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Media Focus Photo January 26, 2014

Twitter is for Twits. Justin Bieber, Justin Bieber.

Rather then the media universe feasting on this fluff as fluff (or fluff as social media demise), what does it mean that the police force, too, enabled that smiley face?

Photography/Photojournalism Photo January 25, 2014

What Can You Really See From Space?

The problem I want to raise is that once you’ve been given a literal description of the image, your imagination may shut down too soon.

Campaign '16 Photo January 24, 2014

Weird Science: NY Times Mag's "Planet Hillary"

Certainly a lot more interesting than the Justin Bieber mug shot.

International Focus Photo January 22, 2014

AP Photographer Alters Syria Photo to Remove … a Camera! -- Worth Considering a Little Deeper

It's ironic because the viewer, particularly in war photography, isn't supposed to be aware that there is a camera.

International Focus Photo

As if the Photographic Evidence of Syrian Atrocities Could Have Gotten Any Worse

Do you know what's so stunning about this file image editors chose to illustrate Syria's latest butchery?

Photography/Photojournalism Photo January 21, 2014

The Debate Over White House Photo Access: The BagNews Salon (with Video Highlights)

Watch video highlights of the salon as an esteemed panel, mostly current or former White House photojournalists, discuss the ins-and-outs of presidential photo coverage.

Culture Focus Photo January 20, 2014

Where Celebrity Used to Leave Off and Everything Else Would Begin

Somedays, I wonder if celebrity and fame has become the plasma driving public culture.

Media Focus Photo

Martin Luther King: The Happy Negro

On this MLK day, I'm thinking about how much America likes to airbrush its historic figures.

Culture Focus Photo January 18, 2014

Fashion Week in the Big House

Shouldn’t there be some recognition of the difference between one of the more dangerous environments on earth and one of the most privileged?

Campaign '16 Photo January 17, 2014

Attack of the 50 Ft Ginger Rogers: Sexism and the TIME "Unstoppable Hillary" 2016 Cover

The real question that journalists and pundits should be asking in advance of 2016 is not, “can anyone stop Hillary?” It is, “can anyone stop sexism?”

Fashion Focus Photo January 16, 2014

That Pussy Riot - Yuri Kozyrev Shoot: Fashion as Defiance

The Kremlin must regret letting go of those prison jackets.

President Obama Photo January 15, 2014

Latest Pushback to The White House Photo Op: President "That Guy" Meets the Millennials

Sure, we can debate the genuineness or artifice of Obama the "everyman." But how does that even matter anymore when a White House PR gesture suddenly morphs into this?

Photography/Photojournalism Photo January 14, 2014

On Jim Estrin's 9/11 Meditation: Silence and Dust

What touches me about the photo, beyond the eloquence of the ritual, is its audacity and appeal for humanity in the midst of roiling injury and two wars of retaliation.

Culture Focus Photo January 13, 2014

Deep Dive for Photo Editors: Ariel Sharon and the Politics of the Slideshow Retrospective

With the passing of Ariel Sharon, we were interested in the political nuances, and biases, in the photo galleries summarizing his career.

Photography/Photojournalism Photo January 11, 2014

On any Given Day, What May be Needed is Not 400 Photographs, But Just 1

There is much more to the "photo excess" discussion than the likelihood of being overwhelmed. Bob Hariman weighs in.

Scandal Focus Photo January 10, 2014

Chris Christie, Bridget Kelly and the Bridge Scandal: If the Photos Are Just Slighty More Complex

There's penance, and -- unbuttoning the jacket -- what you're going to do anyway.

President Obama Photo January 9, 2014

The FLOTUS Selfie and Photo Jujitsu: The White House Year in Pictures

Sure, it's quite a photo on its own, but read as a counterpoint to Obama's infamous selfie, it's brilliant.

Business Focus Photo January 7, 2014

So you Missed the Photos of Bangladeshi Garment Workers Having a "Gap/Walmart Bar-B-Que?"

I would say that it borders on anathema for Western media to be publishing photos of Bangladeshi garment workers publicly torching Western trade product.

International Focus Photo January 6, 2014

The Quenelle Salute and the Urge to be Outraged

If the Quenelle has no meaning, it's significant for the (media) madness itself.

Gun Violence Photo

Even if the Police Report Wasn't Buried by the Holiday, What Photo Would Make Us Understand Sandy Hook?

Today, unlike the 1950s and 60s, we seek to insulate ourselves from an (often uninvited) deluge of visual obscenity, detaching from the deeper implications of these images.