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Reading the Pictures
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December 23, 2019
Christmas Back With a Vengeance: Jesus, Mary and Joseph in Cages
October 1, 2017
Reading the Pictures Salon: Michael Shaw and Pete Souza in Conversation at Photoville ’17
September 29, 2017
Puerto Rico is Not a Country: Our Roundup of the Week
August 24, 2017
Phoenix Jesus: On Scott Mahaskey’s Trump Rally Protest Photo
June 18, 2025
What If They Gave A War And Nobody Came?
June 9, 2025
What Now? Audacious Imagery Outside Immigration Court, Calling BS on the Trump-Musk “Melee,” and Researchers’ Fury
June 6, 2025
Weapons as Props, Warriors as Roadies: Brandon Bell’s Deadpan Photos Call Out Massive Effort Behind Trump’s Military Parade
May 29, 2025
The Oval Office as Demon’s Lair
May 29, 2025
Double Takes: Healthy, Wealthy…And Lies
May 29, 2025
Vatican Celebration Photos Spotlight Pope Leo’s Challenge to Trump’s America
May 29, 2025
Trump’s Visual Legacy at 100 Days: Not Normal Pictures for Not Normal Times
April 3, 2025
Signaling Strangelove: The New Yorker Cover’s Brilliant Take on SignalGate
March 12, 2025
Trump’s Mugshot as White House Power Play
March 5, 2025
The State of Disunion
February 25, 2025
Trump’s Village People Takeover – Why This Matters Now
February 22, 2025
Chatting The Pictures: Old Glory, Trump, and the L.A. Fire Disasters
February 17, 2025
The Visual Politics of the LA Fires
February 5, 2025
A Portrait that Dares to Expose Musk’s Insanity
January 23, 2025
Scenes from the Coronation of King Donald II: A Visual Guide to American Autocracy
December 30, 2024
A Visually Rhythmic Journey Through a Year’s Most Striking Book Covers
December 19, 2024
Democracy’s Darkroom: Tell It, Read It, Decode It, Survive
December 10, 2024
What’s in a “Top 100 Photos of the Year” List?