On the Photos of the Russian Ambassador’s Assassination in Ankara: Our Tweet Thread
The overlap between online and social media, and war and terror is so complex, it's hard to make sense of what we're looking at.
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Why Photographs Don’t Stop the War
Photographs may have long wave influence, but they don’t end wars or famines or otherwise stop history in its tracks.
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The New Foreboding: Our Twitter and Instagram Favs of the Week
This round up of our best social media this week is colored by the ominous presidential transition and what it portends for the future.
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The Eventful Photo Leading NYT Election Hacking Story
The photo of this Watergate-era artifact goes a long way in tackling how Russian hackers pulled this off.
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Meet the Racists!
If the racists are trying to mask their hatred, the NY Times story makes for the kind of advertising you just can't buy.
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The Evil Nobody Saw in the Trump – Hitler “Person of the Year” Nonsense
A more viable comparison with the Hitler cover comes from Kander’s photos of Pence and Bannon.
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Aleppo as the 21st Century Hiroshima?
Considering how much conventional warfare is excused because it is assumed to be less destructive than nuclear weapons.
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On the Mirrors at Standing Rock
The symbolism of a mirror capturing law enforcement at the top of a ridge seems pretty straightforward, right?
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Culture Shift: Our Twitter/Instagram Favs of the Week or So
The culture is changing quickly in response to the presidential earthquake. We found these photos actually shapeshifting.
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Tabloid President: A Brilliant Trump Era Snapshot
To 56 million people, "fresh air" has nothing to do with NPR. Want to know what it means for Trump to take a stand? Well, you're looking at it.
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Trump’s Office Shrine: The Table, the FOX Interview and Self-Obsession
The segment of the FOX Trump interview proves so telling, it could be mistaken for a behavioral experiment.
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Best Wishes, Thanksgiving 2016
To you and yours on this day of thanks from Reading the Pictures.
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What it Means to Look Like a Woman
I fall, again and again, into not seeing breasts in the photographs and so not seeing womanhood.
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What We Can Learn or Confirm from Trump’s Visit with Japan’s Prime Minister
We can start with the fact that the only pictures of the visit were made and released to the press by the Japanese.
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A Brief Visual History of the Bullet-Riddled Emmett Till Memorial Sign
It's important to place the viral Facebook photograph of the riverbank sign in a historical perspective. That starts with the famous casket photo published in Jet after Till's family insisted that he be seen.
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Media Normalizing: Reading the Ryan/Trump Speaker’s Balcony Photo Op
The impression is that Ryan and Trump, in completely normal fashion, are sharing the governing landscape. But that is not what is happening at all.
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Trump Shocker: Our Election Night 2016 Grand Tour
As shattering as it was, much of the imagery offered simple jubilation or pain. In these highlights from our social media feeds, we went further afield.
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Election ’16 Was, Is, And Will Continue To Be About Women
After a searing campaign, the issue of recognition and women's expectations makes this an essential frame.
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