Compounding the Weinstein Outrage: How to Visually Cover Sexual Assault
Lurid details and graphic accounts in the Weinstein case do not compensate for the simple fact: there is no adequate imagery to testify to sexual assault.
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Throwing Russian Flags at Trump
Maybe the Trump flag attack would have been more effective six months ago when the Russia story still dominated the news. Otherwise, all it hit was teflon.
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Looking at Trump and Kelly at Arlington Cemetery
Why the New York Times published the photo it did of Trump and Kelly visiting the General's son's grave.
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Michael Shaw Wins the Eugene Smith Fund’s Chapnick Grant
We are pleased to announce that Michael Shaw has been awarded the Eugene Smith Memorial Fund's Chapnick grant on behalf of Reading the Pictures.
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Has Climate Change Killed the California Dream?
California is used to the edge. With the multi-year drought and now these firestorms, however, I'm wondering if climate change has tipped the scale.
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Wildfire, White House, Weinstein & More: Our Roundup of the Week
Another week, another conflagration. Next week, we’re praying for fire containment in California, more power and water in Puerto Rico, and no new disasters.
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On that Rohingya Woman in a Basket
In another instance, a woman fit into a too-small basket might be a visual joke. In this case though, carrying something is a larger communicative act.
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Las Vegas, Puerto Rico, Catalonia: Our Roundup of the Week
Hurricanes, earthquakes, the threat of nuclear war. Just when you thought another cataclysm couldn't possibly happen, the Las Vegas massacre happened.
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Nick Oza’s Haunting Photo from Inside the Mandalay Hotel
The image channels every photo we've seen of the Mandalay Hotel's exterior since the attack.
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On that Photo of Air Force One Passing the Scene of the Vegas Massacre
Putting Air Force One and the stricken hotel together as objects demands the consideration of one in terms of the other.
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Las Vegas Mass Shooting Photos: What’s Different This Time
What makes the photos from Las Vegas different than those of previous gun massacres? The politics are baked in this time.
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Puerto Rico is Not a Country: Our Roundup of the Week
Our social media roundup this week deals with hurricane politics, Puerto Rico and Trump’s attack on NFL football players protesting racial injustice.
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Stirring NFL Protest Optics: Unity to What End?
As encouraging as the explosion of protest in the NFL may be, let us not lose focus on the purpose of such protest in the first place.
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The Visual Politics of Colin Kaepernick
After Donald Trump's ugly outburst about athletes who "take the knee," it seemed time to look at the man our president was alluding to.
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Disasters, Natural and U.N.-Natural: Our Weekly Roundup
It feel like disaster all around. That's par for the course with Trump in charge, but nature has been going the same way.
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News Photos: Taking 2 Quakes to Feel for Mexico
It took a second devastating earthquake for visual media to focus more intimately on Mexico's suffering. Should it have?
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Anticipating a Conversation with Pete Souza at Photoville
I am looking forward to Saturday's special edition of the Reading the Pictures Salon at the fabulous Photoville festival. I'll be having a conversation with former White House photographer, Pete Souza.
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Monster Hurricanes and Eco Disaster Photos: The Indecisive Moment
These eco disaster photos allow us to take account of the slow consequences of Harvey and Irma. The fact they defy closure is the whole point.
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