GOP Hopefuls Starting to Blur
As we slog our way into deep summer, the unwieldy Republican cavalcade is becoming quite the spectacle.
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Where Trump Meets John Wayne
If the personal analogy falls laughable short, the parallel is in the audacity.
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Best Angles on Obama’s Visit to Federal Prison
Obama's presence transforms these inmates from pariahs to men with stories; men who made mistakes; men who might not even be here were it not for the draconian treatment of non-violent drug offenders.
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The Pope is a Communist!
Unless the Pope dials back on the liberal politics, it's probably not the last time you’ll see this photo.
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That All-Too-Dark Iran Nuke Disarmament Photo
Marking the concluding instant of the negotiation ritual, the end of the beginning and the beginning of the future and its consequences, the photo is eerie indeed.
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Are We Seeing A New Level of Candidness from Campaign Photographers This Year?
I'm grateful to Brooks for this shot, as much as I'm hopeful this candidness blossoms into a real trend.
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The Last Chapter of S. Carolina's Confederate Flag Debate
These photos stood out to me as being particularly symbolic in still another historic week for human rights.
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On Those Presidential Campaign Selfies
What a twist of fate that the phenomenon of mobile photography would force presidential candidates -- on-the-spot, and over-and-over-again -- to have to actually cater to the will of the people.
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July 4th Special: Pick Your Flag
Scanning the newswire heading into the July 4th weekend, I came upon two photos speaking to today's flag politics, not to mention a serious fissure in "one nation under God."
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The Horror
Does this Reuters shot (from Jeb's campaign kickoff) look like a Hitchcock still?
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Why it's Fair Game for Getty to Tweak Christie as Gay (and for AP to Depict Ted Cruz with a Gun to his Head)
It's important to emphasize that the creation of news photos and editorial decisions about what to put on the wire do not take place a vacuum.
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TIME and Photo Booth: Two Takes on Cosmetic Surgery and the “Opening Up” of Photography
It’s hard to understand the point of capturing artificiality when cosmetic surgery is being presented as a ubiquitous commodity.
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Amazing Grace: Key Scenes From Obama to Newsome, ACA to Pride
And with the funerals and the dignity emanating from Charleston in the aftermath of the racist church massacre in Charleston, what with Obama's sermon, Bree Newsome and the two momentous Supreme Court decisions, by the weekend, it was like "ACA Meets Pride Meets Black Lives Matter."
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On That Selfie Stick Gay Marriage Photo by Marcus Yam
One thing it says is that our cultural rituals and practices keep evolving and refashioning themselves.
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That Less Circulated Statehouse Photo Honoring Clementa Pinckney
As we witness Pinckney’s colleagues grieving for him in session, we feel for him, too, as a member.
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Two Rambos, and that New Treasure Trove of Bush – Cheney White House Photos
What's great about these images the National Archives were compelled to turn over is just how politically incorrect they are.
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Dylann Roof and His Point-and-Shoot
It's as if Roof is reminding us he wouldn't have attained anywhere near the fame and notoriety without the power and ubiquity of photography today.
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