Jeremy Lange's "War At Home": Surge Babies
Jeremy Lange's third post from the War At Home: Death in uniform, surge babies, and cupcakes.
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Can't Tell Which Photo Was Funnier From the Clinton Global Initiative. This One…
After a week of studying pics from the political wars, this is where my mind drifted on a Friday afternoon. And yes, I'll take captions. Enjoy!
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Killing the DREAM Amendment
When we talk about putting it on the line these days in the name of social justice, people who come to mind include those undocumented college students or immigrant youth who have lived in the country for five years or more and who have also self-identified. ... Oh,...
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Alan Chin: Not Exactly a Party
As opposed to more critical or outlandish portraits of Tea Party rallies, Alan Chin's photos speak to the emotional underside of the so-called movement.
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Alan Chin: Black Tea
What do we think when we see a Black Tea Party Member? We've got some questions:
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9/11 Anniversary: Up From Zero
With the replacement structures on the rise, it's interesting to consider just how much that hole in the ground has contributed to a humiliation and shame over the terror attacks, in general, and the anger and hysteria over a planned Church Street Islamic cultural structure, in particular. Does...
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Racial/Ethnic Paranoia: The Latest Cat-and-Mouse
For catching the flavor of America's heightened paranoia over the undocumented and the would-be terrorist, this is one of the better photos I've seen in a while.
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"Pause"
Besides the good laugh I got out of this, I found Blitt's latest remarkably suggestive.
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Park 51 Islamic Center: Prisoner of War?
I thought this was a striking visual commentary offered by an AFP/Getty pool photographer about the culture war gripping Lower Manhattan, and the rest of the country.
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Mehlman's Coming Out Dance: Now Free to Enlist Gays Against Islamic Jihad
Ken Mehlman ("the most powerful Republican in history to identify as gay") still has a way to go in reconciling his sexual and his political orientation.
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Jeremy Lange: The War At Home
Photographer Jeremy Lange photographs the war at home, near his home in North Carolina.
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Oily Fish Nets: Italian Vogue Does the Gulf Disaster
Frankly, I'm not sure how much to take these kinds of fashion shoots seriously, anymore. The glove, though, was, what should I say.... Horribly clever?
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Prop 8 Falls: A Brief Tour
The Bag offers a selective look at yesterday's dramatic court decision overturning Prop 8.
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SB1070, Coming to a Theater Near You
Joshua Lott, Reuters Two days before the Arizona immigration bill becoming law, lets pay homage to State Senator Russell Pearce, the author of the legislation, not just for demonstrating his own narcissism in sitting for this portrait, but for helping usher in this law with a harsh, warped and...
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Sell Like a Man, Man
The disappointment of the Old Spice Guy ad campaign is that the progressive image of black masculinity is only funny—and only makes sense—when it is wedged into another narrative (one as familiar as the racist story that Old Spice Guy tries to displace). Women desire (and are most desirable...
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The Spanish Victory: A Larger Lesson?
The question is, does the victory of the Spanish team in the face of the thuggery of the Dutch convey a larger resonance in the world right now?
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Assuming They're "Illegals"
Accompanying a NYT story about the Administration using employment audits to crack down on employers for hiring undocumented workers, the photo does a rare thing, both perceptually and editorially. It encourages us to think about, differentiate and consider the legal circumstances of this group of individuals.
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