The ICE Occupation of Minneapolis: They Call It ‘Security.’ The Pictures Say ‘War.’
As Trump sells ‘law and order,’ most of politics and media still treat ‘war’ as a metaphor. On the ground, photographers see it and show it for what it is.
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Roadway Impunity: Telling Photos After ICE Killed Renee Good
Trump and Noem spun her death into proof of her guilt. Forensic analysis proved them wrong—and photographs revealed the larger pattern of who lives and dies behind the wheel and on the street.
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Essential Images: 13 Scenes of Democracy Under Siege
From militarized raids to detention camps, these visuals expose and interrogate the country's slide into authoritarianism.
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Crucial Elements of the Pro-Palestinian Campus Protests Overlooked by the Mainstream
Education, negotiation, militarism, human rights. Free Palestine campus protests have stood for much more than they have been credited for.
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Chatting the Pictures: Bringing Later Stage Abortions into the Light
The images of a later-stage abortion not only bring the procedure into sharper focus but also challenge the restrictive narratives imposed by new laws.
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Nolan Trowe’s Wheelchair Perspective Highlights Disability Activism
Wendy Kozol looks at how Nolan Trowe's images from a wheelchair provide a unique vantage of disabled activists in the halls of Congress.
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Chatting the Pictures: The Most Historic Photo from the January 6th Uprising
This photo from the January 6 Capitol uprising was likely the year's most historic. We delve into its meaning and perceptual effect.
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Chatting the Pictures: Lightning in George Floyd Square
Lightning strikes near the intersection of Chicago Avenue and 38th Street in Minneapolis, also known as George Floyd Square.
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What’s Distinguishing and What’s Familiar in the Post-Coup Protest Pictures from Myanmar
A former aid worker and a visual scholar help explain key media and Facebook photos after Myanmar’s military coup.
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Social Justice in the “Unified” NFL
If the NFL really wants to promote anti-racism, it seems hard to imagine a less emphatic visual statement.
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Telling Image of Race at DC Emancipation Statue
It's an especially symbolic photo as America reckons with the legacy of Black slavery. Studying Evelyn Hockstein's photo, the question is where to begin?
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Refacing the Robert E. Lee Monument in Richmond
As it awaits its fate, the Robert E. Lee monument has become nothing short of an artistic magnet—literally a canvas to change.
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Documenting a Protest Has Never Been More Challenging
This week has been unusually difficult for photographers who are trying to cover the George Floyd protests. Essay and images by photographer Alan Chin.
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Hospital Workers Cannot Begin to Express Their Anger
Since the virus crisis started, I have seen countless photos of medical workers in ICU’s. I have also seen photos of them outside their hospitals advocating for vitally necessary equipment and protective gear. Sometimes they carry signs. Other times they stand as witnesses holding up pictures of colleagues who...
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Why Medical Workers Challenging Anti-Stay at Home Protesters Won the Internet
Why were these photos of Denver healthcare workers standing up to anti-stay-at-home protesters so popular? There's a "super" answer.
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The Viral Coronavirus Protest Photo from Ohio
It's the first COVID-19 news photograph described as viral without a hint of irony. But that doesn't mean it's not deadly.
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Chatting the Pictures: Hong Kong Democracy Protests
This week, our webcast looks at key photos from the massive democracy protests in Hong Kong.
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Gun Protests: Watching Our Very Young Have a Political Awakening
It feels like what we are witnessing in these photos is the surest emergence of social and political awareness. You sense the children are the most awake.
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