A photography writer asked me the other day how the photos of the Ebola outbreak this year compared with those from the past two decades. What follows is an excursion with an eye on how news photos have changed.
Continue ReadingIsn't it interesting how the white folks so naturally claim ascendency by their "higher ground?"
Continue ReadingWith all eyes on Ferguson to find out if Darren Wilson will be indicted for shooting Michael Brown, what these photos address is perhaps a more intractable problem: the enduring lack of representation and the symbolism in its place.
Continue ReadingOne point I touched on was how liberally news photographs are experimenting with style, including channeling the cinema.
Continue ReadingMuch ink has been spilled about whether photojournalism should expose the bodily horror of war. This photo, like many others in the archive, demonstrate that less can be more: there is little need to see the gore, because more than physical destruction is at stake.
Continue ReadingWas there more than just a visual resemblance between the photo of the window washers rescued from the WTC yesterday and the remarkable photos of the European Space Agency’s Philae probe after successfully landing on Comet 67P over 300 million miles away?
Continue ReadingThis is the second installment in an ongoing series by photographer Sarah Stacke about this suburb of Cape Town and her relationships there.
Continue ReadingThe nostalgia must be tempered ... knowing how much America excels when it comes to promise.
Continue ReadingPeterson’s photograph places us right down front at a high-energy, high-tech, multi-media extravaganza where lights, camera, and action are the name of the game.
Continue ReadingIf the more mobilized midterm voters looked at the President askance, it's still not over.
Continue ReadingIf western media images of that country are most often filled with sand, religious fervor and a sense of the ancient, this couldn't be more different.
Continue ReadingExcuse me for the association, the frustration fueled by the myopia surrounding fundamental social issues otherwise staring us in the face.
Continue ReadingIt's a strange and discomfiting picture to lead off the Washington Post Day in Photos the day after that election.
Continue ReadingIt's the kind of giddy scrambling around that comes with having been out of power so long.
Continue ReadingCoal, Guns, Freedom ... and Washington fixture McConnell?
Continue ReadingIt's not like these collage-like images are that unusual to find on the news wire but they feel more familiar to Instagram.
Continue ReadingTo the extent the celebration turned ugly, there were factors at play beyond the influence of alcohol or generalized frustration. Resentment over the tech boom and gentrification-on-steroids seemed very much on display.
Continue ReadingI guess the question is, how much are the photo-op and the visual press release creating reassurance as opposed to their own hemorrhagic reactions to the disease?
Continue ReadingYou'd think people understood by now that Obama is a lot more likely to accessorize with a hair shirt than a pair of shades.
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