This week, we discuss a Trump impeachment photo, a picture from the pro-gun rally in Richmond, and a painterly photograph of the Philippine Taal volcano.
Continue ReadingThis week, we look at key photos from the Australian fires, America's assassination of Iran's military chief, and a photo-illustration of guns in church.
Continue ReadingWelcome to a special edition of “Chatting the Pictures” focusing on three outstanding news images taken this year by women.
Continue ReadingWelcome to a special, year end edition of “Chatting the Pictures” focusing on pictures of the year and the theme of exposure.
Continue ReadingThis week, we discuss four great impeachment photos. They cover Trump and Zelensky, the Democrats and the media spectacle, the witnesses, and the evidence.
Continue ReadingThis week, we look at a viral wedding portrait from a California firestorm, a divine impeachment photo, and a Trump retweet of the ISIS raid dog
Continue ReadingThis week, we look at the viral White House Trump/Pelosi face-off, an impeachment-inspired Guiliani screenshot, and a photo from Turkey's Syria invasion.
Continue ReadingThis week, we look at a Saudi wreckage display, migrants apprehended in a Texas cotton field, and the Obama/Greta Thunberg fist bump.
Continue ReadingThis week, Chatting the Pictures looks at a viral image of burning lungs protesting the Amazon fires, Hong Kong protesters using lasers, and bulletproof backpacks.
Continue ReadingChatting the Pictures looks at the Trump portrait with the infant of El Paso massacre victims, the Hong Kong airport sit-in, and Elizabeth Warren in Iowa.
Continue ReadingThis week, Chatting the Pictures looks at a migrant mother stopped in Mexico, a Greta Thunberg portrait, and a viewing room shot from the Democratic debate.
Continue ReadingThis week, Chatting the Pictures looks at an elegant news portrait of "The Squad," the four Congresswomen under racial attack, and overly artful photos of the NOLA flooding and the French Bastille Day military parade.
Continue ReadingThis week, Chatting the Pictures looks at young women protesting Jeffrey Epstein, the Megan Rapinoe Sports Illustrated cover, and another disturbing immigration photo.
Continue ReadingChatting the Pictures is a weekly, micro-edition of the Reading the Pictures Salon. In each 25 minute webcast, co-hosts Michael Shaw, publisher of Reading the Pictures, and writer and historian, Cara Finnegan, meet to discuss three prominent photos in the news. “The News” shot this week was a Nike...
Continue ReadingThis week, our Chatting the Pictures webcast looks at a live photo from a Texas shooting, a unique climate change picture, and a provocative fashion shot.
Continue ReadingThis week, our webcast looks at key photos from the massive democracy protests in Hong Kong.
Continue ReadingThis week on Chatting the Pictures, we discuss a graphic image from the Virginia Beach mass shooting, Jared and Ivanka at Buckingham Palace, and a photo from the 30th Tiananmen Square anniversary.
Continue ReadingThis week, Chatting the Pictures looks at the school shooting in Denver; a “peerless” photo from the Met Gala; and “Baby Archie” meeting the Queen.
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