True health and sanity depends on two things: perspective and a sense of humor. How fitting this hit the radar today.
Continue ReadingIf "the selfie" was the dominant theme this year in social media and personal photography, I would argue that the theme of "self absorption" (or, "the absorption of self") applied as much to news photography.
Continue Reading2013, by all measures, was a year of milestones here at BagNews. We hope you'll commit some time to absorb this work and return more than once to share your thoughts.
Continue ReadingBefore Souza (the White House, Flickr and Instagram edition), before Callie Shell and before Obama was running for President, the Obamas were exhibiting some very sophisticated moves, and product, when it came to photography and photojournalism.
Continue ReadingAfter settling all civil and criminal charges with the Justice Department last month for $13 billion, it's back to fun and games.
Continue ReadingThe current antagonism between photographers and the White House needs to be broadened beyond the simple question of access. It is time to look at the bigger picture, and make the photo-op as much the subject, so we have a visual record of how events and issues are...
Continue ReadingThe narrow aperture is as salient as the face behind it, while the blinds on each side make a thick frame designed to obscure. The message is clear: what you see through the aperture of the camera is not the whole picture.
Continue ReadingWe were horrified to hear of a school shooting at Arapahoe High School in Colorado, just one day before the one year mark of the Sandy Hook shootings.
Continue ReadingBagNews offers its top 10 news photos of the year. Featuring the work of Todd Heisler, Charles Dharapak, Paul Hansen, Chip Somodevilla, Charles Dharapak, Thomas Rassloff, Jonathan Ernst, Pete Souza and Jason Reed.
Continue ReadingSome girls can rise to international fame and brand status while, for others....
Continue ReadingWhat's the point of major media companies challenging the release of exclusive photos by the White House when many of these companies, not three weeks later, just turn around and publish those photos?
Continue ReadingIn this longread and photojournal for BagNews Originals, photographer James Whitlow Delano chronicles the influx of foreigners, the ecological toxification and the adverse cultural effects of intensive mining in Suriname.
Continue ReadingHow much is it about person vs. personality?
Continue ReadingIf a profound delineation would have ever emerged between tabloid culture and our highest nature, yesterday would have been that day.
Continue ReadingIt's interesting how the flood of memorial portraits in the West marginalize or soft-peddle, but also get stuck on Mandela's ferocity and engagement with the tool of violence.
Continue ReadingMaybe Amex's use of the Obama newswire image is fair game because the company birthed a quasi-official shopping holiday that stealthily interweaves its interests with the patriotic credo to go shopping?
Continue ReadingFar too often, photojournalists take pictures that support commercial, rather than journalistic, interests. Instead, a photojournalist should go for another angle that presents the hypocrisy.
Continue ReadingHow effective was Mandela as a craftsman in social space? Well, let's take a look.
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