French Invasion: Our Visual Roundup of the Week
The visual news this week was dominated by the state visit of French President Macron and his wife, Brigitte. Korea, Cosby and Toronto were notable too.
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How John Moore’s Brilliant US-Mexico Border Photos Also Migrate
John Moore’s focus is not so much the US-Mexico border itself but the way the line infiltrates the lives of people in every direction.
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Our Take on that Viral “3 Presidents and Melania” Barbara Bush Funeral Pic
9 reasons why the photo from the Barbara Bush funeral won the internet.
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With Media Fixated on the Terror, a Good Time to Look Again at Everyday Middle East
With western media concentrated on Gaza and Douma, crisis and violence again come to stereotype the Middle East and Islam.
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Between Zuckerberg, Trump/Cohen and Syria — Our Visual Roundup of the Week
Between Zuckerberg, Syria and the latest Trump storms, the news photos this week were more complex than usual.
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Here’s Looking at You Kid: Mark Zuckerberg’s Elusive DC Testimony
As much as his appearance before Congress was a visual sensation, Zuckerberg was not going to be pinned down legally, rhetorically or photographically.
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Less Teflon, More Substance: Our Visual Roundup of the Week
News photos this week seemed to treat issues with more complexity, and there was more focus on Trump's policy than personality. Something is shifting.
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The Meaning of Emma in the Visual War on Parkland’s Survivor Activists
Emma has become the visual trademark of political dissent and generational change, a contemporary Rosie the Riveter.
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Face Offs Everywhere: Our Visual Roundup of the Week
It was a week in which issues gained weight, or at least, more gravity, and the aggrieved aggressively challenged the status quo.
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Gun Protests: Watching Our Very Young Have a Political Awakening
It feels like what we are witnessing in these photos is the surest emergence of social and political awareness. You sense the children are the most awake.
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Walk Outs and Throw Downs – Our Visual Roundup of the Week
Student walkouts. Trump rapid firing, hiring and proclaiming. Visually, this was a week of large gestures, and demonstrations of all kinds.
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Gun Reform That Looks More Like America
Post Parkland, these photos place gun violence and reform advocates in a larger frame.
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High Caliber Meltdown: Our Visual Roundup of the Week
The aftermath of gun violence, on top of an administration bleeding staff from outside investigations and internal warfare, has created the perfect storm.
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Understanding Trump’s School Shooting Listening Session, and the Cheat Sheet
It's all too easy to focus on Trump's severe personal limitations and miss the larger point, that it's the script for a show.
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Depicting Poverty: Matt Black Pushes Documentary Photography to its Fullest Range
Creating images that double as fine art, Matt Black is mapping how poverty is a major problem today, now, this minute and every minute.
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Gender and the World Press Photo 2018 Award Finalists
In this current cultural moment, in the atmosphere of #MeToo, how do we reconcile this group of World Press Photo contest nominees?
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Portraits of Retired Sex Workers: The Gaze Turned the Other Way
Formerly public women evicted from private space, these retired sex workers are now proudly private and challenge us to recognize it.
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Is the Face of Contemporary Feminism Still Too Pink and White?
For many, pink stands for a shared commitment to gender equality. However, the connection to white privilege is not readily shaken off.
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