Iran Portraits in the NY Times; "Kissing Kerry" on the Telly in Social Media
What continues to fascinate, looking at major news stories, is the relationship between professional photojournalism and its barefoot cousin, the public Twitter, Instagram or Facebook picture.
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Loaves and Fishes
It's not that this photograph or this scene from Gaza is unique at all. What so impactful is its resonance this Holy Week, today being Good Friday.
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Sarah Stacke: Proof of Existence in Manenberg
When I see Ashwin at home at last surrounded by family and friends who are grieving, laughing, comforting –– all the emotions that one navigates with the pain of loss –– a sliver of peace is unexpectedly delivered.
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Lunch Break, Or Worse
In these Chinese industrial towns, perhaps a little shut eye, a little shade and a little cardboard adds up to something completely practical.
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The Anti-ISIS "Coalition" and the Fiction of One Iraq: The Flags Tell You All You Need To Know
You can read any number of articles describing how Iraq and its military is a fiction. But the reality is fluttering right there in the wind.
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Girl With Scarf — or a Mutation?
I just can't help seeing a second face in the picture.
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Photojournalism and Public Trauma: Safe Travels
If we can't even trust our own pilots, is there anyone or anything left that we can depend on to assure our safe travels?
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On Der Spiegel's Jolly “Angela Merkel and the 7 Nazis” Cover
What’s going on, if you ask me, is the use of exaggeration and a bit of mockery to minimize the Greeks.
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Israel: Election Landscape
There is a mountain of imagery on the newswire right now on the impending Israeli election. This, though, seems to strike the perfect note of irony.
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On Men Cross-Dressing in Kabul, Istanbul in Support of Women's Rights
I’m wondering if these displays might also reflect a shift in consciousness when it comes to sexual identity and gender roles.
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Character Moments Versus Political Ones: Netanyahu's State of Disunion
If the general public failed to grasp the audacity of Tuesday's imagery, it's only because commentators, activists and partisans were so overwhelming focused on the politics and ideology.
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On Those Migrants Up a Pole (POYi Spot News Award)
What is it about this photo of Sub-Saharan migrants high up a pole in Spain’s border town of Melilla that earned a POY award?
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USA(ID)! USA(ID)!: Full Salute to a Military Photo
And when in our lifetimes have we been made aware the military has been deployed to save lives?
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World Press, Spot News: Tangled Up in Blue
Sure, the cops got their girl. But for goodness' sake, is a riot police scrum supposed to look so glamorous?
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Human Trafficking Awareness and Photographic Ensnarement: A World Press Winning Portrait
Despite the photo’s potential utility, however, it also raises important questions about the ways in which well-meaning outsiders and journalists depict the problem of human trafficking.
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Priests and Protests: Looking Back on the Photography from Kiev Square
Protestors armed themselves against government forces with whatever was available to them, creating a visual mash of color and symbolism, the clergy ministering throughout.
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A Preliminary Thought As We Enter Photojournalism Award Season
I appreciate that a news photo deserves to be judged and valued as a professional artifact. It's not nearly so straight forward, however.
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Pics from the Wire: Teach Your Children Well?
As conflict in Ukraine or in Syria blurs, these are things we can see, feel and think about.
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