April Rabkin: Election Posters Highlight Propaganda Surrounding Afghan Election
It is an inspiring sight, at first: the streets of Afghanistan are saturated with campaign posters. They're on storefronts, roadside billboards, even festooning lampposts like holiday streamers. Democracy must be blooming, right?
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Jeremy Lange's "War At Home": Wounded Warriors
Jeremy Lange's War Home At Home: The Wounded Warriors of Camp LeJeune. President Obama made a speech from the Oval Office ten days ago, but the question neither he, nor anyone, can truly answer is if all this death and suffering was in vain.
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Katrina: Faces Of The Storm
The day of the anniversary itself: Alan Chin, Stanley Greene, Andy Levin, and Mario Tama in New Orleans.
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Katrina: Five Years Passing
Lee Celano, Alan Chin, and Mario Tama: Eyes on Katrina, Five Years Passing
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Jeremy Lange: The War At Home
Photographer Jeremy Lange photographs the war at home, near his home in North Carolina.
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Peter Van Agtmael: The Ground War
FOCUS ON THE WAR: Peter Van Agtmael covering ground combat in Afghanistan.
Continue ReadingChien-Min Chung: Deadly Endgame In Bangkok
Photographer Chien-Min Chung's images and report from the bloody crackdown in Bangkok, Thailand.
Continue ReadingCarmine Galasso: Clerical Abuse Revisited
With the Vatican sexual abuse scandal prominently in the news, we revisit Carmine Galasso's fine images of clerical abuse documented in his book, Crosses. Besides discussing the back story behind particular portraits, we were also interested in an update on some of the people he profiled.
Continue ReadingRian Dundon: The Long Haul In Bangkok
Rian Dundon in Bangkok, Thailand, covering Red Shirt protests.
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Anthony Suau: Sex and the Time Warp
BagNewsOriginals reflects on Tony Suau's photographer of Detroit, the auto show, and "the great recession." In this installment, we look at how Detroit's use of models and sex reflect the industry stuck in a time warp.
Continue ReadingAnthony Suau: Death Of A Good Job
Second of a series of posts looking at The Great Recession through the lens of Detroit, the auto show and the photos of award-winning Anthony Suau.
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Anthony Suau: Success or Sarcophagus?
1st of a series of six posts on BagNewsOriginals looking at The Great Recession and featuring the photos of Anthony Suau.
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Their Motto Is "Don't Tread On Me"…
With Obama signing the historic health care reform legislation today, this photo reflects the "fallen state" of the the Tea Party.
Continue ReadingBAGnewsNotes "Our Man at the G20" Exclusive Slideshow: The Paramilitary View
Watch the BAGnewsNotes "Our Man at the G20" exclusive slideshow, "The Paramilitary View," with images by photojournalist Jason Andrew.
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Ken Light’s California: Going to Seed (Hallelujah!)
I'd like to spend some time looking at work by Ken Light, one of the country's best social and documentary photographers.
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Your Turn: 9/11/09 and Rebirth of the WTC
On this eighth anniversary of 9/11, I'm interested in the photo-documentation of the World Trade Center reconstruction.
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Grand Rapids Auto: The Obama Bankruptcy Announcement
This is the third post of a BAGnewsOriginals series, Grand Rapids Auto, exploring the economic crisis through the life of a family-owned Chrysler dealership. The image above captures customers and staff of the dealership watching President Obama on TV announcing Chrysler's bankruptcy and restructuring, April 30, 2009.
Continue ReadingGrand Rapids Auto: The Owner
This is the second post of a BAGnewsOriginals series, Grand Rapids Auto, exploring the economic crisis through the life of this family-owned Chrysler dealership.
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