Status quo eye candy.
Continue ReadingAfter the post 9/11 admonition to "go shopping," how striking to see the National Guard called in to defend big retail.
Continue ReadingWith the view every-which-way so dark and conflicted, this provided some relief.
Continue ReadingIf I believed the world had that much more sensitivity, I would think these photos would be recognized and celebrated as empathetic to the largely black residents of Ferguson or to Palestinians and Israeli Arabs.
Continue ReadingHuman intuition being that much a marvel, Andrew's photo came back to me in a way that almost struck me dumb.
Continue ReadingThis prime time, night time, #Ferguson cable countdown a disgrace and an insult to all Americans
Continue ReadingShouting references to Clint Eastwood, yet another example of the pervasiveness of American culture from an overseas war zone.
Continue ReadingWhat's noteworthy is the role and prominence of the camera across a good many of these shots.
Continue ReadingSuddenly, the agent of the state is more another young man, one out there alone, a little bit vulnerable perhaps.
Continue ReadingIn the next days and weeks, there’s going to be a lot of vitriol over why Obama went around Congress to implement immigration reforms by executive order. Tell it to the Dreamers.
Continue ReadingWhat becomes so powerful about Qadri's shot is the way this woman's head can actually seem to rotate from face forward, to sideways and hidden, as one unpacks the two.
Continue ReadingA photography writer asked me the other day how the photos of the Ebola outbreak this year compared with those from the past two decades. What follows is an excursion with an eye on how news photos have changed.
Continue ReadingIsn't it interesting how the white folks so naturally claim ascendency by their "higher ground?"
Continue ReadingWith all eyes on Ferguson to find out if Darren Wilson will be indicted for shooting Michael Brown, what these photos address is perhaps a more intractable problem: the enduring lack of representation and the symbolism in its place.
Continue ReadingOne point I touched on was how liberally news photographs are experimenting with style, including channeling the cinema.
Continue ReadingMuch ink has been spilled about whether photojournalism should expose the bodily horror of war. This photo, like many others in the archive, demonstrate that less can be more: there is little need to see the gore, because more than physical destruction is at stake.
Continue ReadingWas there more than just a visual resemblance between the photo of the window washers rescued from the WTC yesterday and the remarkable photos of the European Space Agency’s Philae probe after successfully landing on Comet 67P over 300 million miles away?
Continue ReadingThis is the second installment in an ongoing series by photographer Sarah Stacke about this suburb of Cape Town and her relationships there.
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