Art For Obama: Authenticity And Purity Of Race And Patriotism
Titled Art For Obama, fifty of the country's most prominent artists and photographers have donated their work for this auction. BNN offers you a look at two of the works up for bid.
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Wall Street Nightmare
Looking at these photos through the lens of the current financial convulsions, they read much differently, I'm sure, than when they were shot in 2003. BagNewsNotes contributer Nina Berman's photos anthropomorphize, and give nightmarish expression to my most terrifying fears of a Wall Street disaster.
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Olympic Notes: Beijing On Its Face
Beyond just a face-lift, Beijing has undergone radical surgery, especially poor neighborhoods which have been effectively or even literally walled off.
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Reader Poll (Vault) And The Chinese Drinking Contest
Okay team, do we do a 10%, 50% or 90% turn toward China, and the visual politics of the Olympics?
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War Is Personal
This photo was taken by Eugene Richards as part of a series he is developing with The Nation Institute. Sgt. José Pequeño suffered a devastating brain injury from a grenade that was thrown into his Humvee in Iraq.
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Your Turn: "Leia's Daddy"
As the original caption tells us, all Sgt. Ryan John Baum wanted to do was come home and put his daughter, Leia, on his chest. Born 11 days after his death in Iraq on May 18, 2007, the placement of the baby photo during visitation speaks to that wish.
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Arlington West
The Los Angeles chapter of Veterans for Peace is just one of at least twenty groups around the country that has adopted the Arlington West concept. Every Sunday since February 15th, 2004, the group has erected one cross for each soldier killed in Iraq near the Santa Monica pier.
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Primary Reflection From Harrisburg
I wanted to draw your attention to this very fine photograph by Larry Fink from a political photo gallery at VF. Fink shot this in Harrisburg while documenting last month's Clinton effort in the Pennsylvania primary. For myself, the photo speaks to the powerful bond between Hillary and the...
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Before The Heartbreak
I was completely struck by this image of RFK in VF's new article and slide show, The Heartbreak Campaign.
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Philip Jones Griffiths
It's both strange and curious that the photographer, Philip Jones Griffiths, would die on the five-year anniversary of the Iraq War.
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More Exiles
It was gratifying to hear Obama and Clinton mention the plight of Iraqi exiles in their LA debate. Otherwise, one hardly hears about the four million. About three weeks ago, I introduced you to a project -- by BNN contributer Lori Grinker -- to profile and follow the stories...
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John Edwards: Parting View
Yesterday, I had my say on the Edwards withdrawal. Today though, I'd like to share this shot from Alan Chin taken at the announcement in New Orleans on Tuesday.
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Outside Heath Ledger's Apartment
These are pictures I snapped outside Heath Ledger's apartment on the night of his death. By the time I got there, the media hubbub had died down a bit, but I think these still represent the bizarre scene that ensued.
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Painted Construction Markings
I offer you this as a reminder of how subjective it is to analyze social and political imagery.
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Campaign Visuals In the Age of Facebook
Specifically, though, its an analysis of an image he shot on the campaign trail in New Hampshire, and a look at how campaign coverage can be seen to reflect a "Facebook aesthetic." Ferry is more well known for his work in and about Columbia. The part of his bio...
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A Swipe At Community Organizing
In the furor ignited by BET President Robert Johnson, what is overlooked is the intimation that "community organizing" is somehow an inferior activity. In response, The BAG offers you an excerpt from a photo-narrative by Chicago-based photojournalist Jon Lowenstein, entitled "The South Side."
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The Forgotten Iraqi Exiles
Rather than photographing hundreds of Iraqi refugees to illustrate the epic size of the exodus, I want to follow, for an extended period and in an intimate way, just a few - I want to take the journey with them, to live the aftermath of war with them, and...
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Our Man In New Hampshire #4: BarackOMania
In essence, it only takes just two pictures to tell the New Hampshire Obama story.
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