February 2018 - Reading The Pictures

Cara Finnegan Video February 25, 2018

Chatting the Pictures: Youth Take Center Stage

Everywhere you looked this week, young people dominated the political dialogue.

Gun Violence Photo February 21, 2018

It's all too easy to focus on Trump's severe personal limitations and miss the larger point, that it's the script for a show.

Photography/Photojournalism Photo February 18, 2018

Creating images that double as fine art, Matt Black is mapping how poverty is a major problem today, now, this minute and every minute.

Chatting the Pictures Video

Watch our latest chat with RTP's Michael Shaw and Cara Finnegan. It's a lively and unique 20-minute webcast looking at key photos of the week.

Photography/Photojournalism Photo February 15, 2018

In this current cultural moment, in the atmosphere of #MeToo, how do we reconcile this group of World Press Photo contest nominees?

Business Focus Video February 11, 2018

Hey, we’re back with another news photo chat! Watch RTP's Michael Shaw and Cara Finnegan riff for 20 minutes or so about three headline photos.

Christa Olson Photo February 8, 2018

Formerly public women evicted from private space, these retired sex workers are now proudly private and challenge us to recognize it.

Activism & Protest Photo February 6, 2018

For many, pink stands for a shared commitment to gender equality. However, the connection to white privilege is not readily shaken off.

Business Focus Photo February 5, 2018

The best Super Bowl ads this year make light of the fake news controversy and an America that hardly knows what (or who) to believe anymore.

Twitter/Instagram Roundup Photo February 2, 2018

With the House intel committee releasing a sham memo, and Trump delivered his first official State of the Union, it was a big week for propaganda.

Marta J. Zarzycka Photo

I am shaken by the faces of former patients of Nassar as they come undone. I find it hard to look too long.