Yesterday, I had my say on the Edwards withdrawal. Today though, I'd like to share this shot from Alan Chin taken at the announcement in New Orleans on Tuesday.
Continue ReadingI thought it was worth a minute for a few visual examples of how much the media has at stake at dramatizing and producing the '08 election. The video -- which I borrowed from CNN because there was no way to capture a link to it, although I try...
Continue ReadingFrom the first day he entered the presidential race, the NYT treated Edwards like a phony.
Continue ReadingThese are pictures I snapped outside Heath Ledger's apartment on the night of his death. By the time I got there, the media hubbub had died down a bit, but I think these still represent the bizarre scene that ensued.
Continue ReadingToday's NYThas a prime example of stephen crowley's irreplaceable political observation: Perhaps Mccain's appeal as a plain speaker is based on a real lack of pretension, or so this seemingly unrehearsed moment would suggest.... All three are crossing the threshold from a beige triangular space, into a larger lighter...
Continue ReadingLook at this thumbnail image that appeared today on the on-line of The Times in Print. Of course, if you only saw the article itself, the you might not notice the same effect -- with Hillary so dramatically severed from Teddy.
Continue ReadingAs the cover visual for a trillion word article about the power dynamics of worldwide political and economic interdependence, what is most striking about this cover is the fact that the U.S. is pictured in a sea of darkness.
Continue ReadingA consistent problem in the visual coverage of the Gaza story, and the Palestinian crisis overall, involves the inability to differentiate a Palestinian public from, say, Hamas.
Continue ReadingWith Zogby warning the race was tightening, and the media convinced Bubba had gotten into Barack's head, this proved a quintessential photo in the South Carolina media narrative. (It appeared in Friday's NYT "On The Trail" slideshow.)
Continue ReadingIn this clever snap, picking up Jeffrey Feldman's point, Obama seems to have "lost hope."
Continue ReadingI was studying newswire pics of the stimulus deal announcement (featuring Pelosi, sandwiched between the House Republican leader and the Republican Treasury Secretary), already thinking they looked overly one-sided, when the story of the deal hit the NYT on-line, led by the pic above.
Continue ReadingI'm sure the Reuters photographer, shooting this picture near Baquba in mid-December, was just looking to create a little interest. What he actually delivers, however, is a reminder of just how thoroughly the view of this war is a matter of perception.
Continue ReadingI offer you this as a reminder of how subjective it is to analyze social and political imagery.
Continue ReadingFixed in my mind was a scene from January 10th involving George Bush's visit to the West Bank. That morning, because of heavy fog, "43" was forced to forsake his helicopter and travel by ground, via motorcade. Although the press was highly tamped down throughout Dubya's entire Middle East...
Continue ReadingSpecifically, though, its an analysis of an image he shot on the campaign trail in New Hampshire, and a look at how campaign coverage can be seen to reflect a "Facebook aesthetic." Ferry is more well known for his work in and about Columbia. The part of his bio...
Continue ReadingSo, I was watching the "behind the scenes" video by indy media group, GroundReport, from the spin room of Tuesday's Democratic debate. I didn't notice it at first, but then I was struck by something. Behind Carl Cameron, the Chief Political Correspondent for FOX was a huge banner for...
Continue ReadingThis seems like an interesting play on the rather searing contradiction in South Carolina this week between Bill Clinton's two identities -- the affectionate one as "America's first black president" and the second as Hillary's (problematic) attack dog.
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