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Chatting the Pictures: Impeachment Procession; Virginia Gun Rally; Philippine Volcano
This week, we discuss a Trump impeachment photo, a picture from the pro-gun rally in Richmond, and a painterly photograph of the Philippine Taal volcano.
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Impeachment Trial Media Blackout
Not only is the media resorting to illustrators to capture the proceedings of the presidential impeachment trial, the view of the audience is also limiting.
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The Trump - Greta Thunberg Photo Crossings
Once again, young Greta Thunberg and Donald Trump find their way into the same international meeting photo. As the climate degenerates, we can expect more.
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Chatting the Pictures: Australia on Fire; Suleimani Assassination; Church Full of Guns
This week, we look at key photos from the Australian fires, America's assassination of Iran's military chief, and a photo-illustration of guns in church.
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Mitch Epstein’s Pipeline Activist
Epstein's photo of Pennsylvania's Ashton Clatterbuck captures the urgency of the climate crisis, and it's appropriately fitting.
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The Symbolism of the Pope Slapping a Woman on New Years
Who would have imagined the biggest New Years social media drama would involve the pope slapping a well-wisher in St. Peter’s Square?
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Christmas Back With a Vengeance: Jesus, Mary and Joseph in Cages
The nativity protest photo hit a nerve: Imagining what might happen if the most well-known refugee family in the world tried to seek asylum in today’s USA.
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Chatting the Pictures: Favorite 2019 News Photographs By Women
Welcome to a special edition of “Chatting the Pictures” focusing on three outstanding news images taken this year by women.
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Chatting the Pictures Year End: Kamala Harris; Firestorm Tree; Greta Thunberg at Standing Rock
Welcome to a special, year end edition of “Chatting the Pictures” focusing on pictures of the year and the theme of exposure.
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"Beautiful" Violence in Climate Change Photography
Abstract geometries and pleasing color palettes make it hard to understand the experience of harm.
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Our Visual Appeal: Help Support Reading the Pictures
This holiday season, Reading the Pictures is asking for your support. In these divided times, bringing clarity to media imagery is as important as ever.
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Trump's Thanksgiving Wingman: Pence in Iraq
Pence can be counted on to deliver a steady diet of visual comfort food, indulging those who hunger for a return to the political style of Ronald and Nancy.
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Turkey's Syria Invasion and Visual Media Bias
Media bias usually has to do with what's in the frame--not whether there is one. Turkey's Syria invasion is an example of bias for only showing one side.
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Chatting the Pictures: Impeachment Special
This week, we discuss four great impeachment photos. They cover Trump and Zelensky, the Democrats and the media spectacle, the witnesses, and the evidence.
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Memes Against Impeachment: Trump’s Shitposted Truth
With impeachment coming, far-right meme-makers and propagandists are helping to prop Trump up. We analyze PowerTie’s POTUS-retweeted line drawing animation.
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Chatting the Pictures: Wildfire Wedding, Impeachment's Woman in Blue, Trump's Raid Dog Retweet
This week, we look at a viral wedding portrait from a California firestorm, a divine impeachment photo, and a Trump retweet of the ISIS raid dog
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Climate Crisis: Are the Animals Mad at Us?
Between the heat and the photography, it’s hard not to process this as a portrait of six scorched and very pissed off water buffalo.
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The Visual Politics of AOC’s Green New Deal Posters
Mindful of the political environment, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal posters are fortified as much to counter anxiety as to elicit optimism.
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The Trump Vs. Obama Situation Room Photos
As soon as the White House announced the death of Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Trump and Obama Situation Room photos became historical twins.
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Chatting the Pictures: Trump Pelosi Syria Blow Up; Giuliani the Wise Guy; Turkey Invades
This week, we look at the viral White House Trump/Pelosi face-off, an impeachment-inspired Guiliani screenshot, and a photo from Turkey's Syria invasion.
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