Ray, Janay, and the "News Photo as Movie Still-of-the-Week"
One point I touched on was how liberally news photographs are experimenting with style, including channeling the cinema.
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The Day in Space
Was there more than just a visual resemblance between the photo of the window washers rescued from the WTC yesterday and the remarkable photos of the European Space Agency’s Philae probe after successfully landing on Comet 67P over 300 million miles away?
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The Hyper-Patriotism and Harmony of These Veteran's Day Naturalization Ceremonies
The nostalgia must be tempered ... knowing how much America excels when it comes to promise.
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The Importance of Being Earnest: That Obama Photo Fronting Saturday's NYT
If the more mobilized midterm voters looked at the President askance, it's still not over.
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Everyday Iraq: Beyond Islam and Primitivism
If western media images of that country are most often filled with sand, religious fervor and a sense of the ancient, this couldn't be more different.
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Remains of the Campaign: John Moore's Detention Photo from McAllen, Texas
Excuse me for the association, the frustration fueled by the myopia surrounding fundamental social issues otherwise staring us in the face.
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Last Howl on the Election?
It's a strange and discomfiting picture to lead off the Washington Post Day in Photos the day after that election.
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Not in Kansas Anymore: 2014 Election Final in Pictures
It's the kind of giddy scrambling around that comes with having been out of power so long.
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Midterms 2014: Crushing the Tea Party
Coal, Guns, Freedom ... and Washington fixture McConnell?
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Reflections from the Newswire
It's not like these collage-like images are that unusual to find on the news wire but they feel more familiar to Instagram.
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Pictures from the Giants World Series Riot you Haven't Seen in Other Victory Riots
To the extent the celebration turned ugly, there were factors at play beyond the influence of alcohol or generalized frustration. Resentment over the tech boom and gentrification-on-steroids seemed very much on display.
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Photo Op Chemistry as de Blasio Ebola Shot Turns to Bacon
I guess the question is, how much are the photo-op and the visual press release creating reassurance as opposed to their own hemorrhagic reactions to the disease?
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Businessweek’s Nearsighted "Obama Crisis Management" Cover
You'd think people understood by now that Obama is a lot more likely to accessorize with a hair shirt than a pair of shades.
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That Photo of Chris Christie's Ebola Detainee
...Did I mention Christie was interviewed for the NYT story from a Melbourne, Florida zoo?
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On those Viral Photos of African Migrants atop the Melilla Golf Course Fence
In this version of the photo, however, there is one element that makes quite a difference. It's that the golfer on the left seems to notice the men scaling the fence.
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American Ebola: Visual Highs and Lows of the Week
As for those shots of the NYC policemen tossing rubber gloves and masks in a public garbage can, never mind how the Mail article, in two places, strongly suggests that the officers hadn't even been inside Dr Spencer's apartment.
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