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Trump and Reporters on the South Lawn: Getting Stranger by the Day
The reason I’m writing this is because the photos of Trump and reporters on the South Lawn have become flat out bizarre lately.
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Compassionate Christchurch, Youthful Sincerity of the Climate Strike: Our Social Week
Christchurch and the resolve in mourning. Young eco activists speaking with their feet, and their posters. That was our visual focus this week.
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Chatting the Pictures: New Zealand PM Gives Comfort; Young Climate Activist; Nebraska Bomb Cyclone
This week, our Chatting the Pictures webcast looks at a viral photo of the New Zealand Prime Minister, a young climate activist, and an indefensible Midwest flood photo.
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The Grieving Woman at the Ethiopian Airlines Crash Site, and the Western Gaze
The expression of grief is so intense, I cannot forget it. At the same, however, I feel challenged looking at the photo as a westerner.
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Chatting the Pictures: College Entrance Scandal; Venezuela Black Out; Beto Leibovitz 2020
This week, our Chatting the Pictures webcast looks at the college entrance scandal; the Venezuelan blackout; and Vanity Fair’s Beto 2020 announcement cover by Annie Leibovitz.
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S/He Wore A Pearl Necklace
The necklace stunt reminds us that guns, masculinity, and domination hang together as part of a hard right political style.
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Kill Them with Kindness: Leading up to the Lie Maduro Burned US Aid Trucks
The lie has been disproven. But what is missing from the bridge story is the role the US and USAID played in stoking this incident in the first place.
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Diatribe of the Accused, Silence for the Abused: Our Social Week
A viral picture of singer R. Kelly gesticulating during an interview with CBS’s Gayle King is one of those sensational internet nuggets that feels tailor made for the cultural moment. Loaded with subtexts of gender, race, and media representation, it took less than a day for the photo to...
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Chatting Pictures of the Year Winners: Border Wall; Sutherland Springs Shooting; Arctic Cold War
On the latest Chatting the Pictures, Michael and Cara look at three winners from the University of Missouri's Pictures of the Year, International, photojournalism awards.
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Chatting the Pictures: Trump Kim Long Faces; Cohen's Big Check; Billy Porter's Oscar Stunner
This week, our Chatting the Pictures webcast looks at the sad Trump-Kim summit, Michael Cohen’s Trump check, and Billy Porter’s Oscar gown.
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Figures Larger than Life: Our Social Week
Trump, Kim, Cohen. It’s been a great week for pictures that bring us close to the larger than life protagonists on the political stage.
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Vietnam to South Lawn, Vatican to Award Season: Our Social Week
Our feeds this week dialed in to Michael Shaw’s New York Times Magazine investigative article about an iconic Vietnam War photograph.
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Just Don't Call it Socialism
Williamson's photo of Americans outside a free health clinic brings the discussion of "socialism," and/or a more humane social policy into greater focus.
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Mexican American, American Mexican
The photo helps us visualize "remigration,” the controversial practice that sends thousands of American schoolchildren on a permanent semester abroad.
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All in the Hands: Our Visual Roundup of the Week
From Silicon Valley to the Whitaker hearing, from daily life in the West Bank to the State of the Union, the visuals this week were all about the hands.
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Chatting the Pictures: Pelosi’s Trump Clap; Double Border Fences; Male Super Bowl Cheerleaders
This week, our Chatting the Pictures webcast looks at Nancy Pelosi clapping Trump, a chilling border wall photo, and male Super Bowl cheerleaders.
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Why Wall Breaching Photos Don’t Capture the Border Crossing Story
These photos remind us that immigrants are not an organized caravan or an impending wave of bodies. They are mostly alone, navigating one step at a time.
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Chatting the Pictures: Roger Stone; Ocasio-Cortez; Polar Vortex
This week, Chatting the Pictures looks at a Roger Stone indictment pic, an entertaining look at Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, and a deep freeze photo from Chicago.
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Chatting the Pictures: Race and Trump’s Fast Food Feast at the White House
This week, Chatting the Pictures looks at race, the government shutdown, and President Trump's White House fast food dinner for the champion Clemson football team.
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Chatting the Pictures: Trump Hotel Games Shutdown; New Women of Congress; Jail Hell in Manila
This week, Chatting the Pictures looks at the government shutdown and Trump's DC hotel, the new women of Congress, and jail in the Philippines.
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