Bhopal Portrait: Not Pathetic, Not Stereotyped
If the portrait prominently references a tragedy and a care agency, it hardly pulls for pity.
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Fort McMurray: Hard Pictures from the Alberta Wildfire
Whether the aftermath photo captured some essence of catastrophe and childhood, domesticity, suburbia or fate, each of them touched a chord.
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On the Raised-Fist Photo by Black Women Cadets at West Point
The fact is, this photo channels the culture of uprising and black activism just as much as it does unity, pride and sisterhood.
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Brian Palmer: Why Does This Old Cemetery Matter?
This is the 2nd post in a series with photographer Brian Palmer on the South and an abandoned African-American cemetery near Richmond known as East End.
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Matt Black: From Flint to Hiroshima
It’s consistently impressive how much Matt Black can put in play in one frame.
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No Taco Bowls: Our Week on Twitter & Instagram
In our round up this week, we begin with Cinco de Mayo. The colorful AP photo helps clear the palate after Trump marred the day.
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Kim Jong Trump: A Good Fit?
The photograph shows how mythical imagery and catchy slogans work similarly on the imagination, even if we're not entirely comfortable parading them around publicly.
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There [Won’t] Be Blood: On the Newsweek Tampon Cover
Here’s the essential product, yes, but apparently even that reminder that most women bleed once a month is sufficiently risky.
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The Backlash Election and the Christopher Morris Videos
These videos lay bare what we would otherwise censor.
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Correspondents’ Dinner: Champagne Days in DC, Apparently
If, in the rest of the world, parties are for celebrating something, in Washington that thing seems like entropy.
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FARC, Eco Throes, Obama VR: Our Twitter/Instagram Weekly Favs
From Chernobyl to Earth Day to women up in the air in the presidential campaign, we focus on long term social and environmental problems and a couple of key political photos.
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Thank You Jesus For Lord President Trump
To observe the disconnect between Trump and evangelicals, illustrations are not hard to find.
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How A Confederate Flag Can Be Meaningless
How is it that the Confederate flag symbol could leave people ... feeling nothing?
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Photography as Language. Or, What’s Wet, Purple & Falls from the Sky?
In these examples, we’re looking at news images as an interesting shorthand for words.
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Games of all Sorts: Our Instagram / Twitter Favs of the Week
Our visual attention this week ranged from pro basketball and hockey, to the New York primary, to the games of campaign finance and even more royal people watching.
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Leibovitz and the Queen on her 90th: Monarchy & Marketing
The stunning photos of Queen Elizabeth you're seeing this week are hardly agenda-free.
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New York Primary ’16: Our Top Pix
As Campaign '16 bids farewell to the Empire State, Trump and Clinton re-energized, here are our top seven pictures.
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