I know enough to be skeptical that pictures of abuse will call people to action. And yet, that appears to be what is happening right now.
Continue ReadingBefore the Trump era, you could count on the news to slow down in the summer. Instead, drama, chaos, and hysteria continue as the order of the day.
Continue ReadingKim Jong Un has proved himself a master at softening his media image. His summit with Donald Trump in Singapore was just the latest example.
Continue Reading“Something old and something new” was the theme of the visual week. The royal wedding counted as both--and sadly, so did the latest school massacre.
Continue ReadingWhat stokes the media as effectively as it fuels insurgency and state power--especially in the Trump era? Simply put, it's the fireworks.
Continue ReadingThe visual news this week was dominated by the state visit of French President Macron and his wife, Brigitte. Korea, Cosby and Toronto were notable too.
Continue ReadingJohn Moore’s focus is not so much the US-Mexico border itself but the way the line infiltrates the lives of people in every direction.
Continue Reading9 reasons why the photo from the Barbara Bush funeral won the internet.
Continue ReadingWith western media concentrated on Gaza and Douma, crisis and violence again come to stereotype the Middle East and Islam.
Continue ReadingBetween Zuckerberg, Syria and the latest Trump storms, the news photos this week were more complex than usual.
Continue ReadingAs much as his appearance before Congress was a visual sensation, Zuckerberg was not going to be pinned down legally, rhetorically or photographically.
Continue ReadingNews photos this week seemed to treat issues with more complexity, and there was more focus on Trump's policy than personality. Something is shifting.
Continue ReadingEmma has become the visual trademark of political dissent and generational change, a contemporary Rosie the Riveter.
Continue ReadingIt was a week in which issues gained weight, or at least, more gravity, and the aggrieved aggressively challenged the status quo.
Continue ReadingIt feels like what we are witnessing in these photos is the surest emergence of social and political awareness. You sense the children are the most awake.
Continue ReadingStudent walkouts. Trump rapid firing, hiring and proclaiming. Visually, this was a week of large gestures, and demonstrations of all kinds.
Continue ReadingPost Parkland, these photos place gun violence and reform advocates in a larger frame.
Continue ReadingThe aftermath of gun violence, on top of an administration bleeding staff from outside investigations and internal warfare, has created the perfect storm.
Continue Reading