Militarism Focus Archives - Page 3 of 14

Notes Photo December 23, 2014

Wedding Photography and Gun Fights: Quite the Timing, No?

The way guns can so quickly refigure domestic life, I wonder if members of this wedding party appreciated just how loaded this pictures is.

Notes Photo December 14, 2014

About the Photo (I Mean, Photos) of the Undercover Cop Pulling His Gun on Oakland Protesters

Does the photo of the undercover cop pointing his gun at a photographer come with more social and editorial baggage than most can handle?

Notes Photo December 12, 2014

Protesters vs. Props for Freedom: College Athletes Can’t Breathe Either

The solidarity of the players expresses a desire not to wear “freedom” as a slogan but to seize it as a fragile part of their daily lives.

Notes Photo December 3, 2014

Open and Shut: On that NYT NYPD Body Cam Pic

If the gestures allude to the use of the camera as "open and shut," that's a double-fantasy.

Notes Photo November 23, 2014

ISIS and the Free Syrian Army Meet Clint and Black Friday

Shouting references to Clint Eastwood, yet another example of the pervasiveness of American culture from an overseas war zone.

Notes Photo November 12, 2014

The Day After Remembrance Day

Much ink has been spilled about whether photojournalism should expose the bodily horror of war. This photo, like many others in the archive, demonstrate that less can be more: there is little need to see the gore, because more than physical destruction is at stake.

Notes Photo November 10, 2014

The Hyper-Patriotism and Harmony of These Veteran's Day Naturalization Ceremonies

The nostalgia must be tempered ... knowing how much America excels when it comes to promise.

Notes Photo September 17, 2014

"In Focus": Media Using Pentagon Pics As News Photos (Again)

The inference here is that a photo taken by a photojournalist for a news organization and one taken by a soldier to ennoble the military really has no difference.

Notes Photo September 4, 2014

Compassionate Conservatism: Damon Winter’s New Photos from Gitmo for The NY Times

The new wrinkle is on how the prisoners are allowed more contact with each other as long as they demonstrate good behavior.

Notes Photo August 11, 2014

The Art of War

Is America equipped to fight adversaries that do not follow traditional rules of engagement?

Notes Photo August 7, 2014

Gaza Parting Shots: Hamas Revealed, Israel No But(t)s

Fitting of perhaps the most (visually and politically) polarizing news event I can remember, the parting imagery from Israel and Gaza could not be stranger and more cutting.

Notes Photo August 6, 2014

Why There Aren’t Any Photos of Hamas Fighters (and Why the NYT, Tyler Hicks and Photographers Have Been Unfairly Blamed)

Let's call it "the drone factor."

Notes Photo August 1, 2014

Between Israel and Gaza, How the Pictures Could Possibly Relate

What does it even mean to do justice to the soul-crushing photos pouring out of Gaza and Israel these past three weeks? And then where does balance come into it?

Notes Photo July 31, 2014

George and Angela

Frankly, the caption raises a lot more questions than it answers in what otherwise makes sense as a moment I would never have gotten to see.

Notes Photo July 28, 2014

Gaza's 9/11?

Depending on how associative your mind is, this AP photo from Gaza City can be seen to draw an analogy between 9/11 and the shattering hurt still unfurling in Gaza this deathly season.