What it Means to Look Like a Woman
I fall, again and again, into not seeing breasts in the photographs and so not seeing womanhood.
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What We Can Learn or Confirm from Trump’s Visit with Japan’s Prime Minister
We can start with the fact that the only pictures of the visit were made and released to the press by the Japanese.
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A Brief Visual History of the Bullet-Riddled Emmett Till Memorial Sign
It's important to place the viral Facebook photograph of the riverbank sign in a historical perspective. That starts with the famous casket photo published in Jet after Till's family insisted that he be seen.
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Media Normalizing: Reading the Ryan/Trump Speaker’s Balcony Photo Op
The impression is that Ryan and Trump, in completely normal fashion, are sharing the governing landscape. But that is not what is happening at all.
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Trump Shocker: Our Election Night 2016 Grand Tour
As shattering as it was, much of the imagery offered simple jubilation or pain. In these highlights from our social media feeds, we went further afield.
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Election ’16 Was, Is, And Will Continue To Be About Women
After a searing campaign, the issue of recognition and women's expectations makes this an essential frame.
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Don’t Panic! — Our Election ’16 Twitter & Instagram Final
Bags packed for Canada? Yes, it's almost over. And here is a sampling of our best social media from the campaign's final week.
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An Uncanny Way of Seeing Donald Trump’s Woman Problem
From an Instagram photo, what an appearance by Melania Trump on the last Friday before the election calls to mind.
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So Much for Competence: Trump/Clinton as Popularity Contest
Whatever got us here, asking "Which One?" this year is radically misleading when only one of the candidates is competent.
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On the NY Magazine/Barbara Kruger Trump “Loser” Cover
When they go low, we go… lower?
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Bombshells and More: Our Twitter/Instagram Favs of the Week
With the presidential campaign in its final days, we would have had plenty of election pics to show you even if the FBI Director hadn't blown it up.
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Trump Rally Wear Update: Black Guns Matter
It takes a particularly provocative t-shirt these days to merit special attention. Like this one.
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Campaign ’16 In Pictures: Watch the School of Visual Arts Lecture by RTP’s Michael Shaw
On September 22, 2016, The School of Visual Arts presented "The Backlash Election: Campaign '16 In Pictures," a lecture by Reading the Pictures publisher, Michael Shaw. Watch it here.
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Haiti, Matthew and the Limits of Attention
What makes one critical event the intense focus of “name photojournalists” and visual media while others are largely ignored?
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Footnotes to History: Reading the Thankfully Final Clinton/Trump Debate
It’s no surprise political and media Twitter, in the half-hour or so before the debate, was so chock full of kittens and puppies.
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Not Your Father’s Black Panthers: On Election ’16 and the Youngs
In this bleak campaign season, it’s wonderful to be reminded how much less of our old baggage young people are carrying around.
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On Trump, the Rally Mob and the Terrorizing of Journalists
Trump's blaming and bullying actually causes us to fear for the safety of the writers and photographers covering the last days of this pyrrhic campaign.
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A Few Photos for Anyone Asking: How Could Women Still Support Him?
What's hard to fathom is the gap between women who are sickened by Trump and those who can't seem to get enough of him.
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