Trump/Putin Kiss: Favs from our Twitter and Instagram
What with Memorial Day and the gap until the California primary, the presidential campaign has been in a slight lull. In our round up this week, we mostly circle back to show you images that either...
View ArticleWhen Gag News Photos Are No Joke
As a matter of course, we just don’t do gag photos at this blog. After all, we’re providing serious public commentary, right? And we feature many outstanding photographs. As the gag photo often is...
View ArticleAll in the Family: Democratic Convention Day One
Unless you’re following us on three platforms (here, Twitter and Instagram), we think you’ll appreciate these roundups choosing out our social media favorites delivered to the sphere each day of the...
View ArticleThe Art and Technology of this Year’s Olympic Photographs
Looking at this year’s Olympic photos, it’s impossible not to take awe at the creativity and imagination of the news photography. Of course, there is no replacement for the skillful shooter. At the...
View ArticleIt’s Not Just a Photo, it’s a Story — The Italian Earthquake, and What News...
(click for full size) The landscape of news photography is constantly changing. One of the ways that’s happening is that more single-frame news photos are actually telling stories. Just like a good...
View ArticleMemory, Poetry and Politics: Thoughtful Views from Instagram on the 15th...
In recent anniversary years, we’ve been interested in new, or unpublished photos of 9/11 to help us remember, process and mourn. Last year, we published a unique photo of boys on bicycles at Ground...
View ArticleOvershadowed by his Photo: The Afterlives of Omran Daqneesh
In the autumn of 2013, following the release of numerous photos and videos documenting the aftermath of chemical weapons attacks by Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, President Obama gave a televised...
View ArticleGender and the World Press Photo 2018 Award Finalists
The fact World Press Photo has shifted to an “Academy Awards” style process this year has produced a curious result. I am no longer interested in who (or, which man) will win the photo Oscar for...
View ArticleDepicting Poverty: Matt Black Pushes Documentary Photography to its Fullest...
We know what poverty looks like: unpainted boards, empty windows and door frames, broken roofing. Or it could be sagging fences and telephone poles, or cracked pavement and graffiti-stained concrete...
View ArticlePhoto of a Drowned Migrant Father and Daughter Is Fading Fast
Two weeks ago, we predicted in a post here that the photo of two drowning migrants, Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his daughter, represented a political tipping point. Below, visual scholar Jens...
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