BagNewsSalon: Haiti Aftermath
This BAGnewsSalon examined a small group of images from the week following the devastating Haitian earthquake, considering: the boundaries of the graphic and sensational; how much the pictures presented a representative versus generic or stereotyped view of the Haitian people; and whether the pictures overly skewed toward human suffering...
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Happy New Sphere From The BAG
Above all though, with the picture always in mind, I wish each and every one of you a year of peace, vision, health, compassion and insight.
Continue ReadingBest of the Decade
In honor of our coming upgrade and the end of the '00s, BNN's Deputy Publisher Karen Hull will be here in a curatorial role to bring you some of "The Best BAG Posts of the Decade."
Continue ReadingPictures of the Week: Nobel Edition
To hear my riff on the Pictures of the Week, check out this latest segment of "No Days Off" from Florida Progressive Radio (after 1 minute commercial).
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Are You Going To Believe Them, Or Your Own Eyes?
BAGnews is singularly dedicated to challenging the use of pictures for the purpose of sensationalism, oversimplification, infotainment or collusion by the shockingly over-concentrated corporate media. Help us make a visible difference.
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The Relevance of BAGnews
Let's face it, pixels are playing a fundamental role both in the political and culture wars as well as the commercialization of visual culture. BAGnews is a response, an alternative, and an evolving mission to speak truth to visual power.
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A Whole New BAG
We’ll kick off the new BAGnews with new and familiar contributors including Robert Hariman and John Lucaites , co-authors of No Caption Needed , Pete Brook of Prison Photography , Stan Banos of Reciprocity Failure and Cara Finnegan of First Efforts , to be joined by others. ... And,...
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Just a note: the posting schedule might be a little erratic over the next few days as The BAG does some recon in DC. Thx.
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BAGnews: The Road Show
If you are in or near DC this weekend, I'll be presenting a whole raft of images (and a few choice words to go with them) on the pixels wars between the Obama Administration and the radical right for FotoWeekDC.
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Archive Edition
The BAG has a line-up we hope you'll find interesting. Each day, we'll be featuring a post from the archive carefully chosen for its parallel to current themes, battles and headlines while also affording some longitudinal perspective.
Continue ReadingLook 3
I may have one more post in me later today, but this evening, I'm heading to Charlottesville to attend the popular photo festival Look3.
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#MoreBAG @Twitter
Join us on Twitter and get a lot more visual politics with only a slight overlap with The BAG.
Continue ReadingWhere Goes The Burger?
Note: If you’re looking for the Biden and Obama “Your Turn” from the burger joint I posted about an hour ago, one second look, it felt way “too edgy” to me. It’s been a long week, one in which I’ve somehow been drawn to edgier material, starting off with...
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BagNewsSalon: Obama’s First 100 Days
Join us Sunday, May 3, 2009, 7:30-9:00 pm EST; 4:30 - 6:00 pm PST, for the next BAGnewsSALON: Obama: The First 100 Days. This discussion will examine nine Obama Administration images leading up to the 100-day mark.
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Here's the link to my "Pictures of the Week" segment at the top of the "No Days Off" BlogTalk radio program. Also, please join us Sunday for the BAGnewsSALON examining Obama's first 100 Days.
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"Resolving" Shaw, Chin And The BAGnewsNotes Mission
I want to thank the people at Live Books and their new "Resolve" blog for dedicating an extensive amount of space, time, thought and editing resource to examining our "journalism" here at BAGnewsNotes, and in particular, my collaboration with photographer Alan Chin.
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