Racism, Symbolism, Story: More Notable Images from the Campus “Free Palestine” Movement
In our second "free Palestine" campus protest post, we focus on the institutional divide and more scenes that challenge the media narrative.
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Crucial Elements of the Pro-Palestinian Campus Protests Overlooked by the Mainstream
Education, negotiation, militarism, human rights. Free Palestine campus protests have stood for much more than they have been credited for.
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Israeli Military in Gaza: Are You Going to Believe Us, Or Your Own Eyes?
Despite the Israeli military's attempts to control and censor the coverage of Gaza, photojournalists continue to see through the propaganda.
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Visual Blindspots and Media Bias: The “Disappearing” of Kamala Harris
While framed as “missing-in-action,” Kamala Harris tackles the hardest jobs and is everywhere fighting for social justice.
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Pictures Worth Noting: Extreme Symbolism and Arresting Juxtapositions
We're thrilled to introduce a new newsletter feature: "Pictures Worth Noting." Today's focus ranges from climate, to politics, to the border.
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Fading Force: Has Trump Lost His Edge in His Court-Defying Visual Strategy?
Recent court losses are eroding Trump's ability to dominate the photo coverage of his legal troubles. Expect his control of the narrative to weaken as the damage sets in.
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Throwing Shade: The Disturbing Visual Fallout From the Special Counsel’s Attack on Biden’s Competency
The Special Counsel’s questioning of Biden's cognitive abilities has unleashed a raft of negative imagery. The media's use of undermining photos risks biasing public perceptions and spreading ageist stereotypes. It's crucial to present more balanced visuals.
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Disrupting Trump’s Mug Shot and His “Singular Genius”
The treatment of Trump's mug shot is vital to consider, given the potential of the George conspiracy case to reshape his public identity.
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David Hume Kennerly: Because He Was There
This photo of David Hume Kennerly, taken in Vietnam, makes a basic yet essential point about media integrity and the reportage from Ukraine.
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At the Tipping Point: So Much for the Pioneer Spirit
2021 represented a climate change tipping point. In recounting key visual markers, we call out two images from the Dixie Fire.
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Doubled Over By Ida
2021 was a climate tipping point. And among the catastrophes, this blow from Hurricane Ida seemed to speak to a larger fate.
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At the Tipping Point: Wildfire Threatens Tahoe
Summer 2021 was a tipping point. Fires, floods, heat waves and hurricanes scaled up, as did the mass recognition of climate change as an existential crisis. As part of that recognition, many brilliant, symbolically-laden pictures crystallized the moment.
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Haunting for the Beauty, or the Stalking?
Beauty and subtlety distracts from the reality of asylum seekers in this news photos from the US/Mexico border.
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Figure and Ground
We rarely discuss it this formally, but our analysis of important news photos always considers the relationship between figure and ground.
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Notable Faces from the Start of the George Floyd Murder Trial
At the start of jury selection in the George Floyd murder trial, seeing solidarity, and visualizing accountability.
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The Halfs and the Half-Nots
How photojournalism is channeling split-screens and divided societies. Perceptually and morally, the style serves as an apt social mirror.
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Record Texas Freeze and a Photo of the Times
More and more, news photographs are capturing compound crises. Combining climate and Covid, this scene is particularly arresting.
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The Massive Snow Storm of ’21, Beyond the Pretty Pictures
The blizzard of '21 is producing gorgeous photography. But these two simple Instagram pix by Mark Peterson keep an unconditional focus on American hardship.
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