In the assault on the Capitol, the distinction between faith, nation, and godhead finally and completely broke down.
Continue ReadingHow much censorship colors a NY Times Guantánamo Bay photo essay on censorship.
Continue ReadingHow well does Lynsey Addario’s New York Times boot camp story stand up in the age of #MeToo?
Continue ReadingThis week, Chatting the Pictures, our 20-minute webcast analyzing news photos, looks at key pictures of the year from Yemen, Gaza, and Washington D.C.
Continue ReadingWhat stokes the media as effectively as it fuels insurgency and state power--especially in the Trump era? Simply put, it's the fireworks.
Continue ReadingVisual evidence of Aleppo's horrors has not produced compassion fatigue but doubt in the ability to intervene. That is what the rescue photos demonstrate.
Continue ReadingHow do we come to terms with the Mosul bombing, and a suddenly poisonous and reviled United States of America?
Continue ReadingThe overlap between online and social media, and war and terror is so complex, it's hard to make sense of what we're looking at.
Continue ReadingUltimately, and in contrast to the Alan Kurdi wake-up call, the photograph of Omran, the wounded Syrian boy in the ambulance, is a rescue fantasy.
Continue ReadingWhat stood out from the terror attack in Brussels is how two slightly different cell phone photos became defining images of the event.
Continue ReadingI wanted to focus on the more political side of Mary F. Calvert’s award-winning photo project on women raped or sexually assaulted while serving in the U.S. military.
Continue ReadingThese photos surface uncomfortable realities about an America (still) at war.
Continue ReadingThis New York Times photo feature is less about military propaganda than it is about selling the next "good war."
Continue ReadingThe staying power of US war culture depends on a citizenry that keeps its distance from actual warfare.
Continue ReadingWhile these two photographs aren't the only ones recognized as award winners, their place at the top does offer some insight into a limited range of human experience.
Continue ReadingCertainly, these organizations have better uses of their time right now -- including, keeping their photographers alive while adhering to ethical standards -- without having to contend with libelous charges being leveled on impulse.
Continue ReadingIn this atmosphere of doubt, it's worthwhile to consider these images involving the presence of this musical instrument in multiple images. What really convinced me to share them publicly, though, was the confusing and misdirected explanation I received from Reuters after having contacted them.
Continue ReadingWe hope that this post might contribute to a thoughtful, open and persistent examination about the truth behind this story as well as the issues surrounding how photos in conflict zones can be procured today.
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