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Photo July 2, 2015

July 4th Special: Pick Your Flag

Scanning the newswire heading into the July 4th weekend, I came upon two photos speaking to today's flag politics, not to mention a serious fissure in "one nation under God."

Campaign '16 Photo

The Horror

Does this Reuters shot (from Jeb's campaign kickoff) look like a Hitchcock still?

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Migrant Optics: The Sweater

Intimate or invasive?

Campaign '16 Photo July 1, 2015

Why it's Fair Game for Getty to Tweak Christie as Gay (and for AP to Depict Ted Cruz with a Gun to his Head)

It's important to emphasize that the creation of news photos and editorial decisions about what to put on the wire do not take place a vacuum.

Gender & Identity Photo June 30, 2015

TIME and Photo Booth: Two Takes on Cosmetic Surgery and the “Opening Up” of Photography

It’s hard to understand the point of capturing artificiality when cosmetic surgery is being presented as a ubiquitous commodity.

Culture Focus Photo June 29, 2015

Amazing Grace: Key Scenes From Obama to Newsome, ACA to Pride

And with the funerals and the dignity emanating from Charleston in the aftermath of the racist church massacre in Charleston, what with Obama's sermon, Bree Newsome and the two momentous Supreme Court decisions, by the weekend, it was like "ACA Meets Pride Meets Black Lives Matter."

Culture Focus Photo June 27, 2015

On That Selfie Stick Gay Marriage Photo by Marcus Yam

One thing it says is that our cultural rituals and practices keep evolving and refashioning themselves.

Race Focus Photo June 26, 2015

That Less Circulated Statehouse Photo Honoring Clementa Pinckney

As we witness Pinckney’s colleagues grieving for him in session, we feel for him, too, as a member.

Bush Focus Photo June 25, 2015

Two Rambos, and that New Treasure Trove of Bush – Cheney White House Photos

What's great about these images the National Archives were compelled to turn over is just how politically incorrect they are.

Christa Olson Photo June 23, 2015

I Wanted to Like that NYT Photo Essay About Growing up with Gay Parents

As a parent viewing the photo essay, I felt a rush of defensiveness and worry. As a visual scholar, I wanted to understand why.

Campaign '16 Photo June 22, 2015

On Pointing a Handgun Directly at Ted Cruz's Head

These photographs make a point by turning the gun lobby's central argument back onto itself. If "more guns" is your only response to rampant gun violence, then at some point a law of averages dictates that innocent people are going to end up in the line of fire.

Gun Violence Photo June 21, 2015

Dylann Roof and His Point-and-Shoot

It's as if Roof is reminding us he wouldn't have attained anywhere near the fame and notoriety without the power and ubiquity of photography today.

Media Focus Photo June 19, 2015

Front Pages That DIDN'T Turn the Charleston Shooter into a Poster Boy

We could stand for more recognition of those papers that largely ignored the perpetrator in favor of elevating the victims and affirming existing bonds.