Chatting the Pictures: Biden In a Feeble Light
The president is certainly facing serious challenges. But is Biden floundering or do images like this reflect more superficial shortcomings?
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Chatting the Pictures: An Artful and Moody News Photo of Raphael Nadal
We delight in the creativity of news photography. And in the case of this photo from the Australian Open, the image feels like pure jazz.
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Chatting the Pictures: Greenpeace Boulder Suspended Over the North Sea
In the name of fishing rights and fair play, this photo displays as much creativity and intrigue as it does advocacy and warning.
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Chatting the Pictures: Viral Photo of Winter Firestorm From CO Hospital
It's all there in one painterly photo: winter wildfire, the growing climate threat to the suburbs, and medical workers reduced to spectators.
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Chatting the Pictures: Tornado Photo from Wrecked Kentucky Theater is Like a Movie
The photo is simply a brilliant commentary on the blurring of the line between news imagery and entertainment.
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Chatting the Pictures: Greenland’s Icy Undoing
We discuss this novel photo from Ilulissat where the harbor is open year-round now because the winter cold can no longer freeze it solid.
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Chatting the Pictures: The Most Historic Photo from the January 6th Uprising
This photo from the January 6 Capitol uprising was likely the year's most historic. We delve into its meaning and perceptual effect.
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Chatting the Pictures: A Most Unique and Dignified Abortion Image
As restrictions on abortion increase, we look at this photo of Dr. Rebecca Taub performing a surgical abortion, and how intimacy and the camera angle dignifies the procedure.
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Chatting the Pictures: Dina Litovsky’s Child Vax Portraits from the Kid’s Eye View
Dina Litovsky captures how New York City kids feel about getting the COVID-19 vaccine, highlighting a sense of health, normalcy, and agency.
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Chatting the Pictures: Stacy Kranitz’s Spotlight Image from Mississippi’s Last Abortion Clinic
As the Supreme Court nears a decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade, we explore the symbolism of this foreboding photograph.
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Chatting the Pictures: Tuvalu’s Climate Summit Parting Shot
We discuss Tuvalu's quirky Glasgow Climate Summit video that won the internet. Posing as one more crisis speech, the effect is beyond words.
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Chatting the Pictures: The Lava at the Kitchen Window
With the La Palma volcano in Spain generating such a steady flow of dramatic pictures, why did this subtle one circulate so widely?
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Chatting the Pictures: Undersea Gardens and Positive Climate Change Visuals
On the eve of the critical Glasgow Climate Summit, we focus on ClimateVisuals.org and the power of images that promote constructive impact.
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Chatting the Pictures: Famed Congo Gorilla Dies in Her Caretaker’s Arms
We discuss the surprising power and depth of this viral image as Ndakasi, the famed Congo mountain gorilla, takes her last breath.
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Chatting the Pictures: Extinction Rebellion-Style Shock Waves, Climate Flooding Hits the U.N.
As the climate crisis escalates, the ferocity and creativity of the activist group Extinction Rebellion seem perfectly matched.
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Chatting the Pictures: The Most Telling Photos of US Olympic Gymnasts Testifying Against the FBI
There were many photos of the Olympic gymnasts testifying about FBI negligence in their sexual abuse case. But none more assertive than this.
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Chatting the Pictures: Border Agent on Horseback Manhandling Haitian Migrant a Whip to Humanity
We deconstruct the photo of a US border agent on horseback using what looks like a whip on a Haitian migrant in Del Rio, Texas.
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Chatting the Pictures: Afghan Refugee in the Paralympic Spotlight
We discuss sports, war, and fortitude as Karimi competes for the Paralympics Refugee team as his former country falls to the Taliban.
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