Trump’s Mugshot as White House Power Play

Trump’s gilded mugshot guards the Oval Office—a warning to all who pass. As Ukraine’s president learned, this intimidating checkpoint signals the fate awaiting anyone who challenges Dear Leader. By Michael Shaw and Cara Finnegan In a narrow hallway between the President’s secretary’s space and the Oval Office, Trump’s framed...

Chatting The Pictures: Old Glory, Trump, and the L.A. Fire Disasters

A Portrait that Dares to Expose Musk’s Insanity

Mark Mahaney’s portrait captures the power and madness of Elon Musk, whose elevation from tech titan to democracy’s most dangerous private citizen mirrors a government fracturing under his influence. By Michael Shaw and Cara Finnegan Media and popular culture glorify and indulge the aberrant personalities of men like Donald...

Democracy’s Darkroom: Tell It, Read It, Decode It, Survive

We need imagery and analysis that exposes how Trump—in all the rapid-fire, misdirecting, and gaslighting—remains able to manipulate the culture in such a neurologic way. By Michael Shaw and Cara Finnegan Pain and fortitude. Age and motion. Animation of the white guy and the flag. The “national barrier.” All...

Chatting the Pictures: A Telling Photo from Howard University on Election Night 2024

Chatting the Pictures: In Campaign’s Closing Weeks, Trump’s Incoherence Takes Center Stage

Springfield’s Haitian Immigrants in the Light

Amid a storm of misrepresentation, authentic portraits challenge distortions and reveal a community’s true image. By Michael Shaw The controversy surrounding Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, has highlighted a critical issue: the lack of visibility and accurate representation of this community. Despite comprising a significant portion of Springfield’s population,...

Chatting the Pictures: A Single Image Tells the Story of the 2024 DNC

Chatting The Pictures: The Rare Photo of Trump as Warped and Tortured as the Man Himself

Chatting the Pictures: The Feast of the Arms Industry

We analyze Nikita Teryoshin’s photos lampooning arms expos while applauding the rare window into the massive weapons marketplace.

Chatting the Pictures: Bringing Later Stage Abortions into the Light

The images of a later-stage abortion not only bring the procedure into sharper focus but also challenge the restrictive narratives imposed by new laws.

Chatting the Pictures: Trump on Trial

We examine how Trump, despite his astonishing legal woes, turns his court appearances into photo-ops and how the images play in his parallel universe.

Chatting the Pictures: The NFL’s Cold, Hard Collision With Climate Denial

Call it the elephant in the stadium. Inspired by the Super Bowl, we riff on a shattering hit with zero impact.

Chatting the Pictures: Personal Meets Political in Undersea Climate Change Portraits

We survey the powerful blending of portraiture and landscape and the brilliant tension between domesticity and disaster in this photo project.

Chatting the Pictures: Mourning Embrace in a Gaza Hospital

We discuss the photo's anonymity and intimacy, as well as other images of the woman and child to personalize the interconnection of grief and loss.

Chatting the Pictures: On a Gaza Playground, Seized by the Peril of Fighter Jets

The photo, timeless as it is specific, embodies the instinctual reactions, sustained fear, and psychic harm to children lacking true refuge.

Chatting the Pictures: The Israeli Hostage Poster

Analyzing the posters of abducted Israelis, we examine their format, 9/11 parallels, wide circulation, and how they inform Israeli unity.

Chatting the Pictures: Libya’s Climate-Fueled Flood at Epic Scale

With an expert perspective, this photo vividly conveys the immense scale of the climate-supercharged flooding in Libya.