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From the Olympics to Singapore: Kim Jong Un's Remarkable Visual Makeover
Kim Jong Un has proved himself a master at softening his media image. His summit with Donald Trump in Singapore was just the latest example.
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Chatting the Pictures: Royal Wedding; Santa Fe Massacre; Trump Summit Coin
RTP’s Michael Shaw and Cara Finnegan meet up Saturday mornings for a lively twenty-five minutes chat about three current news photos.
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Royals, Massacres and the Korea Dance: Our Visual Roundup of the Week
“Something old and something new” was the theme of the visual week. The royal wedding counted as both--and sadly, so did the latest school massacre.
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Between Jerusalem, Gaza and the Media: The Tear Gas Spectacular
What stokes the media as effectively as it fuels insurgency and state power--especially in the Trump era? Simply put, it's the fireworks.
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French Invasion: Our Visual Roundup of the Week
The visual news this week was dominated by the state visit of French President Macron and his wife, Brigitte. Korea, Cosby and Toronto were notable too.
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How John Moore’s Brilliant US-Mexico Border Photos Also Migrate
John Moore’s focus is not so much the US-Mexico border itself but the way the line infiltrates the lives of people in every direction.
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Our Take on that Viral "3 Presidents and Melania" Barbara Bush Funeral Pic
9 reasons why the photo from the Barbara Bush funeral won the internet.
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With Media Fixated on the Terror, a Good Time to Look Again at Everyday Middle East
With western media concentrated on Gaza and Douma, crisis and violence again come to stereotype the Middle East and Islam.
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Chatting the Pictures: Zuckerberg Troll Army, Syria Gas Attack, Michael Cohen “and Friends.”
Welcome to our latest edition of Chatting the Pictures. This week we discussed Mark Zuckerberg’s DC appearance, the Syria gas attack, and Michael Cohen "and friends."
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Between Zuckerberg, Trump/Cohen and Syria — Our Visual Roundup of the Week
Between Zuckerberg, Syria and the latest Trump storms, the news photos this week were more complex than usual.
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Here’s Looking at You Kid: Mark Zuckerberg’s Elusive DC Testimony
As much as his appearance before Congress was a visual sensation, Zuckerberg was not going to be pinned down legally, rhetorically or photographically.
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Chatting the Pictures: MLK 50, Gaza Mirrors, Trump Script
Welcome to our latest edition of Chatting the Pictures. This week, we focus on photos from the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luther King assassination, protests in Gaza, and Donald Trump throwing away a script.
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Less Teflon, More Substance: Our Visual Roundup of the Week
News photos this week seemed to treat issues with more complexity, and there was more focus on Trump's policy than personality. Something is shifting.
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The Meaning of Emma in the Visual War on Parkland's Survivor Activists
Emma has become the visual trademark of political dissent and generational change, a contemporary Rosie the Riveter.
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Chatting the Pictures: Emma Gonzales, Stephon Clark Protest, Sessions TIME Cover
Welcome to our latest edition of Chatting the Pictures. This week, we focus on one photo from Sacramento and two from Washington.
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Face Offs Everywhere: Our Visual Roundup of the Week
It was a week in which issues gained weight, or at least, more gravity, and the aggrieved aggressively challenged the status quo.
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Gun Protests: Watching Our Very Young Have a Political Awakening
It feels like what we are witnessing in these photos is the surest emergence of social and political awareness. You sense the children are the most awake.
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Walk Outs and Throw Downs - Our Visual Roundup of the Week
Student walkouts. Trump rapid firing, hiring and proclaiming. Visually, this was a week of large gestures, and demonstrations of all kinds.
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Gun Reform That Looks More Like America
Post Parkland, these photos place gun violence and reform advocates in a larger frame.
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Chatting the Pictures: Hope Hicks, Gun Prayer & Putin Oz
Watch the latest edition of Chatting the Pictures, our 25-minute weekly webcast. This week, we look at the media spectacle from Capitol Hill to Pennsylvania to Moscow.
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