Chatting the Pictures: Coronavirus Politics–From the White House, to the Cafe, to the Gun Shop
This week, our webcast looks at a snapshot of the White House coronavirus task force, the virus and social class in a Rome cafe scene, and the run on guns.
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Chatting the Pictures: Virus Cover-up; Racial Politics in Selma; Women Covering the Weinstein Trial
This week, our webcast looks at a coronavirus photo from Washington, African-Americans making a campaign statement, and a tribute to woman journalists.
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Chatting the Pictures: Trump Bloomberg Golf Photo; Xi Masked; Elizabeth Warren’s Glass Ceiling
This week, we look at Trump and Bloomberg's gold game, China's President Xi and the coronavirus, and Elizabeth Warren campaigning.
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Chatting the Pictures: Pelosi Shreds Trump’s SOTU; Coronavirus on the Move; Impeachment Going Away
This week, we look at Pelosi tearing up Trump’s State of the Union speech, the spread of the coronavirus, and the shot summing up Trump’s impeachment trial.
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Chatting the Pictures: Impeachment Procession; Virginia Gun Rally; Philippine Volcano
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.
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Chatting the Pictures: Australia on Fire; Suleimani Assassination; Church Full of Guns
This 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.
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Chatting the Pictures: Favorite 2019 News Photographs By Women
Welcome to a special edition of “Chatting the Pictures” focusing on three outstanding news images taken this year by women.
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Chatting the Pictures Year End: Kamala Harris; Firestorm Tree; Greta Thunberg at Standing Rock
Welcome to a special, year end edition of “Chatting the Pictures” focusing on pictures of the year and the theme of exposure.
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Chatting the Pictures: Impeachment Special
This week, we discuss four great impeachment photos. They cover Trump and Zelensky, the Democrats and the media spectacle, the witnesses, and the evidence.
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Chatting the Pictures: Wildfire Wedding, Impeachment’s Woman in Blue, Trump’s Raid Dog Retweet
This 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
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Chatting the Pictures: Trump Pelosi Syria Blow Up; Giuliani the Wise Guy; Turkey Invades
This 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.
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Chatting the Pictures: Saudi Show & Tell; Migrants Captured in Cotton Field; Greta, Obama Fist Bump
This week, we look at a Saudi wreckage display, migrants apprehended in a Texas cotton field, and the Obama/Greta Thunberg fist bump.
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Chatting the Pictures: Amazon as World’s Lungs; Hong Kong Lasers; Bulletproof Backpacks
This week, Chatting the Pictures looks at a viral image of burning lungs protesting the Amazon fires, Hong Kong protesters using lasers, and bulletproof backpacks.
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Chatting the Pictures: Trumps with El Paso Baby; Hong Kong Airport Sit In; Elizabeth Warren in Iowa
Chatting 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.
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Migrant Mother and Child Stopped in Mexico; Greta Thunberg’s Look; Democratic Debate Show
This 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.
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Chatting the Pictures: The Squad; NOLA Flood; Drone Guns
This 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.
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Chatting the Pictures: Jeffrey Epstein Protest; Megan Rapinoe SI Cover; Migrant X-Ray
This week, Chatting the Pictures looks at young women protesting Jeffrey Epstein, the Megan Rapinoe Sports Illustrated cover, and another disturbing immigration photo.
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CTP one video
Chatting 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...
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