Notes Archives - Page 31 of 357 - Reading The Pictures

Campaign '16 Photo January 15, 2016

Getty’s GOP Debate Pix: Lunacy Without the Mockery (Mostly)

To the extent the photos by Olson and company are lunatic, just consider the subject matter.

International Focus Photo January 14, 2016

Israel as a Whale

Considering this random news photo, it's always tricky looking at suggestible shapes.

Media Focus Photo January 13, 2016

Obama’s Last State of the Union – A News Photo Grand Tour

We take a spin around the chamber during Obama's SOTU swan song.

Culture Focus Photo January 11, 2016

A “Moving” Remembrance of David Bowie

This tribute made it seem like the sadness and the unleashing of memories was taking place in one extraordinary arc, one turn.

Media Focus Photo

On the Sean Penn – “El Chapo” Photo

This photo might have been for proof, but what it really does is promote three brands.

Business Focus Photo January 8, 2016

House of Pain: What a Wall Street Pummeling Looks Like

These trading floor scenes tell you all you need to know about America's tie to China's wallet.

Gun Violence Photo January 6, 2016

On Obama’s Tears

Obama's tears not only give Americans permission to feel and to grieve over what’s been confined to a political battle, but also to weep.

Culture Focus Photo January 5, 2016

Has Disaster Gone Modern? New Years Fire & Fireworks in Dubai

Are disasters the trade-off for living in a grander, richer, more technological, more super-sized and more sensational century?

Media Focus Photo January 4, 2016

Cosby: The Premier

Featuring Bill Cosby arriving at his booking, the Reuters photo foreshadows the coming media show.

Business Focus Photo January 1, 2016

To 2016 — And Photos Like We’ve Never Seen

In the new year, we're going to see a lot more wondrous and unusual imagery at the intersection of science, technology and nature.

Media Focus Photo December 30, 2015

The Visual Sin of the Year

The admission of an unethical act is not an excuse for publishing these photos. And passing off the unethical act as news is not justification either.

Campaign '16 Photo December 29, 2015

Foreshadowing the GOP Race From Hell

Early on in the process, Haviv's photo captured the temperature of the race.

Eco Watch Photo December 27, 2015

Winter is Missing. Congress, too.

With conservatives controlling both chambers, the reaction is predictable: are you going to believe us, or your own eyes?

Business Focus Photo December 23, 2015

Seasons Greetings

I really like this one, specifically at this holiday and gift-giving season.

Robert Hariman Photo December 22, 2015

Star Wars Optics and Socialist Dreams

Incredible, isn’t it? So perfectly designed and yet so strange. Ultramodern and yet medieval, like a space ship on a surveillance mission and a castle readied for battle, set off by itself in forbidding isolation and yet connected somehow to distant galaxies. The tableau is so unique and so...