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Chatting the Pictures: A Border Photo Equally Informed by Hope and Policy
Focusing on the documents of these young refugees, we discuss how the informational value of the photo compliments its emotional impact.
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Chatting the Pictures: The Pence Jan. 6 Photos and the Hero Narrative
Far from heroic, the newly-released Jan. 6 photos of Mike Pence largely document his inability to defy Trump until the last minute.
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Chatting the Pictures: Hanger Electrifies SCOTUS Abortion Protest
At this moment in history, the vibrancy of the hanger truly captures the precarious status of abortion rights.
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David Hume Kennerly: Because He Was There
This photo of David Hume Kennerly, taken in Vietnam, makes a basic yet essential point about media integrity and the reportage from Ukraine.
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Chatting the Pictures: Russia’s Detention of Brittney Griner
Effectively detained as a political prisoner, we discuss the basketball star's body language and the photo’s reflection on the Soviet state.
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Chatting the Pictures: After Mass Shooting Hate Crime in Buffalo, a Prayerful Photo Outside Tops Market
We discuss body language ("take a knee"?), Tops's empty parking lot, and how we look at this photo after the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
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Chatting the Pictures: The Symbolism of a Home Damaged in the Ukrainian War
John Moore's photo is full of fate and symbolism. That includes the house as a face or head, and the profound outcome of walking away.
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Chatting the Pictures: Toxic Foam Overruns a Town
Looking at pictures of toxic foam invading Mosquera, Colombia, we discuss the tendency to see the imagery more as a curiosity than a threat.
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Chatting the Pictures: With Supreme Court Leak, Abortion on the Clock
If it wasn't timely already, this Alabama abortion photo is now even more relevant as the Supreme Court telegraphs the end of Rowe vs. Wade.
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Chatting the Pictures: Kamloops Indian School Memorial: World Press Photo of the Year
We focus on the elements and symbols that make the photograph both a powerful remembrance and a wealth of visual storytelling.
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Chatting the Pictures: The All-Presence of Graphic War Images from Ukraine
We discuss the powerfully liminal quality of this tragic image and explain why horrific Ukraine war photographs are circulating so widely.
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Chatting the Pictures: Zelensky is Everywhere
As Ukraine defends itself from the Russian onslaught, President Zelensky's advocacy in virtual space can be seen as state-of-the-art.
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Chatting the Pictures: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Puts Bad Actors Behind Her
Mindful of all the grandstanding Judge Jackson faced in her Supreme Court nomination hearings, here she literally rises above and beyond it.
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Chatting the Pictures: In the Bunker of a Maternity Hospital in Kyiv
As the Russians target civilian sites, we examine the make-do circumstances and the power of this couple's intimacy.
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Chatting the Pictures: A Beckoning Photo in the Flight From Kyiv by Train
The photo of citizens escaping their war-torn country from Kyiv's Central station is a remarkable depiction of both urgency and order.
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Chatting the Pictures and VII Photo: Irpin Evacuation and the Ukrainian Resistance
Ron Haviv’s photos capture the resistance and spirit of the Ukrainians in the face of the Russian offensive.
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Chatting the Pictures: The (Visual) Chaos of the Canadian Trucker Standoff
The Covid protest that paralyzed downtown Ottawa offered a noisy clash of favorite symbols and newly-minted icons.
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Chatting the Pictures: War Mongering and the Insanity of Putin’s Table
While the internet had fun with it, this ludicrous scene captured Putin's loss of reality on the way to invading Ukraine.
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Chatting the Pictures: Biden In a Feeble Light
The president is certainly facing serious challenges. But is Biden floundering or do images like this reflect more superficial shortcomings?
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Chatting the Pictures: An Artful and Moody News Photo of Raphael Nadal
We delight in the creativity of news photography. And in the case of this photo from the Australian Open, the image feels like pure jazz.
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