July 4th: Dover and New York
The Fourth of July in America: Scenes from Dover and New York
Continue ReadingAlan Chin: The Ocean On Fire
Alan Chin flying over the Gulf Oil Spill on board a BP helicopter.
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Alan Chin: Creeping Doom
Alan Chin in Louisiana covering the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Alan Chin: Dover Air Force Base
Focus on the War: Photographer Alan Chin at Dover Air Force Base
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Alan Chin, Afghanistan
With America's surge underway, BAG contributor Alan Chin's photo of Taliban prisoners in Afghanistan, taken in 2001, is not only a stunning image but documents the early days of a battle stretching out now almost a decade.
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Photographer Alan Chin's Letter from China
Photographer Alan Chin on the 60th anniversary of the Chinese Communist revolution.
Continue ReadingOur Man in Xinjiang
BAGnewsNotes contributer Alan Chin filed these photos and this brief report this afternoon on the violence in Xinjiang:
Continue ReadingOur Man In Tiananmen: Then and Now (Or: It's A Hell Of A Lot Better Using An Umbrella Than A Machine Gun)
Some comments from contributer Alan Chin, who made these photographs in Tienamin Square yesterday on the twenty-year anniversary of the famous massacre.
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"Resolving" Shaw, Chin And The BAGnewsNotes Mission
I want to thank the people at Live Books and their new "Resolve" blog for dedicating an extensive amount of space, time, thought and editing resource to examining our "journalism" here at BAGnewsNotes, and in particular, my collaboration with photographer Alan Chin.
Continue ReadingAlan Chin From The Inauguration: First Draft Of History
What I find wonderful about Alan Chin's photos from the inauguration is how they seem to inject historical distance. At the same time the public is imbued with the freshness, energy, confidence, talent and vision of the Obama presidency, these images seem to ask: How will this week stand...
Continue ReadingOur Man In Grant Park: The 44th President Of The United States
We invite you to share your reactions to Alan Chin's images from Obama's victory celebration in Chicago last night. I'll be adding some thoughts (and also some background) within the next couple hours , and Alan will available to respond in the discussion thread.
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Our Man In Grant Park: At The Turn
In advance of an Alan Chin slide show of last night's historic Obama victory, we start you off with this. The shot was taken at the Hilton at the party hosted by Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.
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BagNewsSalon: Campaign 04 vs 08: Are We Seeing The End Of Identity Politics?
T his election edition of the BAGnewsSALON, an on-line discussion series, included moderator C ara Finnegan; producer Ida Benedetto; host Michael Shaw; professors Paul Lester; Nathan Stormer and John Lucaites; photographers Alan Chin, Nina Berman and Aric Mayer, as well as members of the BAGnewsNotes readership. ...Considering the images...
Continue ReadingOur Man In Pennsylvania – Inside and Outside Two Rallies
Here's Alan Chin's finest, shot Tuesday at two different rallies, the McCain/Palin affair in Hershey and Palin's appearance in Shippensburg.
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Our Man In Pennsylvania – At the Rally
Alan Chin has some really curious shots from the McCain/Palin rally in Hershey and also Palin's rally in Shippensburg. I'll let you start off with this one.
Continue ReadingOur Man In Pennsylvania
I'm awed, but not an ounce surprised by the grand canyon-like gap between these personal reports and the experience of looking at similar images through the intensely-amped and all too controversy- or just poll-obsessed media sphere.... I what I also see -- although the white-corporate media isn't all that...
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The Latest From Alan Chin: Allentown, PA.
In spending part of the election's final days capturing the atmosphere, Alan passed on this single photo of a campaign volunteer.
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On Debate Night, Alan Chin Checks In From Texas
Debate coverage: Alan Chin Checks In From Texas
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