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There Won’t Be Blood: Gun Violence and Visual Censorship
In light of the consecutive mass shootings in Gilroy, El Paso, and Dayton, we discuss how gun violence is covered by U.S. media in terms of what we see and what we don’t see.
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Migrant Mother and Child Stopped in Mexico; Greta Thunberg’s Look; Democratic Debate Show
This week, Chatting the Pictures looks at a migrant mother stopped in Mexico, a Greta Thunberg portrait, and a viewing room shot from the Democratic debate.
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Religious Persecution Survivors on the Oval Stage
We examine the political agenda behind President Trump’s Oval Office meeting with 27 survivors of religious persecution from around the world.
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Chatting the Pictures: The Squad; NOLA Flood; Drone Guns
This week, Chatting the Pictures looks at an elegant news portrait of "The Squad," the four Congresswomen under racial attack, and overly artful photos of the NOLA flooding and the French Bastille Day military parade.
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The Pence Migrant Detention Center Pictures: A Closer Look
A close look at the imagery reveals Pence’s political agenda, the tour following a wave of damaging pictures surrounding the migrant crisis.
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Chatting the Pictures: Jeffrey Epstein Protest; Megan Rapinoe SI Cover; Migrant X-Ray
This week, Chatting the Pictures looks at young women protesting Jeffrey Epstein, the Megan Rapinoe Sports Illustrated cover, and another disturbing immigration photo.
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Chatting the Pictures is a weekly, micro-edition of the Reading the Pictures Salon. In each 25 minute webcast, co-hosts Michael Shaw, publisher of Reading the Pictures, and writer and historian, Cara Finnegan, meet to discuss three prominent photos in the news. “The News” shot this week was a Nike...
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Photo of a Drowned Migrant Father and Daughter Is Fading Fast
The belief in a photo’s power often resides more in hope than in what we actually know about pictures.
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Chatting the Pictures: Seeing a Shooter; Arctic Melt; Inflatable Couture
This week, our Chatting the Pictures webcast looks at a live photo from a Texas shooting, a unique climate change picture, and a provocative fashion shot.
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Trump's Napalm Girl: Consequences of a Drowned Migrant Father and Daughter
The significance of the drowning photograph: America at a tipping point. What it says about Trump. When a photo like this should be seen.
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Chatting the Pictures: Hong Kong Democracy Protests
This week, our webcast looks at key photos from the massive democracy protests in Hong Kong.
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Amish and Mennonite Photo Coverage in Face of Sexual Abuse, #MeToo
Because posing for a photo can be interpreted as a form of pride, scenes of the accused often resemble paparazzi shots or perp walks.
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Mexican Forces Give Their All for the Cameras to Placate Trump
With Trump on their backs over immigration deal, Mexico put the "show" in "show of force" at its southern border.
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Chatting the Pictures: Graphic VA Beach Photo; Javanka at Buckingham Palace; Tank Man 30 Years On
This week on Chatting the Pictures, we discuss a graphic image from the Virginia Beach mass shooting, Jared and Ivanka at Buckingham Palace, and a photo from the 30th Tiananmen Square anniversary.
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A Defining Image of Trump’s America: The Cage Seller
If you had to choose one picture to illustrate Trump's larger motive, Mark Peterson's photograph is literally the money shot.
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Make America Meme: Why Melania Trump Birthday Photo was a Coup for the White House
More than pointed critiques, these memes tend to offer the Trump administration greater drama and even unwitting sympathy.
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Chatting the Pictures: Denver School Shooting, Met Gala, Royal Baby
This week, Chatting the Pictures looks at the school shooting in Denver; a “peerless” photo from the Met Gala; and “Baby Archie” meeting the Queen.
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Chatting the Pictures: Shifty Barr, Chabad Shooting, Buttigieg “First Family” TIME Cover
This week, our Chatting the Pictures webcast looks at what’s up with William Barr, a moving photo from the San Diego Chabad shooting, and the provocative Time Buttigieg “First Family” cover.
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How Climate Change is and isn't Fueling the U.S. Border Crisis: These Pictures aren't that Simple
With all the visual attention given to the "caravan," how powerful to see mass migration also depicted by people taking hold of a place.
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The Barr Code: Why the Mueller Redactions Went Viral
The Barr version of the Mueller Report confirms Trump’s lasting legacy as a black out.
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