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Telling Image of Race at DC Emancipation Statue
It's an especially symbolic photo as America reckons with the legacy of Black slavery. Studying Evelyn Hockstein's photo, the question is where to begin?
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Refacing the Robert E. Lee Monument in Richmond
As it awaits its fate, the Robert E. Lee monument has become nothing short of an artistic magnet—literally a canvas to change.
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Chatting the Pictures: 3 Signature Images of the George Floyd Protests
In this week's Chatting the Pictures, educator John Mason joins us to discuss key portraits from the protests following the killing of George Floyd.
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Tabloids Get Black Man’s “Heroic” Rescue of White Hooligan Exactly Backwards
Take away the celebration and what we have is a visual testament to the way black people have historically been weighed down and burdened by the white man.
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As Militarism Runs Rampant, Even the Virus Falls Victim
The display of military force has been so furious, it has even made Covid and the valorizing of medical workers disappear.
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Documenting a Protest Has Never Been More Challenging
This week has been unusually difficult for photographers who are trying to cover the George Floyd protests. Essay and images by photographer Alan Chin.
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Chatting the Pictures: Here Are the Photos of People Suffering and Dying of Covid
This week, photographer Nina Berman joins us to discuss three images from our article, “Here Are the Photos of People Suffering and Dying of Covid.”
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The Intersection of Racial Violence and the Coronavirus
What the photo speaks to is two different viruses that attack the lungs and kill African Americans.
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Here Are the Photos of People Suffering and Dying of Covid
Some doubt the lethality of the virus. Others question whether dire images, or enough impactful images exist. But the photos are there to see.
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Stunning COVID Photo of Compassionate Nurse in Austin
At Ascension Seton Hays Hospital in Austin, they have a policy that nobody dies alone. Our thoughts on the deeply moving photo of nurse Colby Hutson.
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Chatting the Pictures: Life and Death in New York; Distanced Mother’s Day; Restaurants Adapt
This webcast looks at a complex scene in a New York City park, distanced well-wishers at an LA nursing home, and a widely published COVID-era restaurant.
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The Virus Has Not Been Kind To Our Elders
In photo after photo of the crisis, the aged have become the people trapped behind the glass.
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Are We All in the Spinner?
This photo is part of a series about a Brooklyn family during the coronavirus lockdown. Whatever meaning is behind it, it's something we can all relate to.
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Chatting the Pictures: Food Plant Workers at Risk; Politics and EMT; Arlington Precautions
Still focused on the pandemic, we look at a virus PR shot from Tyson Foods, a political photo from an EMT ride along, and Arlington honors with adjustments.
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In Lansing COVID Protest, Hate in the Smaller Details
I’ve seen this action in many news photos when police, especially riot cops, become violent with citizens, but never the other way around.
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The Coronavirus in Retrospect
As COVID-19 becomes history, the stages of the pandemic look clear and predictable. This photograph by Chris McGrath reminds us they weren't and aren't.
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Hospital Workers Cannot Begin to Express Their Anger
Since the virus crisis started, I have seen countless photos of medical workers in ICU’s. I have also seen photos of them outside their hospitals advocating for vitally necessary equipment and protective gear. Sometimes they carry signs. Other times they stand as witnesses holding up pictures of colleagues who...
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The Postal Service in the Days of the Virus
The photo reminds us that postal workers are also giving their all on the coronavirus front lines. But a closer look has darker implications for the USPS.
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Why Medical Workers Challenging Anti-Stay at Home Protesters Won the Internet
Why were these photos of Denver healthcare workers standing up to anti-stay-at-home protesters so popular? There's a "super" answer.
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A Reflection on Trauma, Coronavirus, and 9/11
I never thought I'd see or have to deal with a cultural trauma as profound as 9/11, but the coronavirus has proved me wrong.
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