As much as I’ve read about and seen images of car bombs and suicide attacks, I realize it’s actually next-to-impossible for me to relate to such a thing. On the other hand, the destruction of an awning at a roadside cafe? In that case, I more than understand the...
Continue ReadingI wanted my readers to know that I’m a little off my usual pace this week. This is partly due to some “field work” I was doing for the “Punching up the Orange” post below. If you’ve been following the thread, the photographer who took the NYTimes photo I...
Continue ReadingIf you’ve been following the BAG, you know that I’m not one to follow the internecine struggles of the blogosphere. That said, I sort of got caught up in the initial buzz involving the Huffington Post, and the fact it was positioning itself as the anti-Drudge. Because I keep...
Continue ReadingThis Sunday’s latest perfunctory Iraq story in the NYT seems to sum up what’s wildly wrong with the coverage of the war — as well as, perhaps, what’s wrong with the overall American military strategy. Simply put, there is no context to it. Take this image, for example. The...
Continue ReadingSo, how did this picture come about this week? And why did it go by so fast? And why all the groping? Could it be because Tony Blair is coming to Washington next week … and Blair has thrown his personal prestige behind raising an additional $25 billion for...
Continue ReadingIn Europe, car companies have tailored advertising to gays for years now. With the practice fairly new to the States, however, the American Family Association — led by the grossly over entitled Donald Wildmon — has been motivated to launch boycottFord.com. The AFA is inflamed over the fact Ford...
Continue ReadingTypically, the BAG tends to looks at one picture at a time. However, I thought it might be interesting to consider the visual politics surrounding one issue, thinking about how the White House is used to stringing a series of strategic photo ops into a campaign. Obviously, in putting...
Continue ReadingIt’s surprising how many people wrote me about the controversial commercial Arnold Schwarzenegger just released. If you haven’t heard about it, the acting Gov is being slammed for an ad he did filled with product placements on behalf of his largest financial backers. As someone who earned his earliest...
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