Virus Meets Cat Gramming
As the coronavirus grips Washington and the nation, this cat photo by Alex Wroblewski is not just sweet. It offers a dose of emotional immunity.
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Drive-Up Confession and other Pandemic Improvisations
The drive-up church confession is just one of the creative adaptions being made on the fly as the coronovirus upsets the familiar rituals of life.
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The Coronoavirus and the World Atilt
Suddenly, the media is filled with images that situate the coronavirus into the most well-known backgrounds. This example from Pisa is striking.⠀
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Coronavirus: Looking at the Next Wave
What informs this photo and the fear it stirs is the knowledge that the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. is not quite as far along as it is elsewhere.
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White House Flickr Exposes Trump’s Oval Office Coronavirus Speech
While the crisis calls for selflessness, what the photos reveal is an obsession with the camera, and Trump acting the role of first responder.
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As the Coronavirus Shutters Broadway
Photographers are using their symbolic gifts to process the loss of normality from the coronavirus. Here, the focus is on Broadway.
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Drawing on Contagion
This drawing by a young girl in Italy is a poignant illustration of the threat of coronavirus, and also the health of the planet. ⠀
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Saguaros and the Steely Monolith
It's a view you can instantly fall in love with–those saguaros, or giant cactus, sharing a "hug." That is, until you recognize the border wall.
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Tokyo 2020, Or Not
In terms of what photographs do, this split view of tourists above and the stadium below projects us five months into the Olympic future.
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Camouflage is a Common Marvel
Camouflage is a common marvel in the biological world. Whether the dress here is purposeful or not is a different question.
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Wedding Humor in the Age of Apocalypse
I noticed this picture from South Korea has been making the rounds again. It was taken as a (not-such-a-) joke photo at a wedding in Seoul in June 2015. At the time, the catalyst for the photo was the outbreak of the deadly MERS virus. Today, it strikes a...
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Impeachment Trial Media Blackout
Not only is the media resorting to illustrators to capture the proceedings of the presidential impeachment trial, the view of the audience is also limiting.
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The Trump – Greta Thunberg Photo Crossings
Once again, young Greta Thunberg and Donald Trump find their way into the same international meeting photo. As the climate degenerates, we can expect more.
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Chatting the Pictures: Australia on Fire; Suleimani Assassination; Church Full of Guns
This week, we look at key photos from the Australian fires, America's assassination of Iran's military chief, and a photo-illustration of guns in church.
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Mitch Epstein’s Pipeline Activist
Epstein's photo of Pennsylvania's Ashton Clatterbuck captures the urgency of the climate crisis, and it's appropriately fitting.
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The Symbolism of the Pope Slapping a Woman on New Years
Who would have imagined the biggest New Years social media drama would involve the pope slapping a well-wisher in St. Peter’s Square?
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Chatting the Pictures Year End: Kamala Harris; Firestorm Tree; Greta Thunberg at Standing Rock
Welcome to a special, year end edition of “Chatting the Pictures” focusing on pictures of the year and the theme of exposure.
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Our Visual Appeal: Help Support Reading the Pictures
This holiday season, Reading the Pictures is asking for your support. In these divided times, bringing clarity to media imagery is as important as ever.
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