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Notes Photo April 18, 2017

What’s in an Easter Egg Roll? The Trumps Unguarded

The rarest opportunity to see Trump and his family in a personal situation, photographers haven't had this kind of prolonged access to him since the inauguration.

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Notes Photo April 10, 2017

Between the Trump and Obama Situation Room Photos

As easily as one sees a parallel between the Obama and Trump situation room photos, the comparison -- like most things Trump under closer inspection -- starts to unravel.

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Notes Photo April 3, 2017

On Melania Trump’s Official White House Portrait

Melania Trump, and a White House visual convention.

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Notes Photo March 26, 2017

TrumpCare Road Rage: Our Weekly Social Media Roundup

Looking back at the GOP's health care collapse, the president's trucker photo op defined the week.

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Notes Photo March 24, 2017

On the Tillerson Photo at the North Korea DMZ

Simply put, you don't want to be photo bombed, or any other kind of bombed by North Korea.

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Notes Photo March 20, 2017

11 Takeaways on Donald Trump Jr. in Flannel

It's so much easier for the media to do its pandering, or throw a bone, in the style section.

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Notes Photo March 16, 2017

Reading the Trump “First 50 Days” Photo Album

If anything, the photo album brings Trump's guardedness, and the quality and amount of White House visual disclosure, into greater relief.

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Notes Photo March 13, 2017

What’s in a White House Profile Image?

A friend of mine asked if I had noticed the difference on Twitter between the Obama and the Trump White House profile images.

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Notes Photo March 9, 2017

Through a Glass, Darkly: Visibility in Trump’s America

It seems to me that the news photo too often is showing us only the aftermath. Too much of the damage is being done off-stage.

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Notes Photo March 6, 2017

Tiny Trumps Don’t Shrink the Sexual Power Trip

This Tiny Trump is funny, in essence, because he is smaller than a woman. The joke, ultimately, is at her expense.

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Notes Photo March 1, 2017

Trump’s Address to Congress: What Caught Our Eye

Trump received wide praise for his performance last night addressing a joint session of Congress. The problem is, that's mostly what it was.

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Notes Photo February 25, 2017

Trump In La La Land: Our Social Media Roundup

Amidst the town hall jigs, the climate change la de da and Trump's Ali shuffle, don't miss the Day Without Immigrants pirouette.

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Notes Photo February 21, 2017

On Tokenism, and Trump’s Jewish Make-Up Photo at the African American Museum

Trump turns this moment -- and the African American Museum of History and Culture itself -- into the same thing it converts every shred of real estate into.

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Notes Photo February 19, 2017

Boy with Hand Grenade: Our Social Media Roundup

One month into the Trump administration, the forecast is for more explosiveness.

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Notes Photo February 17, 2017

The Size Epidemic. It’s Not Just Trump.

President Trump is not the only one who has turned to magnitude in order to visualize the meaning, purpose, and effects of his presidency.

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Notes Photo February 13, 2017

Crisis Follies: Trump’s N. Korea Missile Dinner

The photo demonstrates Trump's conflict between country club owner and Commander-in-Chief. The dreamy look during a potential world crisis is quite damning.

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Notes Photo February 10, 2017

Black Soldiers as White House Props, Once Again

I predict a steady diet of pictures like this one as the White House panders along.

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Notes Photo February 5, 2017

Donald Meets Mad Ave in the First Trump Super Bowl

More and more, corporations are coming to understand how much prosperity is tied to the health and humanism of our society.

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