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Photo of a Drowned Migrant Father and Daughter Is Fading Fast
The belief in a photo’s power often resides more in hope than in what we actually know about pictures.
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Chatting the Pictures: Seeing a Shooter; Arctic Melt; Inflatable Couture
This week, our Chatting the Pictures webcast looks at a live photo from a Texas shooting, a unique climate change picture, and a provocative fashion shot.
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Trump's Napalm Girl: Consequences of a Drowned Migrant Father and Daughter
The significance of the drowning photograph: America at a tipping point. What it says about Trump. When a photo like this should be seen.
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Chatting the Pictures: Hong Kong Democracy Protests
This week, our webcast looks at key photos from the massive democracy protests in Hong Kong.
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Amish and Mennonite Photo Coverage in Face of Sexual Abuse, #MeToo
Because posing for a photo can be interpreted as a form of pride, scenes of the accused often resemble paparazzi shots or perp walks.
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Mexican Forces Give Their All for the Cameras to Placate Trump
With Trump on their backs over immigration deal, Mexico put the "show" in "show of force" at its southern border.
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Chatting the Pictures: Graphic VA Beach Photo; Javanka at Buckingham Palace; Tank Man 30 Years On
This week on Chatting the Pictures, we discuss a graphic image from the Virginia Beach mass shooting, Jared and Ivanka at Buckingham Palace, and a photo from the 30th Tiananmen Square anniversary.
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A Defining Image of Trump’s America: The Cage Seller
If you had to choose one picture to illustrate Trump's larger motive, Mark Peterson's photograph is literally the money shot.
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Make America Meme: Why Melania Trump Birthday Photo was a Coup for the White House
More than pointed critiques, these memes tend to offer the Trump administration greater drama and even unwitting sympathy.
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Chatting the Pictures: Denver School Shooting, Met Gala, Royal Baby
This week, Chatting the Pictures looks at the school shooting in Denver; a “peerless” photo from the Met Gala; and “Baby Archie” meeting the Queen.
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Chatting the Pictures: Shifty Barr, Chabad Shooting, Buttigieg “First Family” TIME Cover
This week, our Chatting the Pictures webcast looks at what’s up with William Barr, a moving photo from the San Diego Chabad shooting, and the provocative Time Buttigieg “First Family” cover.
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How Climate Change is and isn't Fueling the U.S. Border Crisis: These Pictures aren't that Simple
With all the visual attention given to the "caravan," how powerful to see mass migration also depicted by people taking hold of a place.
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The Barr Code: Why the Mueller Redactions Went Viral
The Barr version of the Mueller Report confirms Trump’s lasting legacy as a black out.
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Louisiana Church Fires in the Shadow of All Else
The Louisiana church fires have been largely overlooked. Edmund Fountain's powerful parishioner portrait calls out: "We are here!"
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The Black Hole Picture: Ultimately, the Viral Image is More a Reflection of Ourselves
If we really can’t see a black hole, the next best thing is a picture we find familiar.
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Chatting the Pictures: The Black Hole, In Trump's Eye, Viral Sudan: A Most Visual Week
This week, our Chatting the Pictures webcast looks at the mania over the black hole, the media in Trump’s eyeball, and the viral photo of a female protester in Sudan.
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Photography Challenge: Straddling Female Stereotypes as Women Become Marines
How well does Lynsey Addario’s New York Times boot camp story stand up in the age of #MeToo?
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The Meaning of Roseanne Barr in Jerusalem
How Hollywood star power negotiates a career fallout by heading to the Holy Land.
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Chatting the Pictures: El Paso Refugee Camp, Awkward Mueller, Netanyahu Morphing
This week, our Chatting the Pictures webcast looks at a migrant detention camp in El Paso, Robert Mueller in front of the White House, and Netanyahu mutating.
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Mulling on Mueller, Mo’ Beto, and So Much Posterizing: Our Social Week
This week, our social feeds focused on post-Mueller anxiety, more personality politics, and images legitimizing and delegitimizing.
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