In contrast to the hopeful "liberation" photos coming out of the Square, this one frames the potential downfall of the government as more of a downfall overall.
Continue ReadingAs photographer David Degner explains, his photo in Cairo on Wednesday possibly represents the last instance of the Egyptian government and the police tightly controlling protests, and protest photos, for show.
Continue ReadingThe "chemistry" between the military and civilian protesters flooding out of Cairo right now is very interesting. After this "first kiss," or attempt at one, only a few days ago, we see quite a twist above.
Continue ReadingGiven how the Tea Party likes to dress up, I'm wondering if Jorge's mockery is "going there" too.
Continue ReadingIf the situation in the Middle East represents a complex challenge for Obama right now, the crisis, from a visual perspective, also involves a confrontation between the hopes he raised (and the WH photos amplified) between the President's dramatic speech at Cairo University in June of 2009 and the...
Continue ReadingThe photo -- in contrast to many variants on the newswire -- is so powerful because of the visceral sense of the government pissing on its citizenry.
Continue ReadingWell, the election is over, so thanks for the revolution?
Continue ReadingThe perilous battle that was fought during World War II in the Pacific at Iwo Jima was a battle against all odds, and yet this picture immortalizes the victory of young GIs over the incursion against the Japanese. These six young men raising the flag came to symbolize all...
Continue ReadingThis photo of the events in Tunisia is one of the more suggestive I've seen, a poignant contrast when it comes to corruption, elitism, the bubble around the despot -- and the ultimate fragility of that paradise.
Continue ReadingI can't help wondering if this cover is less about "tough love meets Dr. Spock" than it is about immigrant bashing and a back-handed swipe at China.
Continue ReadingThe Giffords shooting, sensitively as well as artfully handled by a President hell-bent on achieving consensus and fostering bipartisanship since he was elected (better, since he was a teenager), is starting to look like a game changer. If the empty chair left open for Giffords during the SOTU was...
Continue ReadingAs Obama simultaneously hits the field for the term's second half, kicks off the campaign and also morphs into a Chamber of Commerce man, I'm loving these shots from his GE photo-op (in which, while in Schenectady, he cut Paul Volker in exchange for Chairman Immelt).
Continue ReadingWhat I'm trying to figure out is how much these portraits reflect and suffer from a general cheap opinion of the Congress and the Representative versus how much the institution, particularly in this anti-incumbent and "Tea Party" year, is attracting some real characters.
Continue ReadingIs it just me, or is this Administration projecting all kinds of confidence right now?
Continue ReadingThe scene is quite sensual, Commander Kelly in this loving gaze illuminated by the sun and married to the beauty of the vista and the striking clarity of the day from the hospital rooftop.
Continue ReadingWhile the businessman fixes his gaze up and away from the poster, we're all familiar with how a photograph-inside-a-photograph like this also suggests a fantasy inside a man's mind.
Continue ReadingAn insight into the American worker? An illustration of the human dimension of the economy? These images convey a troubling uniformity in their Stepford-like lack of affect. Far from the condition of insecurity, a condition we'd be able to tell through some form of fresh expressiveness, the only emotion...
Continue ReadingAs part of Team Obama's new love affair with Wall Street, the bankers are now on the inside.
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