Racism, Symbolism, Story: More Notable Images from the Campus “Free Palestine” Movement
In our second "free Palestine" campus protest post, we focus on the institutional divide and more scenes that challenge the media narrative.
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Chatting the Pictures: Riot Cop Photo Raises Question of “Who’s the Other?”
A prominent photo from the civil rights protests in Minnesota raises important questions about power and place.
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The Cult Of Trump In Its Last Throes
In the assault on the Capitol, the distinction between faith, nation, and godhead finally and completely broke down.
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Capitol Artwork a Symbolic Participant in Trump White Supremacist Riot
While the rioters who invaded the Capitol amplified the nation's history of white supremacy, that history was already hanging on the walls behind them.
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Reading the Symbols of Political Movements: A Joint Reading the Pictures/Columbia University Tow Center and Data Science Institute Salon
In this Salon, we discuss the symbolic strategies of political movements, especially those on the far right, and the challenges posed to the media.
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Chatting the Pictures: Militia Fist Bump With Riot Cop at Stone Mountain
This video looks at the presence of armed Trump supporters, and rising concern over the relationship between police and white militia groups.
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Chatting the Pictures: Rare Images From Inmates as Prisons Ravaged by Covid-19
Pictures from inmates in federal prison are rarely seen by the general public. However, the deathly impact of Covid-19 is changing that.
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Chatting the Pictures: Black Lives Activist Replaces Slave Trader on English Monument
In this highlight video, we analyze the likeness of a Black Lives Matter activist atop a 125-year-old English monument. It's an especially powerful gender statement.
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Portland Protests: Mary Poppins Has Had Enough
Until a few weeks ago, the demand for racial justice and an end to police violence was pretty straightforward. Clearly, things have gotten more complicated.
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Chatting the Pictures: Parents Fight Masks in Utah
In this highlight video, we find as much confusion and ambivalence as anger in Utah parents protesting a requirement students wear masks to fight COVID-19.
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Chatting the Pictures: Protest, Racial Justice, and Portland’s ”Wall of Moms”
This webcast looks at the militarized response to racial justice protest in Portland and the role of a largely white mothers group demonstrating there.
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Chatting the Pictures: Trump Mt. Rushmore; Gun Waving St. Louis Couple; Racial Protest Self Portrait
This webcast looks at the Trump Mt. Rushmore rally, the St. Louis couple that pointed weapons at demonstrators, and a racial justice self-portrait.
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Refacing the Robert E. Lee Monument in Richmond
As it awaits its fate, the Robert E. Lee monument has become nothing short of an artistic magnet—literally a canvas to change.
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Chatting the Pictures: 3 Signature Images of the George Floyd Protests
In this week's Chatting the Pictures, educator John Mason joins us to discuss key portraits from the protests following the killing of George Floyd.
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Tabloids Get Black Man’s “Heroic” Rescue of White Hooligan Exactly Backwards
Take away the celebration and what we have is a visual testament to the way black people have historically been weighed down and burdened by the white man.
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Documenting a Protest Has Never Been More Challenging
This week has been unusually difficult for photographers who are trying to cover the George Floyd protests. Essay and images by photographer Alan Chin.
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The Intersection of Racial Violence and the Coronavirus
What the photo speaks to is two different viruses that attack the lungs and kill African Americans.
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In Lansing COVID Protest, Hate in the Smaller Details
I’ve seen this action in many news photos when police, especially riot cops, become violent with citizens, but never the other way around.
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