If the more mobilized midterm voters looked at the President askance, it's still not over.
Continue ReadingIf western media images of that country are most often filled with sand, religious fervor and a sense of the ancient, this couldn't be more different.
Continue ReadingExcuse me for the association, the frustration fueled by the myopia surrounding fundamental social issues otherwise staring us in the face.
Continue ReadingIt's a strange and discomfiting picture to lead off the Washington Post Day in Photos the day after that election.
Continue ReadingIt's the kind of giddy scrambling around that comes with having been out of power so long.
Continue ReadingCoal, Guns, Freedom ... and Washington fixture McConnell?
Continue ReadingIt's not like these collage-like images are that unusual to find on the news wire but they feel more familiar to Instagram.
Continue ReadingTo the extent the celebration turned ugly, there were factors at play beyond the influence of alcohol or generalized frustration. Resentment over the tech boom and gentrification-on-steroids seemed very much on display.
Continue ReadingI guess the question is, how much are the photo-op and the visual press release creating reassurance as opposed to their own hemorrhagic reactions to the disease?
Continue ReadingYou'd think people understood by now that Obama is a lot more likely to accessorize with a hair shirt than a pair of shades.
Continue Reading...Did I mention Christie was interviewed for the NYT story from a Melbourne, Florida zoo?
Continue ReadingIn this version of the photo, however, there is one element that makes quite a difference. It's that the golfer on the left seems to notice the men scaling the fence.
Continue ReadingAs for those shots of the NYC policemen tossing rubber gloves and masks in a public garbage can, never mind how the Mail article, in two places, strongly suggests that the officers hadn't even been inside Dr Spencer's apartment.
Continue ReadingThe media panic has involved massive injections of fear regarding viral replication, contagion, and the ultimate displacement of death, so perhaps an image of photographic doubling can contain some of the excess emotion.
Continue ReadingMore than anything, what has been fundamentally altered as a result of yesterday’s events is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier that 24-year-old Cpl. Nathan Cirillo was assign to guard and defend.
Continue ReadingGiven the “loaded nature” of the objects and the situation, there are certainly ways to capture a scene like this that is not only more sensitive (and more mundane), but steers clear of the exploitive associations to race and violence.
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