(Musical) Mormon Demographics
If you've been following The Bag for a while, you know how fond we are of photos that suggest an age, race or gender breakdown of particular movements or groups.
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Tracking Pope Francis: Finally, That Subway Photo
My question is: why hasn't this photo circulated? It's the first one I've seen that visualizes that narrative, manifest from the beginning, of the humble elder commuting by public transportation in Buenos Aires.
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The Day’s Best Spanish Holy Week Penitent Photo With KKK Chase(r)
The week photos of indigenous Easter rituals in Spain proliferate like rabbits.
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Tracking Pope Francis: The Times They Are a-Changin'
Given my skepticism is largely misplaced, media and ministry cannot be divorced, and this Pope is the real deal, then what's there to say but: right on!
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Juxtaposition of the Week: The Sacred and the Profane
Sistine Chapel's sulphur/coal tar combination for the cause.
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Tracking Pope Francis: Rockin' the Modest
Dear Pope Francis. Congrats, you're off to a flying start.
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Tracking Pope Francis: Bergoglio – Kirchner
I'm keen for the opportunity of track the early visual coverage of the new Argentine Pope, appreciating how the power of imagery, celebrity and first impressions all converge around Jorge Bergoglio.
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Eastwood and the Pope Make My Day
This photo from Reuter's social media gallery is hilarious.
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Benedict Moves On: The Pope Without a Face
From the get-go, this cold and severe man was unable to connect with the camera or the broader public, perhaps a more fatal liability in this media and telegenic era.
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What’s in a Picture? — #IslamicRage Meets #OccupyWallStreet
So many people have emailed me this photo, I wanted to hear your thoughts about it. Here’s the caption: Egyptian protesters wearing Guy Fawkes masks pose for a photo graffiti on a wall of the U.S. embassy during a protest in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. Egyptian protesters, largely...
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Newsweek's "Rage" Cover: Doubling Down on Islamic Hate
I have to say, it takes some doing to actually turn the cover of a national news magazine, and a supposedly mainstream on at that, into its own, one-pass version of the Muhammed hate video. It’s one thing to pose a wailing, two-fisted image as a starting point to...
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Romney Crowds Start to Eerily Reflect Norman Rockwell
With the white shirt and skinny tie with the shiny clasp, the crew cuts, the rosy-faced kids, the citizens lined up in a row with their eyes gazing upward, even the Romney’s audiences, now, are starting to look straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting. For months, we’ve been...
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Businessweek Cover: The Mormon Empire, Burger King and Romney the Almighty
To the extent Romney and Bain Capital donated $2 million worth of Burger King stock to the Mormon Church, this almost doubles as a "church and treasury" warning poster.
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Hell’s Fire, the Air Force Stealth Chapel, and a More Cosmic Evil
If you’re looking for a visual representation of the End of Days, this image is as good as any.
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Return of "The One"?: Our Take on the Newsweek Obama "Gay Messiah" Cover
As Obama closed in on the presidency in 2008, the McCain campaign launched a “messiah” attack. Here we go again?
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Foreign Policy's Painted Lady: Sex Issue Cover Model Too Sexy For "Her Burqa"
Foreign Policy quickly went viral last week, illustrating the public’s appetite for serious coverage of global gender issues. Ironically, the visuals that graced the cover and accompanied the essay suggest that FP’s editors thought they needed to appeal to a different appetite in order to sell their magazine.
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