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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Where the Mockery Falls
America has largely confused Trump's mockery of democracy with the mocking of Trump himself. The Europeans haven't had such a problem.
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Media, Grief, and Three Views of a Tragic Covid Zoom Goodbye
In the case where families and loved ones must say goodbye virtually, the life of that terrible scene is not so simple.
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Heartfelt Photos from Covid’s Crushing Third Wave
Just like in the spring, the focus has turned to Covid, to grief, and to hospital ICUs. However, the photos seem more intimate this time.
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Covid Denial in One Picture
In one photo, this man has become the poster for a government in denial, and everyone who can't be induced or bothered to wear a mask.
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The Lasting Image of Trump and the Virus
Many photos link Trump to the pandemic, but this photo-illustration really captures him as the great Covid enabler.
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Whirling Fire Storm Photo: The New Unfathomable
Fire photos this ominous come at a premium. But this photo from California captures the new otherworldly state of the climate crisis.
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Global Heating and Fire: California Jumps the Gap
It's not just a bad fire season. These photos both symbolize and demonstrate how California has crossed a critical climate threshold.
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Portland Protests: Mary Poppins Has Had Enough
Until a few weeks ago, the demand for racial justice and an end to police violence was pretty straightforward. Clearly, things have gotten more complicated.
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Where John Lewis Meets the Present Moment
Crowley's photo honoring John Lewis elevates an important aspect of the movement. It highlights today's injustices as yet another opportunity to educate.
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This Fauci Cover Is Not Cool. It’s Sad.
Poor Dr. Fauci has been reduced to defending his stature by playing the White House's game.
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Death From Covid and the Western Gaze
This photo from Rio provides a view of poverty and the brutal outcome of the coronavirus that just isn't seen in America.
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