Russian Oval Office Pix: Team Trump Done in by “Dual Hatter”
Absurdly, the White House never saw a threat in the Russian Oval Office photos.
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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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Mixed Messages: Our Best Social Media This Week
France, Trump, North Korea, the border. A picture’s worth a thousand questions.
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At Trump’s Invitation: Revisiting Pulitzer-Winning Philippine Drug War Photos
When Daniel Berehulak's Philippine drug war photos won a Pulitzer last month, what was also on my mind was how they related to the homefront.
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Trump, King and What’s in an Overcoat?
Too often, it's that simple thing right in front of your eyes that gets completely overlooked, even if it has plenty to say.
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Ivanka and the Settling Mess: Our Social Media Roundup
What with the 100 day milestone and his manic push to put anything on his resume, this was another week of wall-to-wall Trump. Still, I wonder if the tone is shifting.
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So, Who WAS Kellyanne Taking That Couch Gate Photo For??
Even as Trump's first 100 days have been analyzed into oblivion, this Couch Gate question is still floating around out there.
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Visual Politics and the March for Science: What Caught our Eye
As much as science is taken for granted, the point of the march is that science is essential, that it is literally everything.
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Girls in Mosul, O’Reilly, Transparency: Our Social Media Roundup
What with all the paranoia and sense of doom in the air, we were attracted to several photos this week that challenge the negativity--or the lens itself and the lack of transparency.
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North Korean Border Photos That Challenge Today’s War Hysteria
What these lighter North Korea photos get at is how much the president, gung-ho politicians and TV talking heads would have us cowering.
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What’s in an Easter Egg Roll? The Trumps Unguarded
The rarest opportunity to see Trump and his family in a personal situation, photographers haven't had this kind of prolonged access to him since the inauguration.
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United: When the Corporate Abuse is Visible
It is not like corporations don't pummel citizens everyday. The difference is that there are no pictures.
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Between the Trump and Obama Situation Room Photos
As easily as one sees a parallel between the Obama and Trump situation room photos, the comparison -- like most things Trump under closer inspection -- starts to unravel.
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April Means War: Our Social Media Roundup
April is the cruelest month? Capitol Hill meets Blue Velvet? Even before the U.S. missile strike on Thursday night, the photos of the week had an unsettling edge.
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On Melania Trump’s Official White House Portrait
Melania Trump, and a White House visual convention.
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On Those Re-released FBI 9/11 Photographs
It's a cold practice "dropping" this still-wrenching material this way. These images, like so many others rushed through the news stream, deserve more.
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Trump, the Mosul Atrocity, and a GIF That Says it All
How do we come to terms with the Mosul bombing, and a suddenly poisonous and reviled United States of America?
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Protest in Russia, Protest in America
The question is about how familiar Americans are with Russia. And it's about the burden placed on news photos.
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