What Stands for Political Passion These Days
Call it a reality check on the presidential campaign and the selfie craze.
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The Iconic Scene from the Iowa Campaign
It’s so cold, so barren, so desolate -- and it's so angry as to ring in your ears.
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Trump the Playboy
As he proves in this New Hampshire photo, Trump continues to fancy himself the playboy in the more traditional, swine-like sense.
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Campaign 16: Candidate Imagery Largely Hopeless So Far
I’m amazed how the campaigns from both parties have failed to generate much curiosity or relevance with any visual.
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Campaign 16 in One Picture
In one picture, Mark’s photo captures the overwhelming nature of the campaign and its coverage.
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Getty’s GOP Debate Pix: Lunacy Without the Mockery (Mostly)
To the extent the photos by Olson and company are lunatic, just consider the subject matter.
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Foreshadowing the GOP Race From Hell
Early on in the process, Haviv's photo captured the temperature of the race.
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On that Perfectly Real Photo of “Trump and the Muslim Girl”
These photos undermine Trump’s logic at the same time that they elevate domestic (Muslim) American life. In other words, Trump gets trolled.
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The GOP Debate with the Sound Off
So a year in to the GOP race, what can we glean from last night's Las Vegas show?
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Trump and “The Scream.” The (Visual) Backlash Begins?
Mockery only plays Trump's game. Considering some of Landon Nordeman's images for TIME, there's plenty to see around the scream.
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Trump as Führer. It Doesn’t Happen on its Own.
Yes, stylistic echoes of the Führer are inescapable. But it's more complicated than that.
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Trump & Dumbo — Rejoicing in the Anti-Intellectual
Being politically incorrect and boasting about it is understood in Trump's world as integrity. That’s why the parallel to Dumbo is not an accident.
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Trump’s Praise for Protester Pummeling: Even FOX Hosts Stung
There could be a whole collection, in the Library of Congress perhaps, capturing true emotional reactions before the audience slipped back into passive assent or just on-camera cool.
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Tell Us What You Really Think About Carson
To the extent people see Carson punching above his weight class, what are viewers likely to make of this?
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We Can Now Safely Say it’s the Weirdest Presidential Campaign Ever
Politicians aren’t born, they’re collaged. Thoughts on Jeff Jacobson's odd Rubio photo from New Hampshire.
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Ben Carson on the Bubble: Scott Olson’s “Red Light” Photo from Iowa
If Carson continues to insist that he’s beyond reproach, you can already sense how many faces in the audience he’s going to alienate.
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Weaponized Entitlement: Book Cover Frames a Gun-Toting Clinton as Deviant, Dangerous
Clinton’s frontrunner status should be a major advantage, but a gendered narrative suggests she is bullying her way to the nomination.
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