As Headlines Mash, War & Sports Mixed Metaphor of the Day
The eye candy news slideshow meets Iraq hysteria meets the sports industrial complex.
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The Twisted Cairo al-Jazeera Verdict, in Pictures
For one thing, the judge spent a good chunk of time during the trial behind dark glasses.
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Staring Our War in the Face
Using the President's suit to simulate a simple dark background, the gaze makes its own larger statement.
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What’s Great About 7 Guys in the Desert, at a Camel Market, Watching the World Cup
You'd think these guys from Saudi Arabia would be watching either Algeria or Iran, wouldn’t you?
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Israel/Palestine: What's Up
With the Israel/Palestine situation at a stalemate, what else can this girl do?
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ISIS Images Go Mainstream: Giving Terrorists a Hand
AP is not just validating, packaging and sanctioning this scene for the Western media news stream, its caption complements the terrorist’s narrative.
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When Photographing Is Forbidden: Making Portraits in the McCarren Park Pool Locker Room by Amy Touchette
It seemed wrong, somehow, to forbid me to photograph these girls. The way they were coming into womanhood—the way they revealed it in their body language and style—mesmerized me. To ignore this demographic seems especially detrimental.
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Terror Imagery the Envy of Hollywood: Why a Scapegoating West Can't Get Enough of ISIS
The question is, why is Western media suddenly so obsessed with the propaganda of ISIS in Iraq, and gratuitously publishing the groups factually-ambiguous terror scenes?
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The Marriage of Wedding Photography and Photojournalism Getting Totally Out of Hand
Quick takes on one of the week's hottest wire photos.
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What's Stressing Super Dad (According to the WSJ)
It's not just that dads need and deserve the same recognition and consideration as moms for parallel engagement. It's the fact that families cannot cut it anymore on one salary (and haven't been able to for some time).
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The Storming of Mosul, Iraq on the Brink, and the Impressive Access by Reuters to ISIS Militants
Impressed with the acumen and how Reuters managed this kind of access to the ISIS fighters in Mosul, I do think the process of procurement -- while providing for the safety of photojournalists -- must also secure the confidence of the audience.
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World Cup Optics: Mario Tama on Brazil Vs. Brazil
Instead of the social stories functioning as due diligence, as preamble and warm up act, what if the coverage over the next four weeks did simultaneous justice to both the thrilling sports spectacle and the social cost?
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Duck and Cover Redux: Bulletproof Blankets for Kids
On the heels of widely publicized shootings, particularly school attacks, the violence and trauma seemed to bring out the entrepreneurs.
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Photographer Stephen Shore from Israel/Palestine: The Audacity of Puppies
And yet, is it possible — puppies as metaphor, and emotional suggestion -- to conceive of the Israelis and the Palestinians engaging in a way that is softer? When you put it into words, it sounds remarkable silly, but such is the power of photography.
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US Media + Brazil + World Cup = Show Me Some Skin
Talking predictions, get ready for a generous and gratuitous display of skin -- and I'm not just referring males on the pitch -- in the North American coverage of the international sports spectacle.
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Juxtaposition of the Day: American Gothic
The Las Vegas cop killers from a more cultural perspective.
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Las Vegas Cop Killers Jerad and Amanda Miller (Not Necessarily in That Order)
Perhaps the couple is an anomaly. Perhaps not, however. Maybe what we're seeing is the emergence of the female far-right revolutionary and domestic terrorist.
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As World Cup Approaches, the Sport Gets so Intoxicating … the Poverty, So Exotic
The message to the world, once the media and the sponsorship dollars get rolling, is that, even in the slums, love of the game conquers all.
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