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Notes Photo October 6, 2014

Soul Searching Photos Replace “Shock and Awe” as Defense Industry Leads Us into Next Iraq War

As we roll almost mutely into another war, there is no end of high-priced hardware once more ready to burn.

Notes Photo September 16, 2014

The Kent State Massacre Sweatshirt: How Far Did Urban Outfitters Really Go?

We can all wag our fingers at Urban Outfitters while others feed the diet in slightly more ambiguous ways. We can all wag our fingers, but the sphere wouldn’t be the sphere without its pirates and villains.

Notes Photo August 31, 2014

On the NYT Mag "Abortion by Mail" Cover

The significance of the new NYT Mag cover (if you read the article) is to simultaneously describe, announce and usher in the next incarnation, and a still greater degree of discretion and control for women over their reproductive destiny.

Notes Photo July 7, 2014

Juxtaposition of the Day: Neymar Crushed, and an Overpass

With Brazil reaching the Cup semi-finals, there has been a sense all along that the country could not come through the tournament without enduring certain trials, weighed down perhaps by the cost to common good.

Notes Photo June 27, 2014

Hashtag Mining: The Politics of World Cup Watching

We take a hashtag tour to see who's watching World Cup and who -- with all that business to do, and all the fires to put out -- is minding the store.

Notes Photo May 21, 2014

Growing Old in Prison

If you didn't know the context, you wouldn't know these men were inmates or that the images had anything to do with the penal system.

Notes Photo May 15, 2014

Ask Not What a Meltdown Can Do For You

If her father was revered for concentrating America on the moon, cultivating a national optimism out of a technological and patriotic savvy, what a long fall we've had.

Notes Photo April 26, 2014

A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats … and Other Modern Myths

If the National Geographic photos are aimed at social reform, they document something else as well: the shift in modernism from a utopian to a dystopian trajectory.

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Viral, But Why? That Photoshop Swarm over LAX

I'm entranced, too, but I'm wondering why architectural photographer, Mike Kelley's beautiful and meticulous LAX photoshop image, "Wake Turbulence," went viral.

Notes Photo March 13, 2014

A Meditation on the Crowdsourcing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

Given our awesome connectivity and the enhanced visibility of just about every square inch, the online public search effort is a visual and technological angel mission. And yet...

Notes Photo March 7, 2014

On the Barbie/SI Swimsuit Cover: The Advertorial Girl

So let me ask you: is it a promo for an American sport magazine's yearly franchise editorial feature or is it an advertisement for an iconic American children’s doll?

Notes Photo February 3, 2014

2014 Super Bowl Ads: Wisdom of the Puppies?

Could all these puppy ads speak to a desire in the culture for a kinder and and more genial atmosphere?

Notes Photo January 7, 2014

So you Missed the Photos of Bangladeshi Garment Workers Having a "Gap/Walmart Bar-B-Que?"

I would say that it borders on anathema for Western media to be publishing photos of Bangladeshi garment workers publicly torching Western trade product.

Notes Photo December 20, 2013

Reading the Jamie Dimon Holiday Card: Let the Wild Rumpus Re-Start

After settling all civil and criminal charges with the Justice Department last month for $13 billion, it's back to fun and games.

Notes Photo November 15, 2013

Augmented Mannequins Figuring Prominently: The Globalization of Barbie

As the Times tells it, the mannequins are the brain child of factory owner Eliezer Alvarez, who “created the kind of woman he thought the public wanted—one with a bulging bosom and cantilevered buttocks.” The strategy worked.