Flying into the World Trade Center? Or, Just Photography's Fourth Wall?
The plane’s silhouette cuts through the screen with terrifying force–indeed, it is the presence of terror as it evokes the image of those planes hurtling into the twin towers on September 11, 2001.
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Notes from Look3: Ferrato, Addario Quick Takes. Lynsey's Aisha.
Things have gotten better in Afghanistan, especially for women. That's not saying there isn't a long way to go, but it's better.
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John Edwards: Best and Last Look
If tolerance for John Edwards is pretty low, these photos at the conclusion of his trial caught our eye.
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Breast of Times, Worst of Times: "Nursing in Uniform" Photos Draw Fire
Opposition to the breastfeeding service member epitomizes skepticism about women’s ability to be “real” soldiers and “real” women.
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TIME 2010 Person of the Year: Reevaluating Zuckerberg
In the light of Facebook's IPO PR disaster, I think it's interesting TIME felt compelled to take another look at the magazine's 2010 "Person of the Year" cover again.
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Juxtaposition of the Day: The Modern Wedding
Two weddings, two wedding pictures taken at inopportune moments.
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Klan Freakonomics: KKK Aligns With Obama On Pocketbook Issues? (Photos/Story by Jim Lo Scalzo)
For once, my go-to line when Klan members asked my opinion of their views, “I don’t agree with what you have to say, but I do agree with your right to say it,” wasn’t necessary.
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Your Turn: TIME's Other Breastfeeding Cover
In response to all the buzz this week about TIME's breastfeeding cover, BagNews asks readers to compare it to the only other similar TIME cover.
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Gay Marriage: The Obama-Biden Jostle
Whether Biden forced Obama's hand or the impulsive Biden unintentionally provided the push that a cautious Obama needed all along, it's fascinating how this photo lands in the thick of the mix.
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The N. Carolina Marriage Amendment: Feeling the Loss
If there is a bright side, perhaps the photo also alludes to future involvement and activism.
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Biden Watch: Coming Out
With gay marriage on the table, this photo of Biden (and Lincoln) speaking out deserves second look.
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Space Shuttle in the Skies of Manhattan: The Healing
I can't look at the Shuttle seeming to thread its way in and among the New York cityscape without recalling other scenes burned into my psyche.
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Loaded Images from a St. Petersburg Abortion Clinic
I look at them closely and feel glad neither of them are forced to be mothers at a young age.
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Martin – Zimmerman: Are You My Mother?
On a practical level, it might make perfect sense that Zimmerman's wife and family remain nowhere to be seen. However, it's hard not to draw inferences.
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Breivik: Pay Attention
Believe it or not, there is actually a subtlety built into this photo of Breivik doing his sensational fascistic pose.
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Some NRA Convention Pics That Caught Our Eye
Certainly it's a shot the NRA has gotta love: girl power meets new fangled killing machine. And Ann Romney was firing well, too.
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David Guttenfelder, Ambassador
I imagine the North Koreans look at these factory shots and feel that Guttenfelder is paying them respect, capturing an ethic of hard work and industry, perhaps believing also that the photos must counter perceptions the country is barely scraping by.
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