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International Focus Photo November 19, 2014

20 Years of Ebola, and How Photography Has Changed

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.

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International Focus Photo November 18, 2014

Looking Down on "Would-Be Immigrants": An Illustration for our Times

Isn't it interesting how the white folks so naturally claim ascendency by their "higher ground?"

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Ferguson MO Photo November 17, 2014

The Ferguson Bigger Picture: Tokenism at Best

With 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.

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Media Focus Photo November 13, 2014

Ray, Janay, and the "News Photo as Movie Still-of-the-Week"

One point I touched on was how liberally news photographs are experimenting with style, including channeling the cinema.

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Militarism Focus Photo November 12, 2014

The Day After Remembrance Day

Much 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.

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The Day in Space

Was 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?

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International Focus Photo November 11, 2014

Sarah Stacke: Mothers of Manenberg

This is the second installment in an ongoing series by photographer Sarah Stacke about this suburb of Cape Town and her relationships there.

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Militarism Focus Photo November 10, 2014

The Hyper-Patriotism and Harmony of These Veteran's Day Naturalization Ceremonies

The nostalgia must be tempered ... knowing how much America excels when it comes to promise.

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Faith Focus Photo November 9, 2014

Glory as a Stage Show: On Mark Peterson’s Vegas Megachurch Photos

Peterson’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.

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The Importance of Being Earnest: That Obama Photo Fronting Saturday's NYT

If the more mobilized midterm voters looked at the President askance, it's still not over.

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International Focus Photo November 8, 2014

Everyday Iraq: Beyond Islam and Primitivism

If 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.

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John Moore Photo November 6, 2014

Remains of the Campaign: John Moore's Detention Photo from McAllen, Texas

Excuse me for the association, the frustration fueled by the myopia surrounding fundamental social issues otherwise staring us in the face.

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Campaign '14 Photo November 5, 2014

Last Howl on the Election?

It's a strange and discomfiting picture to lead off the Washington Post Day in Photos the day after that election.

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Campaign '14 Photo November 4, 2014

Not in Kansas Anymore: 2014 Election Final in Pictures

It's the kind of giddy scrambling around that comes with having been out of power so long.

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Campaign '14 Photo November 3, 2014

Campaign '14: My Homeboy Mitch

The linguistic equivalent of Mitch in black face.

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Campaign '14 Photo November 2, 2014

Midterms 2014: Crushing the Tea Party

Coal, Guns, Freedom ... and Washington fixture McConnell?

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Reflections from the Newswire

It's not like these collage-like images are that unusual to find on the news wire but they feel more familiar to Instagram.

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Protest Focus Photo October 31, 2014

Pictures from the Giants World Series Riot you Haven't Seen in Other Victory Riots

To 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.

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President Obama Photo October 30, 2014

Photo Op Chemistry as de Blasio Ebola Shot Turns to Bacon

I 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?

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President Obama Photo October 29, 2014

Businessweek’s Nearsighted "Obama Crisis Management" Cover

You'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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