Being politically incorrect and boasting about it is understood in Trump's world as integrity. That’s why the parallel to Dumbo is not an accident.
Continue ReadingIf only the tendency to treat every face like a story led to real evidence.
Continue ReadingI doubt that the photographer was thinking of Caillebotte’s work when snapping the photo in Brussels, but the connection is there in several ways.
Continue ReadingOn Thanksgiving, it's worth appreciating the president's moral bearings when it comes to the worldwide refugee crisis.
Continue ReadingUltimately, what’s significant about the photo is its S&M vibe.
Continue ReadingGiven how the Russians are using the fight against ISIS to distract from its support for Assad, the phrase on the bomb can be ambiguous.
Continue ReadingThere could be a whole collection, in the Library of Congress perhaps, capturing true emotional reactions before the audience slipped back into passive assent or just on-camera cool.
Continue ReadingTo the extent people see Carson punching above his weight class, what are viewers likely to make of this?
Continue ReadingIf it’s primarily about Parisians reclaiming their cafe life and affirming their resilience, I wonder if the photo isn’t more provocative than that.
Continue ReadingIf it’s about the latest attack on Paris, it seems to say as much, or more, about the last one.
Continue ReadingIf the attack changed the way France sees its Muslims, its foreign born and even non-whites, how did that inform the immediate imagery?
Continue ReadingThe discrepant photos of Abdelhamid not only demonstrate their marketing prowess, but how easily ISIS can tweak the west.
Continue ReadingThe effort to stop a ruthless tyranny can lead to a state where the Paris of today is only a memory.
Continue ReadingPoliticians aren’t born, they’re collaged. Thoughts on Jeff Jacobson's odd Rubio photo from New Hampshire.
Continue ReadingThese photos surface uncomfortable realities about an America (still) at war.
Continue ReadingI offer these screen shots for the way they speak to the complicated mess surrounding visual access and photo coverage of news events today.
Continue ReadingIf Carson continues to insist that he’s beyond reproach, you can already sense how many faces in the audience he’s going to alienate.
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