April 2011 - Page 4 of 4 - Reading The Pictures

Disaster Focus Photo April 5, 2011

Those Snapshots from TEPCO

On top of TEPCO's track record since the Fukushima disaster began, it doesn't help their cause that a lot of their photos don't feel that "empirical."

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Split Screens: Administration Caves on Terror Trials

By juxtaposing this CNN split screen with Eric Holder's real-time announcement that the Administration was doing a 180° and giving up on civilian terror trials on domestic soil, this Getty photograph fronting today's NYT spells out the politics plain and clear.

Campaign '12 Photo

More Scenes from Iowa: Bachmann Fans

Can’t tell if it’s all the protection (the cops way out of sync with each other), the lime green, or the hunched Jamie Farr-looking guy seemingly jumping out of the bushes with the tense grip, but this shot of Bachmann doing the Iowa 2012 dance feels (in perhaps a subtle commentary...

Culture Focus Photo

The Freedom Riders, the King Assassination and James Earl Ray’s Back

Shoved into a Shelby County Jail cell, Ray faces the reality upon him; the physical finality of confinement with nowhere to go

Iraq and Afghanistan War Photo April 4, 2011

America’s Afghan Crusade

To the extent that the War in Afghanistan is a war on terror its success or failure will turn on winning “hearts and minds” throughout the Muslim world. It is hard to imagine how displays such as this can serve a productive end.

Disaster Focus Photo

Fukushima Leak

This is about the saddest photo I've ever seen.

Faith Focus Photo April 3, 2011

Terry Jones: But Beyond Mel

After this weekend's carnage, how much are we supposed to write Jones off as an unbalanced Braveheart fanatic and how much --given the rest of the picture-- much are we supposed to reflect on his mood and nature?