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Uncategorized Photo March 15, 2007

Oh God

Clearly, Cheney's not under anything that isn't pasted over his head -- in the most trivial way -- by a histrionic media....  As a straight ahead portrait, however, the TIME cover more logically proffers Cheney as magic genie, or supposed Olympian god who can command the force of lightening.... ...

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Scandal Focus Photo March 14, 2007

The Usual Motion

It's a visual survey of U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' news conference yesterday.  Gonzales admitted "mistakes were made" regarding the politically-motivated firing of seven different United States attorneys this January.

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Disaster Focus Photo March 13, 2007

Capitalizing, Prognosticating, Reflecting: The Sports Illustrated Global Warming Cover

Lately, it's hard to know who's not trying to dramatize and capitalize on global warming.  Take the latest Sports Illustrated cover, for instance....

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Bush Focus Photo March 12, 2007

The Two Sides Of Bush In Colombia

The Two Sides Of Bush In Colombia

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Originals Photo March 11, 2007

Your Turn: 120 Days

My one thought, before I make room for discussion, is to wonder: is just the experience of approaching these images its own metaphor for the war?  My first inclination -- probably a common one -- was to keep my distance.  After that, I didn't know where I went or...

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Alan Chin Photo March 10, 2007

Why Alan's Frustrated

Last week, I offered you some images from Alan Chin's February 11- 12 campaign trip to New Hampshire. In that post, I also noted Alan's frustration in covering the presidential candidates, especially his sense of feeling like a "paparazzo."  In this post, The BAG explores the matter more deeply.

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Campaign '08 Photo March 9, 2007

Looks Like A Runaway

In an extreme example of how visual information can take on a life of its own, these two images accompanied a NYT article this week on the "Battle for Black Votes."  According to the images, at least, Obama has cleared up questions about his racial identity and is apparently...

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Scandal Focus Photo March 8, 2007

Hail To The Chiefs

In light of Lewis Libby's conviction for perjury, just how close was Scooter to Dick Cheney, how did Cheney weigh the political value of that relationship, and did it fit in relation to Cheney's own perception of himself in the Administration?

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Scandal Focus Photo March 7, 2007

How The Post Captured Libby

With the Libby verdict, we get a revealing shot of Cheney's primary foot soldier.

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Bush Focus Photo March 6, 2007

Flagging The Real Story

With the President more openly recognized these days as a pure political animal, the NYT has a shot this morning that does plenty of editorializing about W's upcoming trip to South America.

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Media Focus Photo March 5, 2007

The Execution Of Journalistic Integrity

Did the photo editors at the LAT and the NYT  go temporarily insane this morning?

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Bush Focus Photo March 4, 2007

The Compassion Gulf

The question is, how could the Administration be so blind -- or tone-deaf -- to actually publish an image this complete callous?  Especially when its explicit aim, as Bush saccharinely telegraphs (in a companion photo caption), is to WANT US TO KNOW they give a shit.

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Campaign '08 Photo March 3, 2007

See BS

Here's the screen shot the NYT ran this week noting McCain's choice of "formal" presidential announcement.

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Alan Chin Photo March 2, 2007

Alan Chin From New Hampshire: The Obscure Object Of Desire

Last week, Alan Chin sent The BAG a new set of images -- this time from the campaign trail.  They were taken in New Hampshire a couple weeks back.  While struggling to make sense of them, what struck me most was Alan's note of frustration.

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"Own Own Media" Fund — Update

Thanks to Digby for recognizing The BAG's campaign to help fund and offer more independent photojournalism.  Above all, did you notice his recognition of the BAG community and the high quality of the discussion here?

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Media Focus Photo March 1, 2007

World Of Innocents

These images, running on billboards in Germany, advertise the Die Welt newspaper offshoot, Welt Kompakt.  On first pass, I saw these as a simply an infantilization of political figures.  But that was before I read up on the product.

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