Having Committed to Peace with Iran…
Having built a bridge with Iran, funny how this shows up in the news galleries.
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In Light of a Nuclear Deal: Newsha Tavakolian’s Photos from Iran
In spite of the political new dawn, is the day of a warring Iran ending or just beginning?
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Israel as a Whale
Considering this random news photo, it's always tricky looking at suggestible shapes.
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Most Prominent Photo Objects of 2015: The Life Jacket
Who knows how many powerful images were published this year of life jackets either worn or discarded by migrants.
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A “Fist Pumping” Election Victory for Saudi Women?
This Saudi election photo makes you realize how much the west sees thing through its own eyes.
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The Market Fiddles While Beijing Lungs Burn
The fact this photo appears during the crucial Paris climate summit raises its relevance, and the anxiety, to a whole different level.
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The Latest Terror Attack and a 19th Century Painting
I doubt that the photographer was thinking of Caillebotte’s work when snapping the photo in Brussels, but the connection is there in several ways.
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Thankful
On Thanksgiving, it's worth appreciating the president's moral bearings when it comes to the worldwide refugee crisis.
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From Russia With Love: Pounding Syria in the Name of Paris
Given how the Russians are using the fight against ISIS to distract from its support for Assad, the phrase on the bomb can be ambiguous.
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Less Than a Day Later, a Paris All-Too-Normal. (Photo: Alex Majoli)
If it’s primarily about Parisians reclaiming their cafe life and affirming their resilience, I wonder if the photo isn’t more provocative than that.
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On Charlie Hebdo’s (Latest) Paris Attack Response
If it’s about the latest attack on Paris, it seems to say as much, or more, about the last one.
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Who’s French Now? The Most Political, and Poignant Aftermath Photos from the Paris Attack.
If the attack changed the way France sees its Muslims, its foreign born and even non-whites, how did that inform the immediate imagery?
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From Guerrilla to Boy Band: The Paris Ringleader and ISIS Photo Tactics
The discrepant photos of Abdelhamid not only demonstrate their marketing prowess, but how easily ISIS can tweak the west.
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Eiffel Tower Peace Sign: Branding or Love Call (if for Impending Security State)?
The effort to stop a ruthless tyranny can lead to a state where the Paris of today is only a memory.
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Photographing the Refugee Crisis: The Significance of Less Context
Let me suggest that the more interchangeable the images, they more they point toward the full significance of this historical moment.
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The Season’s Most Cynical Political Costume Photo
Of course, it's not outside the realm of possibility the family of this kid understood how xenophobic Trump is.
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Ashley Gilbertson’s “New Europeans”: A More Subtle Migrant Exodus
This photo of migrant children on the Macedonia/Greece border uniquely captures the more daily highs and lows of this historic period.
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