Going Back Into Analysis

This is an excerpt (and notice it's in the past tense): The one reason I loved your site, the detailed analysis of photographs, seems to have dissipated in recent months....  The first few times I saw your work, I was astonished at how much we can read into photographs,...

A Big Your Turn: More "People That Mattered"

Because it's not easy keeping up the pace I do as a "one man show," I have come to rely on a truly incredible community of readers to send me material, lend breadth and insight to the images I offer, and essentially take over the analysis on various "Your...

Pitching Koufax (…and technical difficulties)

I'm not urging particular endorsements, but it sure would be nice to see photojournalist and BnN contributer Alan Chin's New Orleans portraits (Katrina Aftermath: And Then I Saw These - link) honored under best post....  ) The categories include: best blog/best writing/best post/best series/best single issue blog/best commenter/best group...

Coming Up

For the next two weeks, I will be focusing heavily on the upcoming Iraqi vote. With electioneering and campaign posters receiving a considerable amount of media coverage, BNN will examine how the visual campaign coverage offers insight into the character and tactics of the major alliances, as well...

Are You Telling Me You Don't Like Pepperoni!

(click image for larger version) I’m still not sure how to handle these situations. Yesterday, I linked to a piece I did for HuffPo analyzing this White House photo taken during the invasion-eve meeting in which Bush, Cheney, Tenet, etc. decided to launch a pre-emptive strike on Saddam Hussein. ...

Samuel, Bill and Rosa

Reviewing the Alito launch, the most interesting pics seemed to involve the judge’s family. Given that both of these photos featured Democratic icons, you have to wonder if there was specific intention to infuse the nomination with populist symbolism.  Especially in the latter shot, the choice to hold the...

Miller Time

For my regular readers, I have a piece over at Huffington Post (link) that I’m really pleased with.  It involves some visual speculation about Judith Miller’s relationship with The New York Times.  If you like, I’d be happy for you to discuss it here.

Expanding The BAG

Given the unfolding crisis in the South, I regret the timing of this message.  However, if you’re a fan of the BAG, you will be pleased to know that I just joined The Huffington Post as a regular contributing blogger.  My first effort is available here.  I will not...

Reading the Pictures Writer Guidelines

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Looking Out for the BAG

I wanted my readers to know that I’m a little off my usual pace this week.  This is partly due to some “field work” I was doing for the “Punching up the Orange” post below.  If you’ve been following the thread, the photographer who took the NYTimes photo I...

In the Meantime

I will be off for a few days, and will return by Wednesday.  (While away, I have some really interesting shots I’ll be trying to crack open for you.) In the meantime, whether you’ve just fallen into the BAG or have been comfortably inside for some time, I would...

She Who Laughs Last Looks Best?

It's not too often that my blogging and my day job cross.  So it was strange when the new issue of Newsweek showed up at my office, and it caused me to think twice about whether it belonged in a shrink's waiting room.  (And that was before I figured...

The Larger Picture

I’ll be back Sunday or Monday. In the meantime, I’m still catching up on shots from the inauguration, and thought I might put something together on the (mostly overlooked) protests.  I’m also following the Iraqi election.  I’ve been looking at campaign posters (as well as wanted posters) for a...

Putting Down The Paper

As promised, I will be putting down the paper for a few weeks, and heading out. …However, I’ll be back on or before December 30th (if I’m even able to stop that long) to look at more pictures. Happy Holidays!

Leaving the Country

I just wanted to provide a brief “heads up” about upcoming downtime. I’ll be keeping the pace until this Thursday or Friday, and then I’ll be away for a couple of weeks. (Not that I’m taking the advice of some of my more hardened critics, but yes — I...

Comment Comments

I hadn’t planned on doing much thinking about this blog over Thanksgiving. Because the BAG is a part-time endeavor that keeps demanding more than that, I was looking forward to the rest. In spite of myself, however, I did spent some time thinking about some of the comments here...

Now You Sea It, Now You Don’t

(According to the drug company, it’s mission is “clear.” Ultimately, it is to “obliterate” disease completely. However, if you separate the image from the words, the meaning becomes more ambiguous. How much, for example, does this image really lend itself to altruism? Couldn’t it, as easily, be inviting you...