The Delicate Balance of Style Photos from War-Torn South Sudan
We are encouraged to see the South Sudanese people as something other than the face of a crisis. The risk, though, is to miss the crisis completely.
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Everywhere is Fashion
One thing this gorgeous picture illustrates is how nature photography, like so much else, is channeling high style.
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Look of the RNC: Bold Prints, Neckties, and Handguns, of Course
I've been thinking about what it means to dress the part at the Republican National Convention.
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Lufthansa Fashion: Our Latest Twitter/Instagram Roundup
For the first time in weeks, our Twitter/Instagam round up has fewer Campaign ’16 pics. Could fatigue be setting in? Or maybe the front has just shifted.
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Fashion of the Times: The Chastity Belt
It’s sad that pushback comes more in the form of irony from the Fashion Weeks than from the political debate.
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Fashion Week: Visions of the 1%
One of the fashion themes this year is that wealth is here to stay.
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It’s Gucci Meets Starbucks, by God
Our stealth photo of the week. Truly, no one sees this church in the mirror?
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Burundi in Crisis, Love the Headdress
I was struck by these portraits by photographers for Reuters, AP and AFP/Getty. Along with their existing captions is a second one I've volunteered to think about how these photos are actually consumed.
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Militarism and Race as Martin Parr Does the Derby
Beyond the jesting and the field day with hats, these two Parr photos from the Kentucky Derby feel a bit more political than usual.
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Does Up-and-Coming Model With Unusual Skin Condition Take Us Beyond Diversity?
How much is Ms. Brown-Young's condition, as a beauty signature, more singularly about "the other?"
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More Fashion Week: I'm My Own Grandpa
Beneath the quips, there's something really clever going on here.
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Fashion Week from an Untrained Eye: Shots of Models Eating
The most engaging view of culture and politics right now might be on or around the runway
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Obama Fluff, Perfectly Suited
Actually, Obama's summery change up was nothing short of a rescue.
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Pictures Beyond the Veil: The Hijab and Free Choice
Although compulsary veiling is certainly a violation of women’s civil rights, the act of unveiling can similarly obscure women’s identities.
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About Those "Pro-Gay" German Olympic Uniforms
If people are debating whether the new rainbow uniforms are based on the gay flag or not, that's not really the question.
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Fashion Week in the Big House
Shouldn’t there be some recognition of the difference between one of the more dangerous environments on earth and one of the most privileged?
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That Pussy Riot – Yuri Kozyrev Shoot: Fashion as Defiance
The Kremlin must regret letting go of those prison jackets.
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Racism as Style: The Return of Blackface
It's becoming increasingly difficult for me to overlook the tremendously casual manner in which fashion photographs repeat the ghoulish visual history of racism as style.
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