June 2008 - Page 2 of 2 - Reading The Pictures

Media Focus Photo June 13, 2008

Death In The Family

What is interesting here is how a human event can suddenly supercede the symbiotic relationship between politicians and the press -- at least for a day.

Women and Gender Focus Photo June 12, 2008

First of all, I couldn't be more pleased that a conversation about sexism seems to be forming now that Hillary has withdrawn. At The BAG, both racial and sexual stereotyping has been a primary political focus, especially in the Hillary - Obama contest.

Campaign '08 Photo

McCharacter

It's curious how, in the three days since Carol McCain gave an interview to the London Daily Mail, elaborating on her debilitating accident and how her playboy husband abandoned her for a much younger, rich, healthy and attractive woman, the American media hasn't touched the story. (Now, if it...

Media Focus Photo June 10, 2008

Your Turn: The Double Obamas

I've been seeing these reflected Obama images at least a couple times a month ever since the campaign started. Because I've hardly seen the effect with other candidates, however, I've been wondering what's up.

Business Focus Photo

Numbing Down The War

Given the difficulty even I'm finding covering Iraq, and the fact that the pharmaceutical industry has largely had its way with the FCC and direct-to-consumer advertising, I'm wondering if this elephant-sized Prozac pill, half-dressed in cammo on the cover of TIME, doesn't actually help boost the drug ads inside.

Campaign '08 Photo

Faith, Hope And Change

I thought the McCain photo illustrating yesterday's NYT piece on the evangelical vote was quite perfect. What is wonderful is how the photo is completely dominated by a statue of St. David, a fairly minor saint actually, while McCain is pushed off to the side like the Christian conservative...

Media Focus Photo June 8, 2008

Meet The Press

McCain and Obama Decline Invitation to New York Forum (6/9/08 - NYT) Dan Rather Hits Press Coverage of War -- and 'Corporate News' (Greg Mitchell - E&P) I don't think Tim Russert's little kumbayah moment the other day ("What if Obama's victory ushers in real coverage of issues...")... Bill...

Campaign '08 Photo June 7, 2008

Your Turn: Hillary To Womankind

My problem is, the Clinton withdrawal has inspired so many interesting pictures, and the story -- from the standpoint of Hillary and Hillary's character, feminism, sexism, sexism vs. racism, the Clinton legacy, etc., etc. -- is so complex that I found I couldn't land in any one place.... What...

Campaign '08 Photo June 6, 2008

Obama Setting Up The Wood Shed

Obama must have figured that the confrontation with Lieberman -- the march off captured on tape but the actual lecture part, although well described in news reports, occurring just beyond camera view -- was an effective way to demonstrate marking turf, and who's in charge.

Campaign '08 Photo June 5, 2008

In A Picture, What Went Wrong

I agree that Hillary doesn't really know who she is. I think the last week bore that out in particular, with Clinton deferring to hard-line advisers who put a spoil-sport mark on her for life.

Visual Practices & Ethics Photo

A Matter Of Size

How hard is the McCain campaign working to compensate for the "audience gap" between their man and Obama? The other night, "the McCain people (were) telling the AP they had McCain speak before a tiny audience 'by design'."

Campaign '08 Photo

The Machiavellian Mystery Man: Michael Powell's Spin On Barack Obama

Going to be giving a presentation at NetrootsNation in a couple weeks as part of the framing panel.... and my take has to do with the fear tactics around Barack Obama, and how the visuals reinforce those tactics. On the night that he wrapped up the Democratic nomination, Nothing...

Campaign '08 Photo June 3, 2008

The Clinch

I looked at an awful lot of pics from Obama's decisive night, and this one stood out.

Campaign '08 Photo June 2, 2008

Clearing The Bar

What is notable -- on the last primary day -- is Obama's ability to pull up so high, cross this bar -- and to do so without seeming to strain much at all.

BAGannouncements Photo

BAGnewsNotes: Mission To Denver

I'm proud to announce that BAGnewsNotes has been awarded blogger credentials to cover the Democratic National Convention. In Denver, I'll be working closely alongside photojournalist and BNN contributer Alan Chin (continuing our work from New Hampshire and Ohio); looking closely over the shoulder of the visual MSM; tapping the...

Campaign '08 Photo

The Comeback Id

With the long-running Democratic knock-down-and-drag-out threatening to shut down, is the media upping the ante in milking the psychodrama?