The First GOP16 Cattle Call: Our 3 Pix of the Night
In this troglodyte moment, you can see the boys behind Ms. Kelly back there tittering.
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From His Own Perspective: The Seductive Power of the Instagram Migrant
Of course, we would hope that the migrant diaspora in our media diet would reflect the greatest realism, but that’s a whole different thing than the migrant telling his or her own story, taking his or her own pictures, and controlling his or her own narrative.
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On the Empire State Building Endangered Species Spectacular: I Want to Believe
I want to believe that what I’m experiencing here is demonstrably more than just do-good shock-and-awe.
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Killer Cop Arraigned in Cincinnati (Confused by How Much Social Media Thrives on Shame)
One thing the shaming obscures is the extreme moral contrast between Tensing and the cops.
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Beyond Matt Black’s Poverty Percentages
If you simply relate to Black’s poverty or class imagery in the broad brush, it’s a prolific view. But, in most every frame, the deeper power and reward is that further question or allegation.
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Selfie Finger-Wagging on Mars? or, Something Lighter and Earthlier Than That?
So, can I tell you what the photo made me think about … apart from any issue about photography?
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Classic Misdirection: The State’s Sanctimonious Sandra Bland Jail Video Play-by-Play
If what we're presumed to have now is full visual disclosure, I'd say the state has an even bigger credibility problem on its hands than it had before.
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How to Understand the Newly Released 9/11 Photo of Dick Cheney with his “Foot Up”
Anyone reading a smug indifference, even if that's characteristic of Cheney most of the time, would understand at some level that it’s misattributed here.
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Hyper-Capitalism and the Pictures of our Time
If hyper-capitalism is becoming the issue of our time, I’m also tempted to say that more and more news images are appearing as counterweight.
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The Sandra Bland Mug Shot and the Distrust of Photography
The main point here is not whether these questions or allegations are even possible but that people might look at the picture and see it so.
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GOP Hopefuls Starting to Blur
As we slog our way into deep summer, the unwieldy Republican cavalcade is becoming quite the spectacle.
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Where Trump Meets John Wayne
If the personal analogy falls laughable short, the parallel is in the audacity.
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Best Angles on Obama’s Visit to Federal Prison
Obama's presence transforms these inmates from pariahs to men with stories; men who made mistakes; men who might not even be here were it not for the draconian treatment of non-violent drug offenders.
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The Pope is a Communist!
Unless the Pope dials back on the liberal politics, it's probably not the last time you’ll see this photo.
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That All-Too-Dark Iran Nuke Disarmament Photo
Marking the concluding instant of the negotiation ritual, the end of the beginning and the beginning of the future and its consequences, the photo is eerie indeed.
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Are We Seeing A New Level of Candidness from Campaign Photographers This Year?
I'm grateful to Brooks for this shot, as much as I'm hopeful this candidness blossoms into a real trend.
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The Last Chapter of S. Carolina's Confederate Flag Debate
These photos stood out to me as being particularly symbolic in still another historic week for human rights.
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On Those Presidential Campaign Selfies
What a twist of fate that the phenomenon of mobile photography would force presidential candidates -- on-the-spot, and over-and-over-again -- to have to actually cater to the will of the people.
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