On that Crazy Pete Souza Obama VR Shot
If, a few years ago, someone told us this picture celebrated the centennial anniversary of the National Park Service…. mind blown!
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It’s Not Just a Photo, it’s a Story — The Italian Earthquake, and What News Photos Can Do Today
Because we’re all story makers and explanation seekers, we can help but “fill in the picture” and experience how it all blew apart.
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What Do They Have to Lose? And Other Scenes from the Trump Debacle
With Trump all about amplifying stereotypes, Reuters has surfaced an image that primes the palette.
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A Transfixing Picture from the Flood Zone
The flood not withstanding, it’s an excruciatingly ordinary domestic picture.
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Omran and Alan: The Limits of the Photo of the Wounded Aleppo Boy
Ultimately, and in contrast to the Alan Kurdi wake-up call, the photograph of Omran, the wounded Syrian boy in the ambulance, is a rescue fantasy.
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Trump Campaign Ad Puts Border Militia on Par With US Enforcement Agencies
To frame these militia types as equivalent to U.S. law enforcement personnel is its own form of terror.
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Some Thoughts on the Louisiana Flood Pictures
It's hard not to look at the photos of the historic flooding in Louisiana outside the frame of the presidential campaign and our national identity.
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The Art and Technology of this Year’s Olympic Photographs
Looking at this year's Olympic photos, it's impossible not to take awe at the creativity and imagination of the news photography.
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Trump: Understanding the Meltdown
Donald Trump is coming apart and the largest factor in the calamity is his crippling narcissism.
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Far Right Pounces on 6 Month Old Hillary (Porch) Stumble
Hillary haters love to pounce on every visible sign that Mrs. Clinton has an actual human body.
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Let the Games Begin! Our Rio2016 Opening Roundup
These are some of the images that caught our eye in the first few days of the Olympic games. We're hoping to be as playful and positive (or satirical, at least) as we can.
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The Visual Politics of Empty Shelves
Photographs of bare stores and starving families fit too neatly into us and them, imagining whole political systems as economically and morally bankrupt.
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Nancy Burson’s What If Trump Were: Black-Asian-Hispanic-Middle Eastern-Indian
This animated GIF was created by artist Nancy Burson to consider how Donald Trump’s mind works and to stir reflection from the mogul's malignant soul.
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The One Bit of Substance in Those Risqué NY Post Melania Trump Photos
In viciously beating up on people while bringing ultimate shame on himself for doing it, this picture fits the Trump M.O. to a T.
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Trump vs the Khans in 3 Pairs of Pictures
If Trump's attack on the Khans is beyond offensive, the pictures it conjures are just as outrageous and hypocritical.
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