Leading Photos: This Guy’s a Real Vacuum Case
The more of these front page photos I study, the more I come to admire the editorial ingenuity of the NYTimes. Even if they run with the day’s leading shot, they hardly ever use the most stage-managed version. Instead, if they have the choice, they tend to go with...
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Political Orbits: He-Man is THE Man
While the social conservatives grumble (or just pretend to grumble) about their absence from prime time, analysts will look back at this summer’s Republican Convention as the point when Arnold made his national breakthrough. Having finessed the California budget crisis by snowing the public and intimidating the legislature (and...
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If the Truth be Told
As part of Peru’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a photographic exhibition has been created to document the violence, murder and forced disappearance of approximately 60,000 Peruvians in the ’80s and ’90s. Temporarily housed in a crumbling mansion in the town of Chorrillos, the exhibition, titled Yuyanapaq (“To Remember”), has...
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Pretty Sad
About a week ago, I visited the subject of the Bush attack ad, “Kerry’s Coalition of the Wild-eyed” (see: Jackie Would NEVER Have Let Jack Put Hitler in an Attack Ad!). If you had a chance to view the original Bush ad, you might be interested in this remix...
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Bush and Lay: Young and Old Alike
Of course, the right is quick to point out that President Bush’s friendship with Ken Lay is hardly a crime. If you get to see the documentary, The Corporation, however, you will appreciate how, in the overlap of business and government interests, there is a thin line between association...
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The Osama Vote
Let the slimefest begin! Apparently, one of the jaded themes that has entered the election narrative is that bin Ladin is supporting Kerry. In this video clip from two days ago, Chris Matthews propagated the idea that al Qaeda was motivated to launch a pre-election attack in order to...
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Now You © It
Here’s a nice flash video by Adriana De Barros about coming of age as an artist and, simultaneously, losing one’s innocence about copyrights. (link source: Al of 31)
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Patience, patience…
I am extending my break for a couple more days to upgrade to a new system. I should be back by Monday (7/12) with more and better.
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I’ll be taking a break for a few days, and will back Thursday. In the meantime, check out the archives and send a few bags. Thanks for your support!
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SUV This!
The Detroit Project is probably one of the most visible groups advocating for fuel efficient cars. They are also known for developing provocative commercials. You might have seen one of their ads tying SUV owners to terror by fostering our dependence on foreign oil. TDP has just produced a...
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May Day! May Day!
While I’m on the subject of collected images, there is a wonderful photo gallery of May Day 2004 protests at the Design Action Collective website. Located in Oakland, California, Design Action provides graphic design services to many grassroots and activist groups including Greenpeace, Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids and...
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The Writing is on the Wall ( …and the Postbox, and the Urinal, and the Smokestack)
As an expression of popular sentiment, the Stop Bush Project couldn’t be more straightforward–or democratic. Simply, anyone (worldwide) may post a digital image of a public visual expression reflecting their dissatisfaction with Mr. Bush. (I think there were about four or five more images since I checked the other...
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Jackie Would NEVER Have Let Jack Put Hitler in an Attack Ad!
There’s a piece in the NYTimes this morning about the on-line exhibition, “The Living Room Candidate,” developed by the American Museum of the Moving Image in Queens. It goes live today, and features a large cross-section of political ads going back to 1952. The exhibition also track the various...
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Leading Photos: We’ve Got To Stop Meeting Like This
It seems the NYTimes is on a roll with it’s front page photos of the Iraqi transition. In this shot, new American Ambassador John Negroponte presents himself to the new Iraqi President and Foreign Minister. As the saying goes, there’s enough distance between the parties to drive a truck...
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Colin’s Break or Break Opportunity (or: “Help! I’m a Prisoner in the Pottery Barn!”)
(On the mirror in the private bathroom inside the Secretary of State’s office) One of the most significant things that came out of Bob Woodward’s book was “the Pottery Barn rule.” Specifically, Colin Powell is cited as having told President Bush that, if he sent troops into Iraq, he...
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Latest BAGnews Cartoon: Let Freedom Ring!
send this cartoon to a friend! If there was a greater distinction between globalization and corporatization, I would probably be happy to call myself a globalist. Unfortunately, the western model of the nation state has become pretty much synonymous with (or, subservient to) the corporate state. This is one...
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Leading Photos: Not Ready for Prime Time?
I couldn’t help featuring this image of the new Iraqi leadership. With the surprise, early (one might say “hasty”) announcement of the transfer of power, these folks got a lot of play in this morning’s papers. However, few images were as unceremonial and disconcerting and this one in the...
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A Real Bombshell
A Utah artist has won a legal battle with the Mattel Corporation over the right to use Barbie for the purpose of artistic expression. The artist, Tom Forsythe, has created images of Barbie in suggestive poses and in various compromised situations, such as posing in a blender or spinning...
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