Atlanta Photojournalism's 1st Place Photo and the Afghan Girl
What becomes so powerful about Qadri's shot is the way this woman's head can actually seem to rotate from face forward, to sideways and hidden, as one unpacks the two.
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The Battle for Fangirls '16. Or: "Look Dad, it’s Hillary Fuckang Clintaaaaaaaan!!!!"
On Hillary Clinton and the early contest for the hipster millennial female swing voter.
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Weaponizing the Burka
In this case, the extreme aggression is completely flipped through the language — repurposing a highly specific portrait as an act of character assassination.
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The Focus on Janay Rice: The Pictures are Powerful, but Why are They Necessary?
Visuals that train the focus on Janay Rice rather than her husband play into the narrative that Ray Rice and the Ravens worked hard to construct—this is a marital problem rather than a criminal offense.
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On the NYT Mag "Abortion by Mail" Cover
The significance of the new NYT Mag cover (if you read the article) is to simultaneously describe, announce and usher in the next incarnation, and a still greater degree of discretion and control for women over their reproductive destiny.
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On Carolyn Cole’s Striking Photo of an Injured Muslim Woman in Gaza
Speaking for myself, I can hardly remember a news photo of a woman in a chador laying injured, let alone lying down.
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Pictures Beyond the Veil: The Hijab and Free Choice
Although compulsary veiling is certainly a violation of women’s civil rights, the act of unveiling can similarly obscure women’s identities.
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US Media + Brazil + World Cup = Show Me Some Skin
Talking predictions, get ready for a generous and gratuitous display of skin -- and I'm not just referring males on the pitch -- in the North American coverage of the international sports spectacle.
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Las Vegas Cop Killers Jerad and Amanda Miller (Not Necessarily in That Order)
Perhaps the couple is an anomaly. Perhaps not, however. Maybe what we're seeing is the emergence of the female far-right revolutionary and domestic terrorist.
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Glimpses of the Missing Nigerian Girls: Glenna Gordon's Photos of Extraordinary Ordinary Things
Notebooks, uniforms, their own clothes and finally photographs of the girls themselves. They are ordinary things that in this extraordinary context start to build up into a sad, touching image of some of the lives that have been torn away from their normal course.
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Visual Media, Misogyny and the UCSB Shooting: The Alpha Phi “Upskirt” Shot
Is the objectification of women so entrenched in our culture and media that it's inescapable, even in the visual reporting of this extraordinarily troubling story?
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Bring Back Our Girls … From the Digital Divide
What the girls represented was a blind spot -- active evidence that the web isn't, in fact, omniscient, and our digital experience -- as much as it feels like the essence of inclusivity -- is overwhelmingly exclusive and exclusionary.
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#BringBackOurGirls: The Complex Optics of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation
The controversy over the politics of representation in #BringBackOurGirls must be used to bolster the broader campaign for women’s safety, autonomy, and right to consent.
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That Vanity Fair Monica Lewinsky Spread: Black and White and Re(a)d All Over
What were left with (if it's not a parody on her claim to fame) is the act of her giving her body.
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The Open-and-Shut Assault Case Against Occupy Activist, Cecily McMillan: Just Look at the Pictures
And, if you thought this story had to do with anything more than the state and a woman's body, this shot puts that to rest.
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Ambassadors! They’re Just Like Us! A Day in the Life of Samantha Power
Photo spreads like these are part celebrity profile and part Horatio Alger myth.
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On the Barbie/SI Swimsuit Cover: The Advertorial Girl
So let me ask you: is it a promo for an American sport magazine's yearly franchise editorial feature or is it an advertisement for an iconic American children’s doll?
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Sports Illustrated's Michael Sam "Coming Out" Cover: Gay Alien or Perfectly Macho?
Speaking just for the picture, you're either "a scary, awesome beast" that won't tolerate whining, or you're not SI cover material.
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