Business Focus Archives - Page 13 of 14

Notes Photo September 21, 2008

Paulson's Ghost

Credit to Getty photographer Chip Somodevilla and NYT photo editors for slapping this pic on today's lead Wall St. giveaway rescue story, "A Bailout Plan, but Will It All Work?"

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Beyond The Bailout: Sidewalk To Nowhere

Part of the agenda of "the man," I must point out, is to anesthetize us with photos we've seen a thousand times already, of one more generic-looking house with a for-sale or repo sign out front, or still another dumb gas pump. Over the coming days, weeks and, unfortunately...

Notes Photo September 20, 2008

Taking Counsel

This shot from yesterday, of Obama with a Wall Street brain trust (Volker/former Fed and Rubin/former Treasury on either side) communicates and reinforces the impression of one candidate getting after the crisis and demonstrating the capability of actual deliberation in the face of all hell breaking loose.

Notes Photo September 18, 2008

Wall Street Fun-And-Games

The desperately eroding Wall Street situation, with its thorough absence of accountability, reminded me of these photos from this photo-op Presidency.

Notes Photo September 17, 2008

Human Suffering

I was drawn to two images presented back-to-back in Monday's NYT Pictures of the Day slide show juxtaposing the suffering of Wall Street execs with survivors of Hurricane Ike.

Notes Photo September 16, 2008

Pedestrian Concerns

Of all the images I look at yesterday concerning the financial crisis, I found this one -- by AP's fine photographer Mary Altaffer -- to be the most arresting. These pedestrians are looking up at the headquarters of the now-bankrupt Lehman Brothers. The picture is only more fitting, however,...

Notes Photo September 15, 2008

Wall Street Pictures So Stealth, They Haven't Even Scored A Lipstick Analogy

As I tweeted last night, this whole stealthy, slow-motion mortgage and now banking train wreck -- much of which, we've been told assuredly, in the margins, we'll be paying for -- is not going to go anywhere media-wise and probably won't bisect the presidential campaign (at least, not in...

Notes Photo July 22, 2008

Fear In The Markets

by Robert Hariman Kafka’s Trial and Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (for images, go here and here) were once touchstones for understanding the deep anxieties of modern social organization.... Both came to mind recently, and particularly Kafka’s depiction of K, the everyman caught in organizational processes that by turns snare, thwart,...

Notes Photo June 10, 2008

Numbing Down The War

Given the difficulty even I'm finding covering Iraq, and the fact that the pharmaceutical industry has largely had its way with the FCC and direct-to-consumer advertising, I'm wondering if this elephant-sized Prozac pill, half-dressed in cammo on the cover of TIME, doesn't actually help boost the drug ads inside.

Notes Photo May 9, 2008

Low Stimulus

In an effort to literally get out in front on the stimulus rebate, Cheney poses with the Director of the Philadelphia Regional Financial Center in Philadelphia.

Notes Photo March 18, 2008

Those Kingly Tools At Bear Stearns

Is this seems a little phallic, I sure didn't intend it that way. I was just so impressed, however, by the way Bear Stearns and its princely top honchos have made such a big deal about their towering skyscraper in almost every Annual Report since 2000, the year it...

Notes Photo February 28, 2008

Your Turn: Financial Footing

I saw this shot in Wednesday's NYT Pics of the Day and found it particularly dark, or else cynically irreverent.

Notes Photo February 4, 2008

Washington Swill

The sad metaphor of the all-too-chummy Carville/Frist/Coke Superbowl ad.

Notes Photo January 23, 2008

A Banner Year For Corporate Debate Sponsors?

So, I was watching the "behind the scenes" video by indy media group, GroundReport, from the spin room of Tuesday's Democratic debate. I didn't notice it at first, but then I was struck by something. Behind Carl Cameron, the Chief Political Correspondent for FOX was a huge banner for...

Notes Photo January 17, 2008

The Latest Invasion

Isn't it strange that The Economist would use a military analogy to illustrate the bailout of major U.S. financial institutions by foreign governments -- particularly by countries in the Persian Gulf?

Notes Photo January 3, 2008

$100 A "Barrel"

Oil crosses $100 a barrel, and this new photo conjures a stick up.

Notes Photo December 17, 2007

First Hillbilly Armor, Now Osprey

At a unit cost of $100 million, and after $15+ billion and 25 years of development, this contraption has just recently been introduced in Iraq.

Notes Photo August 8, 2007

Your Turn: Good Time For A Squeeze

Because we've built up some visual expertise on the subjects of gender stereotyping and sexual politics, I'm interested in your take on this Economist cover.