Between the Trump and Obama Situation Room Photos
As easily as one sees a parallel between the Obama and Trump situation room photos, the comparison -- like most things Trump under closer inspection -- starts to unravel.
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April Means War: Our Social Media Roundup
April is the cruelest month? Capitol Hill meets Blue Velvet? Even before the U.S. missile strike on Thursday night, the photos of the week had an unsettling edge.
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Photography’s Limits in the Age of Trump’s EPA
On the capacities of photography to confront environmental crises. Especially now.
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On Melania Trump’s Official White House Portrait
Melania Trump, and a White House visual convention.
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On Those Re-released FBI 9/11 Photographs
It's a cold practice "dropping" this still-wrenching material this way. These images, like so many others rushed through the news stream, deserve more.
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Trump, the Mosul Atrocity, and a GIF That Says it All
How do we come to terms with the Mosul bombing, and a suddenly poisonous and reviled United States of America?
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Protest in Russia, Protest in America
The question is about how familiar Americans are with Russia. And it's about the burden placed on news photos.
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TrumpCare Road Rage: Our Weekly Social Media Roundup
Looking back at the GOP's health care collapse, the president's trucker photo op defined the week.
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On the Tillerson Photo at the North Korea DMZ
Simply put, you don't want to be photo bombed, or any other kind of bombed by North Korea.
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Border Trash and the Human Stakes of Migration
Migrants and bureaucracy co-exist in these photographs. They become a carnival mirror for border enforcement.
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11 Takeaways on Donald Trump Jr. in Flannel
It's so much easier for the media to do its pandering, or throw a bone, in the style section.
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The New Shape of Things: Our Social Media Roundup
Two months into the Trump era, edges are harder and surfaces are rougher. If green reflected the Obama period, paint today red.
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Reading the Trump “First 50 Days” Photo Album
If anything, the photo album brings Trump's guardedness, and the quality and amount of White House visual disclosure, into greater relief.
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What’s in a White House Profile Image?
A friend of mine asked if I had noticed the difference on Twitter between the Obama and the Trump White House profile images.
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Through a Glass, Darkly: Visibility in Trump’s America
It seems to me that the news photo too often is showing us only the aftermath. Too much of the damage is being done off-stage.
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On the Fearless Girl Statue and the Wall Street Bull
I have a hard time giving board room gender reform anywhere near the same importance as the pillaging of the EPA, HUD or the Department of Education.
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Tiny Trumps Don’t Shrink the Sexual Power Trip
This Tiny Trump is funny, in essence, because he is smaller than a woman. The joke, ultimately, is at her expense.
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White Privilege and the Pussy Hat
Gender advocacy needs to reckon with the racism that has been built into the fabric of feminist movements.
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