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The Reading the Pictures Salon: Looking at Key Images from Campaign 2024
An expert panel examined key images in the contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump emphasizing themes of democracy, gender, and race.
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The 13 Most Telling Photographs of the Harris-Trump Presidential Debate
Harris outmaneuvered Trump using psychological tactics to expose his weaknesses potentially reshaping the 2024 election narrative.
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The Most Cringeworthy Media Visuals After Biden's Nightmare Debate
Nobody wants to revisit what happened on stage, so we focus on the media fallout and the visual framing of the first 2024 presidential debate.
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If This Summer is Anything Like the Last
If this summer is anything like the last, the climate crisis will destroy more norms, we will gasp, then forget, and photographers will continue to skewer our denial. By Michael Shaw Last summer, scorching temperatures shattered heat records in the Southwest and Europe. Lahaina, the historic Hawaiian resort, was...
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Blind to the Apocalypse: The Climate Emergency has Fallen Off the Radar
If the climate this summer is anything like the last, we will gasp, then forget, and photographers will continue to skewer our denial.
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Racism, Symbolism, Story: More Notable Images from the Campus "Free Palestine" Movement
In our second "free Palestine" campus protest post, we focus on the institutional divide and more scenes that challenge the media narrative.
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Crucial Elements of the Pro-Palestinian Campus Protests Overlooked by the Mainstream
Education, negotiation, militarism, human rights. Free Palestine campus protests have stood for much more than they have been credited for.
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Chatting the Pictures: The Feast of the Arms Industry
We analyze Nikita Teryoshin’s photos lampooning arms expos while applauding the rare window into the massive weapons marketplace.
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Israeli Military in Gaza: Are You Going to Believe Us, Or Your Own Eyes?
Despite the Israeli military's attempts to control and censor the coverage of Gaza, photojournalists continue to see through the propaganda.
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Chatting the Pictures: Bringing Later Stage Abortions into the Light
The images of a later-stage abortion not only bring the procedure into sharper focus but also challenge the restrictive narratives imposed by new laws.
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Visual Blindspots and Media Bias: The "Disappearing" of Kamala Harris
While framed as “missing-in-action,” Kamala Harris tackles the hardest jobs and is everywhere fighting for social justice.
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Pictures Worth Noting: Extreme Symbolism and Arresting Juxtapositions
We're thrilled to introduce a new newsletter feature: "Pictures Worth Noting." Today's focus ranges from climate, to politics, to the border.
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Fading Force: Has Trump Lost His Edge in His Court-Defying Visual Strategy?
Recent court losses are eroding Trump's ability to dominate the photo coverage of his legal troubles. Expect his control of the narrative to weaken as the damage sets in.
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Chatting the Pictures: Trump on Trial
We examine how Trump, despite his astonishing legal woes, turns his court appearances into photo-ops and how the images play in his parallel universe.
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Throwing Shade: The Disturbing Visual Fallout From the Special Counsel's Attack on Biden's Competency
The Special Counsel’s questioning of Biden's cognitive abilities has unleashed a raft of negative imagery. The media's use of undermining photos risks biasing public perceptions and spreading ageist stereotypes. It's crucial to present more balanced visuals.
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Chatting the Pictures: The NFL’s Cold, Hard Collision With Climate Denial
Call it the elephant in the stadium. Inspired by the Super Bowl, we riff on a shattering hit with zero impact.
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Chatting the Pictures: Personal Meets Political in Undersea Climate Change Portraits
We survey the powerful blending of portraiture and landscape and the brilliant tension between domesticity and disaster in this photo project.
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Chatting the Pictures: Mourning Embrace in a Gaza Hospital
We discuss the photo's anonymity and intimacy, as well as other images of the woman and child to personalize the interconnection of grief and loss.
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Chatting the Pictures: On a Gaza Playground, Seized by the Peril of Fighter Jets
The photo, timeless as it is specific, embodies the instinctual reactions, sustained fear, and psychic harm to children lacking true refuge.
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On Photography, Oct. 7, and Palestinians Under the Gun in Jerusalem
Philip Perdue examines Jerusalem news images after the Oct. 7 attack, showing how camera angles shape views and have moral consequences.
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