Why I Disagree with Picture of the Year's First Place Choice of "Final Embrace"
The truth is, this photo doesn't valorize the workers who died in Rana Plaza as much as it sentimentalizes.
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The Pet Goat, Revisited. (Or: The 9/11 Photo I Never Saw Before.)
Given the intense criticism Bush endured for not responding immediately to that cataclysmic event, why is this photo now enshrined in the Bush Library's 9/11 photo gallery?
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Heaping Shit on the Russians: Danger of a Low Bar?
If we're plunging headfirst into a crass visual meme, I think it's instructive.
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2014 Super Bowl Ads: Wisdom of the Puppies?
Could all these puppy ads speak to a desire in the culture for a kinder and and more genial atmosphere?
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Communications from Above
What I'm not able to tell is if Nachtwey is being ironic or he's serious about placing this modern ritual on such a spiritual plane.
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Putin & Sochi: Let the FU's Begin
We can break down the lines of attack into three categories: Olympic ring modification; the mocking of Putin's macho preoccupation with his own bod, the typology also setting homo-erotic bells ringing; and finally, Putin's outright gay-ification.
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About Those "Pro-Gay" German Olympic Uniforms
If people are debating whether the new rainbow uniforms are based on the gay flag or not, that's not really the question.
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Obama's State of the Union Goes PowerPoint
Ready as I was to do the usual -- to riff on my own screenshots from the television broadcast, along with published news photos -- something curiously different happened watching the SOTU last night.
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White House Photo Access (Ongoing): Carney Plays Souza, Shoots Press. Plus: the Invisible Lunch.
Call it insult to injury as the White House press secretary takes over the official Instagram site the day before the State of the Union address.
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Aerial Attack at the Vatican
What makes the attack so compelling is how thoroughly ripe it is for symbolization.
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Twitter is for Twits. Justin Bieber, Justin Bieber.
Rather then the media universe feasting on this fluff as fluff (or fluff as social media demise), what does it mean that the police force, too, enabled that smiley face?
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Weird Science: NY Times Mag's "Planet Hillary"
Certainly a lot more interesting than the Justin Bieber mug shot.
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AP Photographer Alters Syria Photo to Remove … a Camera! — Worth Considering a Little Deeper
It's ironic because the viewer, particularly in war photography, isn't supposed to be aware that there is a camera.
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As if the Photographic Evidence of Syrian Atrocities Could Have Gotten Any Worse
Do you know what's so stunning about this file image editors chose to illustrate Syria's latest butchery?
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The Debate Over White House Photo Access: The BagNews Salon (with Video Highlights)
Watch video highlights of the salon as an esteemed panel, mostly current or former White House photojournalists, discuss the ins-and-outs of presidential photo coverage.
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Where Celebrity Used to Leave Off and Everything Else Would Begin
Somedays, I wonder if celebrity and fame has become the plasma driving public culture.
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