Media Focus Archives - Page 5 of 44

Notes Photo January 15, 2016

Getty’s GOP Debate Pix: Lunacy Without the Mockery (Mostly)

To the extent the photos by Olson and company are lunatic, just consider the subject matter.

Notes Photo January 13, 2016

Obama’s Last State of the Union – A News Photo Grand Tour

We take a spin around the chamber during Obama's SOTU swan song.

Notes Photo January 11, 2016

On the Sean Penn – “El Chapo” Photo

This photo might have been for proof, but what it really does is promote three brands.

Notes Photo January 5, 2016

Has Disaster Gone Modern? New Years Fire & Fireworks in Dubai

Are disasters the trade-off for living in a grander, richer, more technological, more super-sized and more sensational century?

Notes Photo January 4, 2016

Cosby: The Premier

Featuring Bill Cosby arriving at his booking, the Reuters photo foreshadows the coming media show.

Notes Photo December 30, 2015

The Visual Sin of the Year

The admission of an unethical act is not an excuse for publishing these photos. And passing off the unethical act as news is not justification either.

Notes Photo December 20, 2015

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.

Notes Photo December 16, 2015

The GOP Debate with the Sound Off

So a year in to the GOP race, what can we glean from last night's Las Vegas show?

Notes Photo December 14, 2015

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.

Notes Photo December 10, 2015

Trump and “The Scream.” The (Visual) Backlash Begins?

Mockery only plays Trump's game. Considering some of Landon Nordeman's images for TIME, there's plenty to see around the scream.

Notes Photo December 8, 2015

Trump as Führer. It Doesn’t Happen on its Own.

Yes, stylistic echoes of the Führer are inescapable. But it's more complicated than that.

Notes Photo December 7, 2015

“Game Changing” Pirelli Calendar Still Exists to Sell Tires to Men

Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, the Pirelli calendar still leads with nakedness, privileges whiteness, and assumes that men are always, inevitably the primary viewers.

Notes Photo December 4, 2015

The Climate Crisis (& Why You’ve Gotta Love Those Businessweek Covers)

If PC is out the window, in this case, it's perfectly called for.

Notes Photo November 23, 2015

Trump’s Praise for Protester Pummeling: Even FOX Hosts Stung

There could be a whole collection, in the Library of Congress perhaps, capturing true emotional reactions before the audience slipped back into passive assent or just on-camera cool.