World Press Photo '13: Flagging America?
The award does not do itself any favors by taking a more stereotyped view of the underside of America.
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On the Wrong Side of History: Further Thoughts on an Iconic Civil Rights Photograph
If Gadsden is kicking his knee into the police dog’s throat, it’s very likely a defensive reaction
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But Why Doesn't the Photographer Try to Help the Man on Fire?
One thing that seemed to crystalize is just how detached the consumer is from the role, process and terms of procuring the common, if not common news image.
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How Do You Photograph Homeless for Newswire So People Actually Notice?
Here are three different moves in a photo package from Getty by photographer Brendan Sullivan illustrating: "Homeless Numbers Remain Unchanged From 2011 Despite Increase In Funding."
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The "New" George Zimmerman Picture: Black and White in Color
This photo just released by the Zimmerman defense team seems to tell us less about the murder than about the limits of photography, particularly the problem of context and the inherently emotional quality of pictures.
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Instagram: For IDF with Love
Meditating on this, I'm wondering how many other Israelis could actually be this childlike and naive when it comes to the circumstances at hand.
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Your Turn: Winning Figures
This photo by Andrea Bruce really captured me, but I'm not exactly sure why.
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Waiting on Those Returns
True to the standard he set all campaign, this is a wonderful Instagram photo from Charles Dharapak from Romney election central in Boston.
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The Last Slideshow: The Brilliant Stephen Crowley's So Long to Mitt Romney
In the last photo of the last slideshow before signing off on the Romney campaign, Crowley makes a sweet gesture.
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Can Someone Please Let Me Out?! — Instagram, Twitter and Those Freezing People Trapped at Romney PA Rally Last Night
I can't say I'm sorry Campaign '12 is ending. At the same time, however, given the wonderful Instagram window I had, I am going to miss it.
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The Priceless Privilege: Times Square Kiss and Sexual Assault
The real challenge here then is not so much to critique the blind sexism of an earlier moment in our history, however much it might be mischaracterized as a golden past, but to question why we continue to refuse to see what might now be before our eyes.
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Campaign ’12 in the Social Networking Age: Photo Fanaticism
Okay, Campaign ’12 personal photography has just crossed into the realm of the fetishistic. Pretty in Pink? (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. caption: A debate spectator take photos with a smartphone of first lady Michelle Obama’s chair prior to the Presidential Debate at the University of Denver on October 3, 2012...
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Horrific Photo from Aleppo: War Porn or Stellar Journalism?
My question is: is the picture of Syrian rebels at the moment of death a stellar piece of journalism and an essential contribution to our knowledge of the Syrian civil war in particular and war overall, or is this photo more a profound illustration of voyeurism and war porn?
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RNC: The (Dark) Morning After — With Hat Tip to Instagram
These three Instagram shots from this morning use the weather and security to capture the unsettled official launch of the Romney campaign.
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Instagram and Murder
There has been quite a bit of discussion about the Instagram photos of shooting victims at the Empire State Building yesterday, with as much debate on the actual photo threads as off. Much of the discussion involves propriety, with suggestions in media the images were too immediate, too numb,...
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