Religious Persecution Survivors on the Oval Stage
We examine the political agenda behind President Trump’s Oval Office meeting with 27 survivors of religious persecution from around the world.
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Chatting the Pictures: The Squad; NOLA Flood; Drone Guns
This week, Chatting the Pictures looks at an elegant news portrait of "The Squad," the four Congresswomen under racial attack, and overly artful photos of the NOLA flooding and the French Bastille Day military parade.
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The Pence Migrant Detention Center Pictures: A Closer Look
A close look at the imagery reveals Pence’s political agenda, the tour following a wave of damaging pictures surrounding the migrant crisis.
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Chatting the Pictures: Jeffrey Epstein Protest; Megan Rapinoe SI Cover; Migrant X-Ray
This week, Chatting the Pictures looks at young women protesting Jeffrey Epstein, the Megan Rapinoe Sports Illustrated cover, and another disturbing immigration photo.
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CTP one video
Chatting the Pictures is a weekly, micro-edition of the Reading the Pictures Salon. In each 25 minute webcast, co-hosts Michael Shaw, publisher of Reading the Pictures, and writer and historian, Cara Finnegan, meet to discuss three prominent photos in the news. “The News” shot this week was a Nike...
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Photo of a Drowned Migrant Father and Daughter Is Fading Fast
The belief in a photo’s power often resides more in hope than in what we actually know about pictures.
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Chatting the Pictures: Seeing a Shooter; Arctic Melt; Inflatable Couture
This week, our Chatting the Pictures webcast looks at a live photo from a Texas shooting, a unique climate change picture, and a provocative fashion shot.
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