Mike Brown as Super Human: Wilson’s Testimony in the Echo of Lichtenstein’s Death Pile Photo
Human intuition being that much a marvel, Andrew's photo came back to me in a way that almost struck me dumb.
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Mexico's Rage Also Elevates the Camera
What's noteworthy is the role and prominence of the camera across a good many of these shots.
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Atlanta Photojournalism's 1st Place Photo and the Afghan Girl
What becomes so powerful about Qadri's shot is the way this woman's head can actually seem to rotate from face forward, to sideways and hidden, as one unpacks the two.
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20 Years of Ebola, and How Photography Has Changed
A photography writer asked me the other day how the photos of the Ebola outbreak this year compared with those from the past two decades. What follows is an excursion with an eye on how news photos have changed.
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Sarah Stacke: Mothers of Manenberg
This is the second installment in an ongoing series by photographer Sarah Stacke about this suburb of Cape Town and her relationships there.
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Reflections from the Newswire
It's not like these collage-like images are that unusual to find on the news wire but they feel more familiar to Instagram.
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Benedicte Kurzen's Complex and Mysterious Photo from Ebola-Stricken Monrovia
This is one of the richest, most curious and most suggestive editorial photos I've seen in a while. I'm interested in your thoughts.
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Photoville 2014: Matt Black and California's Dust Bowl
Although the disjunction is not usually this surreal, in this image from 2001, Matt seems to almost pay homage to Hitchcock.
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Photoville 14: In Gezi Park, and in Space
These photos were taken in Gezi Park in Istanbul in 2013. I wanted you to see them for the way the exhibit translates them into space.
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9/11: Remarkably, A Photo of the Towers From Thirteen Years Away
I wouldn't have imagined seeing a photo yesterday -- initially, a Twitter blip amidst the moments of silence, the first responders, the enormous flags in the football stadiums, the burning embers, the falling men -- that would actually cause me to look on that day anew.
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Why There Aren’t Any Photos of Hamas Fighters (and Why the NYT, Tyler Hicks and Photographers Have Been Unfairly Blamed)
Let's call it "the drone factor."
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George and Angela
Frankly, the caption raises a lot more questions than it answers in what otherwise makes sense as a moment I would never have gotten to see.
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David Schalliol from Chicago: On the South Side, as in Detroit, Rumblings of Something Different
I continue to seek the right balance between the challenges that plague the community and the life that goes on in response to – or in spite of – them. After all, it is difficult to make sense of what we observe without falling back on our preconceived...
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God Selfie the Queen
I’m just waiting for the first security honcho to label this behavior an assault, or "visual terrorism” even.
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More Questions Over Ethics: Is Reuters Enabling ISIL and are they Working with Sympathizers Again?
What are the implications of these photos in terms of the integrity of international news reporting? And what is the political, perceptual and propaganda impact of these photos relative to the goals of this terror group knowing how high they are riding?
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The Storming of Mosul, Iraq on the Brink, and the Impressive Access by Reuters to ISIS Militants
Impressed with the acumen and how Reuters managed this kind of access to the ISIS fighters in Mosul, I do think the process of procurement -- while providing for the safety of photojournalists -- must also secure the confidence of the audience.
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World Cup Optics: Mario Tama on Brazil Vs. Brazil
Instead of the social stories functioning as due diligence, as preamble and warm up act, what if the coverage over the next four weeks did simultaneous justice to both the thrilling sports spectacle and the social cost?
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Photographer Stephen Shore from Israel/Palestine: The Audacity of Puppies
And yet, is it possible — puppies as metaphor, and emotional suggestion -- to conceive of the Israelis and the Palestinians engaging in a way that is softer? When you put it into words, it sounds remarkable silly, but such is the power of photography.
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