part II
Alan Chin, Scout Tufankjian, and Stephanie Sinclair share their memories of Chris Hondros.
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Remembering Chris Hondros, Part I
Tim Fadek, Spencer Platt, Nicole Tung, and Gary Fabiano share their thoughts on Chris Hondros.
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Amanda Rivkin in Hungary: Toxic Red Sludge
It's been six months since toxic red sludge from an aluminum plant in Hungary burst and flooded two surrounding villages. Photographer Amanda Rivkin delivers an update.
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Jake Price in Japan: Dispatch From The Quake Zone
Back in Sendai from the epicenter of the Japanese earthquake, photographer Jack Price captures the ordeal, and brave spirits, of survivors.
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Danny Ghitis in Poland: Ordinary Life in Auschwitz
In a departure from our usual focus on contemporary news imagery, BagNews is excited to launch this series from photographer Danny Ghitis, who has been traveling to Poland and exploring the subtle and nuanced nature of memory, history, and ordinary life in Auschwitz:
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Dress for Success? Or Best Oscar Put Down?
This Oscar shot just seemed like a great FU to the industry from Helen Bonham Carter. Her clothes are not by a fashion designer but a costume designer. That is Oscar women's wear as costume rather anything worth anyone's notice.
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Christopher Guess in Wisconsin: Truly the People's House
This is a second report on the protests taking place inside the Capitol Building in Wisconsin. Photographer Christopher Guess is a Wisconsin native and graduate of its university. In this post, Christopher documents how the face-off between Governor Scott Walker and citizens, students and state employees had, by mid-week,...
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Christopher Guess in Wisconsin: "We Love This Type Of Crowd"
Photographer Christopher Guess flies home to Wisconsin to document the sit-in at the State Capitol.
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Cathay Pacific: Selling Feminine Passivity
The ad and the features present customers with the promise of more than just a flight attendant who will do her job well. This flight attendant is the ideal of femininity: she’s beautiful (a former model), she’s submissive (apologizes immediately!), and she’s interested in you — your thoughts, your...
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BagStravaganza! Raffle Winners and Revelry!
From all of us at BagNews, a BIG thank you to everyone who supported our end-of-year fund-raising drive! See photos and video, and raffle winners announced!
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Nina Berman & Alan Chin: Broke-Beck Mountains of Madness
Glenn Beck in Wilmington, Ohio, selling $30 books, $125 theater tickets, and $500 breakfast.
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Nina Berman & Alan Chin: Waiting For Beck
Waiting for Glenn Beck in Wilmington, Ohio, where he performs "America's First Christmas" Wednesday. But most people are more worried about survival.
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Brenda Ann Kenneally: Troy, New York – An American Community
BagNewsSalon is pleased to offer this exclusive audio slideshow interview featuring Brenda Ann Kenneally, and a look at a small town America that we rarely see in the traditional media. Her photographs detail the dispiriting circumstances that cycle through generations of young women, a destiny that may have included...
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Spencer Platt: Journey Through Cholera
Spencer Platt describes the moral uneasiness of working in Haiti during cholera outbreak.
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