One thing that struck me immediately about the photo coverage of the response to the Zimmerman verdict, distinct from at least recent civil rights inspired imagery, is the number of newswire images highlighting a multi-racial response.
Continue ReadingIt’s evident that either his sartorial taste runs quite narrowly -- as befitting a classic “computer nerd” -- or he’s very specifically controlling his image, or both.
Continue ReadingI know human beings were decimated without purpose. Nonetheless, I think this photograph captures something important about the larger economy of life and death in a machine age.
Continue ReadingCould you imagine the appearance of such a photo during the Dubya era, the concept -- and the threat -- of terrorism being that absolute?
Continue ReadingWas there was ever a stronger scene screaming out for an international response to the endangerment of journalists?
Continue ReadingIt's interesting and curious -- in this era of social networking, scoops, and competition for the money shot between new media, traditional media and citizen journalists -- to look at these photos of the Asiana Airlines crash site from the NTSB.
Continue ReadingI hate to say this but the Western vocabulary, combined with pushing the kids in front of the camera like that and then laying on the patriotic theme that thick only serves to remind me of another PR-savvy GOP pol, the one who sees Russia from her porch.
Continue ReadingIt's not only (perversely) interesting how social media is evolving as an extension of the battleground but how everyday web metrics become a defacto measurement of who's up and who's down in the contest for hearts and minds.
Continue ReadingOf course, buzz arises whenever a particular photo or set of photos with blowback potential make the news -- most typically these days, involving their suppression. What we are hardly mindful of, on the other hand, is the ongoing obscuring or the outright censorship of imagery when an issue...
Continue ReadingIf there's something memorable here, it's the contrast with those dinosaurs rushing around filming the dust up with their cell phones.
Continue ReadingThere isn't a photo that comes close to the power of the one taken by passenger and Samsung exec, David Eun, from the brown grassy field just off the runway near the body of the plane. The question, though, is why?
Continue ReadingThis image by photographer Todd Heisler illustrating this NYT story is both wonderful and a gift to the city's most ambitious penitent.
Continue ReadingWhat I find interesting is how defensive this phrase is.
Continue ReadingCairo photographer David Degner provides key scenes and details preceding the removal of President Morsi from power by the military.
Continue ReadingWhat's so fascinating about this Egyptian sunset that's gone viral over the past few days is how much the heavy-handed construction of reality mirrors the radical re-engineering that has just taken place in Egypt.
Continue ReadingIn a crisis unlike any other — the Snowden drama playing out in secret and on the world stage -- President Evo Morales of Bolivia finally took off for home this morning in his Dassault Falcon after thirteen unscheduled hours on the ground in Vienna. So much for...
Continue ReadingSurface-to-air muscle flexing meets "e-tagging." Photos of citizen demonstrators flashing laser pointers at Egyptian military helicopters.
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