Frankly, the caption raises a lot more questions than it answers in what otherwise makes sense as a moment I would never have gotten to see.
Continue ReadingThe impetus for the photo-illustration is to take over, handle and re-animate the bloody hell.
Continue ReadingCertainly, these organizations have better uses of their time right now -- including, keeping their photographers alive while adhering to ethical standards -- without having to contend with libelous charges being leveled on impulse.
Continue ReadingDepending on how associative your mind is, this AP photo from Gaza City can be seen to draw an analogy between 9/11 and the shattering hurt still unfurling in Gaza this deathly season.
Continue ReadingNever finding full repast, Till I eat the world at last.
Continue ReadingWhat with all the jetliners and missiles falling out if the sky, what's truly stunning about this photo is that all those projectiles are simply weather.
Continue ReadingWhat is commanding the world's attention in this latest war and the Israeli bombardment is the toll it has taken, and continues to take on children.
Continue ReadingThese photos reflect the growing sense that Israel and the IDF are not going to survive this latest war with the swagger intact.
Continue ReadingI think the degree of artistry and the level of poetry in these photos only increases with the horror. Apparently, the artistry is acting like a buffering agent, the beauty and mystique confounding the more amplified violence and gore.
Continue ReadingWhile the world is fixated on Gaza, the Muslims in Burma/Myanmar bear the added trauma of being ignored or considered not worth saving.
Continue ReadingIt seems fateful phrases are coming more easily at the moment than regular words.
Continue ReadingIf something happened at night, you can't turn it into day.
Continue ReadingWhat's brilliant about the photo is how it's plays the "post-racial" ideal against the reality of continuing racism and discrimination.
Continue ReadingAll that intensity makes the rest more unspeakable as we view the broken body of another cousin, futilely hanging on to life, as he's carried like a sack.
Continue ReadingSurely images are published from time to time that slip through the editing process. The question, however, is where does one draw the line between documenting and exploiting, between reporting and voyeurism?
Continue ReadingJournalists have become targets in that many places for that long now that their vulnerability, and ultimately their fungibility, has ceased to even be noteworthy.
Continue ReadingThese images are only a small sampling, but the symbolism should be clear: LeBron James is still a savior, the prodigal son awaiting his redemption.
Continue ReadingIf the layout is a twist on the ability of a news page to capture the impact, it’s also a commentary on how anachronistic the paper has become.
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