Colbert: Fit to Be Untied
What we're seeing in this photograph is the look of a person who's reached a tipping point.
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On Obama in Alaska and the (Visitor) Showers at Auschwitz
My takeaway from the White House photographs of Obama’s trip to Alaska, and the photos of the outdoor misting stations at Auschwitz, is pretty similar
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Conceptualizing the Migrants
What’s striking to me is how the news imagery of the world-wide migrant crisis is all over the map when it comes to representing these individuals.
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Greenwald on the Depiction of Trump and Ramos as Mirrors
The image seems to specifically key off Greenwald’s criticism of a WAPO article drawing an equivalence between Ramos and Trump as provocateurs.
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The Virginia TV Murder and the Cincinnati Cop Video: The Larger Gesture
With eyes out for symbolism, that arrangement of the hand and fingers is as representative and fraught as any other in this country today.
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On the TIME Trump – American Eagle Shoot … Beyond the Ha, Ha, Ha
If you get too (or completely) distracted by Trump, either through offendedness or amusement from the farce, you’re going to miss the deeper take-away here.
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When Different Wire Photos on Same Story Address Different Racial Audiences: “Go Set a Watchman”
Who, between these photos, is invited to see themselves as Watchman’s audience?
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On the Photo Coverage of the One Year Anniversary of the Ferguson Crisis and the Death of Michael Brown
I was looking and hoping for imagery that got underneath the more stereotyped depiction of violence, anger and despair.
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From His Own Perspective: The Seductive Power of the Instagram Migrant
Of course, we would hope that the migrant diaspora in our media diet would reflect the greatest realism, but that’s a whole different thing than the migrant telling his or her own story, taking his or her own pictures, and controlling his or her own narrative.
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On the Empire State Building Endangered Species Spectacular: I Want to Believe
I want to believe that what I’m experiencing here is demonstrably more than just do-good shock-and-awe.
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Killer Cop Arraigned in Cincinnati (Confused by How Much Social Media Thrives on Shame)
One thing the shaming obscures is the extreme moral contrast between Tensing and the cops.
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Classic Misdirection: The State’s Sanctimonious Sandra Bland Jail Video Play-by-Play
If what we're presumed to have now is full visual disclosure, I'd say the state has an even bigger credibility problem on its hands than it had before.
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Hyper-Capitalism and the Pictures of our Time
If hyper-capitalism is becoming the issue of our time, I’m also tempted to say that more and more news images are appearing as counterweight.
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Are We Seeing A New Level of Candidness from Campaign Photographers This Year?
I'm grateful to Brooks for this shot, as much as I'm hopeful this candidness blossoms into a real trend.
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Why it's Fair Game for Getty to Tweak Christie as Gay (and for AP to Depict Ted Cruz with a Gun to his Head)
It's important to emphasize that the creation of news photos and editorial decisions about what to put on the wire do not take place a vacuum.
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Two Rambos, and that New Treasure Trove of Bush – Cheney White House Photos
What's great about these images the National Archives were compelled to turn over is just how politically incorrect they are.
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Front Pages That DIDN'T Turn the Charleston Shooter into a Poster Boy
We could stand for more recognition of those papers that largely ignored the perpetrator in favor of elevating the victims and affirming existing bonds.
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On the Invisibility of Upper East Side Primates, and the Rich in General
When it comes to candid images of the upper and the upper-upper classes, a secret shame of the visual media is that it self-censors.
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