Photographs can favor artistry over other values such as documentary witness, hard-boiled realism, formal simplicity, or critical provocation. But should they win awards for it?
Continue ReadingGiven the intense criticism Bush endured for not responding immediately to that cataclysmic event, why is this photo now enshrined in the Bush Library's 9/11 photo gallery?
Continue ReadingIf we're plunging headfirst into a crass visual meme, I think it's instructive.
Continue ReadingWhile the “he said/she said” label casts both Allen and Farrow as objects, Farrow’s photo asserts her status as a subject. Someone with agency. Someone with power. An accuser rather than a victim.
Continue ReadingIt was a disaster, all right: thousands of vehicles stranded; major highways closed; entire cities shut down in eerie silence. Reminds you of the Congress, doesn’t it?
Continue ReadingCould all these puppy ads speak to a desire in the culture for a kinder and and more genial atmosphere?
Continue ReadingWhat I'm not able to tell is if Nachtwey is being ironic or he's serious about placing this modern ritual on such a spiritual plane.
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