Photography

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Reading The Pictures: It's Nice To See A Brown Girl Get Some Attention

Michael Shaw | Posted 12.25.2008 | Media

Read More: Photos, Photography, Michelle Obama, Photo, Allison Samuels, News Photos, Newsweek Cover, Obama Photos, Obama News, Obama, Media, Brown, Beauty, Brown Skin, African-American, Politics, Newsweek Obama, Political Photos, Obama Race, Obama Politics, News, Media News

I thought it was quite contradictory -- and a lost opportunity -- that Newsweek's cover was black-and-white ... and Michelle is so (bathed in) light.

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Culture Zohn: Cindy Sherman Channels the End of an Era

Patricia Zohn | Posted 12.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Photography, Contemporary Art, Chelsea, Metro Pictures, David Byrne, Cindy Sherman, Entertainment News

Cindy Sherman, photographer extraordinaire, has always had her incisive gaze focused firmly on herself, yet it has been the self of a thousand faces.

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Faces of 2008: Portraits from the Colorado Convention Center

John Beebe | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Photography, Democratic Convention, Dnc, Portraits, Politics News

These portraits were taken in the chaotic heart of the Colorado Convention Center during the DNC. They reveal the faces of people who know that hope is much harder to hold onto than fear.

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Reading The Pictures: McCain To The Skinheads In Four Easy Steps

Michael Shaw | Posted 11.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Photography, Politics, John McCain, McCain Skinheads, Obama Election, McCain Violence, News Photos, McCain Palin, Mccain Fear, Mccain, Obama, Campaign, Photojournalism, Election, Obama Race, Media News

I'm skeptical about drawing conclusions about Obama's near, middle or long-term safety based on the so-called plot by two crazy skin heads disclosed yesterday.

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Earth From Above Photography Exhibition Shows Unique Perspectives Of Planet (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Johanna Smith | Posted 11.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Photography, Earth, Activist Art, Aerial Photos, Slideshow, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Green News

The view from a hovering helicopter affords perhaps the best vantage point from which to observe and capture the Earth's beauty -- and fragility. I re...

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Help Us Break a Vital Story

Amy Novogratz | Posted 11.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Ted, Photography, TED Prize, James Nachtwey, Orphanages, Orphans, Romanian Orphanages, Romania, Living News

When photographer Nachtwey heard about a crisis in Romanian orphanages, and couldn't find an editor who'd send him there to cover it, he paid his own way to shoot the story.

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Banana Peels

Jan Herman | Posted 11.01.2008 | Media

Read More: Photography, 9/11, Newspapers, Banana Republic, Headlines, Las Vegas, Terrorism, Media News

The excuse for running the photo was an FAA warning that the city's building boom could complicate Southern Nevada flight traffic 10 years from now. Uh-huh...

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Every Picture Tells a Story

Naomi Foner | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sara Palin, Obama, Election, Sarah Palin, Photography, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News

He has to tell us his story in the same compelling way that she's telling hers. In a way that makes us feel he's just like us. The way she has. It's a game we don't know how to play.

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Military Blocks Photos Of US Dead

New York Times | MICHAEL KAMBER and TIM ARANGO | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Photography, Iraq War, US Casualties Iraq, US Troops, Iraq War Photos, Iraq War Deaths, Politics News

The case of a freelance photographer in Iraq who was barred from covering the Marines after he posted photos on the Internet of several of them dead h...

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Flickr Watch: Russian Infestation!

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Photography, Barack Obama, Politics News

Joe Scarborough may think he's got us bloggers pegged correctly as Cheeto-eating miscreants, but at least one protester in Chicago knows the score whe...

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How Art School Reveals Human Nature

Seth Roberts | Posted 07.08.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: College Students, Photography, Illustration, California College of the Arts, Fashion Designers, Art School, Artists, Entertainment News

Sure, we can learn about human nature by looking at art. What's less obvious, at least to me, is how much can be learned about human nature by observing art students.

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Reading The Pictures: War Is Personal

Michael Shaw | Posted 07.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Photography, Iraq War, Eugene Richards, Media News

I'm certain the depiction of trauma and loss suffered by Iraq veterans will be recognized as playing a critical role in galvanizing the American public against an otherwise fundamentally sanitized war.