Lunch Break, Or Worse
In these Chinese industrial towns, perhaps a little shut eye, a little shade and a little cardboard adds up to something completely practical.
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The Anti-ISIS "Coalition" and the Fiction of One Iraq: The Flags Tell You All You Need To Know
You can read any number of articles describing how Iraq and its military is a fiction. But the reality is fluttering right there in the wind.
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Girl With Scarf — or a Mutation?
I just can't help seeing a second face in the picture.
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Photojournalism and Public Trauma: Safe Travels
If we can't even trust our own pilots, is there anyone or anything left that we can depend on to assure our safe travels?
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Waves Like Mountains: Viral Nature Photos in the Age of Climate Change
The article explains the power and interest in these pictures in terms of their ability to capture the "raw, majestic, natural power of the sea.” But, could there be more at play here?
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Military Photo Awards: Taking Some Ownership on Domestic Violence
One glance is enough to appreciate the photo as tacit acknowledgement of the military’s rampant sexual harassment and abuse problems.
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Obama at the Science Fair
It’s an indication of Obama’s self-assuredness that he tried out the goods in front of a room-full of news photographers at this year’s White House Science Fair.
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High Hopes for '16 Optics … as we Launch by Cruz
Knowing that photographers and the public are expecting more creativity, more storytelling and more editorializing out of their news photography these days, I'm hopeful Campaign '16 will allow for visual reveals.
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On Der Spiegel's Jolly “Angela Merkel and the 7 Nazis” Cover
What’s going on, if you ask me, is the use of exaggeration and a bit of mockery to minimize the Greeks.
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Meta of the Military Photography Awards: You’re Either Flying High or Laid Low
While these two photographs aren't the only ones recognized as award winners, their place at the top does offer some insight into a limited range of human experience.
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Ball Gowns and Boots: On the Rebel Fighters’ Beauty Pageant in Donetsk
As fighting continues to rage in portions of Donetsk, Russian-backed rebel fighters recently took time out of their busy schedules to honor International Women’s Day by . . . staging a beauty pageant.
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How We Look at the Black Man Who May or May Not Have Been Shooting at Two Officers in Ferguson
One would hope that editors would understand the moral and political liability of framing Williams as a protester, tainting the rallies and protests in Ferguson by suggesting the shooting of the officers was intentional, retaliatory or racially-motivated.
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Israel: Election Landscape
There is a mountain of imagery on the newswire right now on the impending Israeli election. This, though, seems to strike the perfect note of irony.
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Looking For Holes in the Marathon Bomber's Story
Considering the high stakes when it comes to terrorism and the law, you can understand why the Feds want to make sure there aren't any holes in their story.
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Horns Are The Least Of It: Quick Takes On The New TIME Hillary Cover
Of course, if you want to avoid the silhouette altogether....
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Light Over Time: Picturing Appalachia — by Roger May
Light’s early Appalachia work is important in that it was intended to shed light on labor corruption and poor working conditions of miners in the region. My work in general is not about reacting to political unrest, but rather waiting, looking, listening to quieter moments while not shying away...
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