The purpose of this BagNewsSalon discussion is to better understand the visual dynamics and editorial framing of the battle for control of Ukraine and the events in Independence Square.
Continue ReadingTwo different photos from Pakistan featuring children have circulated widely.
Continue ReadingRepurposing art photos capturing economic disparity in Washington DC, Politico turns them into into racial stereotypes about African-Americans.
Continue ReadingSo, what’s new about refugee camps? Well, perhaps it’s notable that they are being built in Las Vegas.
Continue ReadingWith the waking of the Russian bear, and with the first stirrings of the US presidential season, too, Russian Esquire hits a home run in remixing its metaphors.
Continue ReadingIt being both fair and audacious to call them couples, it feels like these pairs have been through hellfire, then grafted together.
Continue ReadingWhat if I told you this photo was more related to Kickstarter than the overall fortunes of the Syrian rebels in a long running conflict with the Syrian regime?
Continue ReadingBut, where's the real substance here, with the White House so exercised that selfies are facing a ban? It has to do with two things, visual filibustering and this Presidency's obsession with popular and commercial culture.
Continue ReadingHer photography was often brilliant, not just as reportage, but as subtle commentary. If others have captured Anja the documentarian, the humanist or the advocate for women, these images demonstrate her gift for irony.
Continue ReadingThe expression that immediately and overwhelming ran through my mind was: "boots on the ground."
Continue ReadingIf both sides in the Israel-Palestine conflict are using drones, and the technology is such that even individuals can operate one, doesn't it stand to reason I'd find photo for both sides?
Continue ReadingOr maybe, it's supposed to evoke an oracle.
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