Not Again: Photographer David Gilkey, RIP
The black hole known as the Afghan War claims the life of another outstanding photographer.
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Trump/Putin Kiss: Favs from our Twitter and Instagram
In our round up this week, we mostly circle back to show you campaign images that either drew attention or that most people missed.
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On That Stunning Forehand from the Paris Labor Uprising
This classic "tennis photo" captures media spectacle in full swing.
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Echo of the Bomb in Photos of Obama’s Visit to Hiroshima
Beyond the photos of Obama at the memorial, it felt like the horror, grief, memory and subordination was creeping into the other images.
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The Lookouts: Matt Black Revisions the Homeless
In this dignified photo, Matt Black revisions the stereotype of the homeless as aimless.
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Steve McCurry’s Rickshaw
If McCurry’s aesthetic and the doctoring to achieve it deserves the criticism, I’m wondering what is positive and worthy for us to learn from it.
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Election 16: Our Mark Peterson Instagram Takeover
For a week in September, we did a takeover of the well-known Mark Peterson's feed. We chose pictures Mark took of the presidential campaign and supplied our own words.
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Obama’s Trip to Vietnam: the Graphic
Credit Jim Watson for reducing the Vietnam trip to this one piece of iconography.
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A Raw, Symbolic Image from the Labor Protests in Paris
It's hard to look at the figure in the AP photo, the man detained by riot police, without metaphors of the worker springing to mind.
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Jae C. Hong’s Instagram Photo and the LGBT Bathroom Battle
Jae Chong's photo on Instagram didn't come with a caption, so I wrote one ... about the current LGBT firestorm.
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About that Striking Overhead Photo from a Manhattan Shooting
On Instagram, reactions to Spencer Platt's photo include one word statements like “amazing” or “unbelievable.” We can only assume why, though.
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The Interview: Donald and Megyn in Bed
With all the hubbub over Megyn Kelly's spineless and incestuous Trump interview, this photo slipped by with little or no comment.
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Bhopal Portrait: Not Pathetic, Not Stereotyped
If the portrait prominently references a tragedy and a care agency, it hardly pulls for pity.
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Fort McMurray: Hard Pictures from the Alberta Wildfire
Whether the aftermath photo captured some essence of catastrophe and childhood, domesticity, suburbia or fate, each of them touched a chord.
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On the Raised-Fist Photo by Black Women Cadets at West Point
The fact is, this photo channels the culture of uprising and black activism just as much as it does unity, pride and sisterhood.
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Brian Palmer: Why Does This Old Cemetery Matter?
This is the 2nd post in a series with photographer Brian Palmer on the South and an abandoned African-American cemetery near Richmond known as East End.
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Matt Black: From Flint to Hiroshima
It’s consistently impressive how much Matt Black can put in play in one frame.
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No Taco Bowls: Our Week on Twitter & Instagram
In our round up this week, we begin with Cinco de Mayo. The colorful AP photo helps clear the palate after Trump marred the day.
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