February 2012
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Visual topoi of Campaign 2012: Photos of Mitt... →
Slideshow from Talking Points Memo. #teamrhetoric
January 2012
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December 2011
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November 2011
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October 2011
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WatchPhotographer and blogger Pete Brook of Prison Photography is in the midst of an 8,000 mile cross-country road trip. I’ll let him tell you about it:
‘Prison Photography’ on the Road is about photography. I’ll be meeting the most creative and celebrated photographers who, through their work in prisons, have shaped America’s visual culture and the debate on U.S....
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September 2011
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August 2011
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Visual Politics of Dinner →
June 2011
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Picturing America?
David Campbell has a really smart commentary today on why photojournalism seems to be “afraid of home.” Though he admits he’s generalizing a bit, he observes that photojournalism seems most vital and romantic when it’s operating offshore. But he also argues that there is much good work happening on the home front, and mentions specifically a project I’m especially...
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How to Photograph the Entire World: The Google...
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Doug Rickard, Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, 2008
The drum machine arrived in popular music in the late 1970’s. By 1983, only a few years later, after 50,000 years of live human drumming, mainstream audiences had fully embraced this sound in hits like “Rockit.” Just as remarkable, Herbie Hancock was able to pioneer both acoustic jazz and a song created with electronic drums.
A similar...
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BAGnews named a top 20 photo blog!
Breaking news! BAGnewsNotes was just named a top 20 photo blog by LIFE.com. Of The BAG, it wrote
Examining the tiniest, seemingly mundane details of an image to extract its power, its meaning, and its message, the Notes blog (part of a larger site featuring original photography and live interactive discussions) fulfills its mission of “reading the pictures” by starting ...
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May 2011
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Next BAGNews Salon on June 5: The Fall of Bin... →
The BagNewsSalon brings together the eyes and voices of the world’s leading photojournalists, visual academics and other highly-informed observers to analyze select edits of news photographs in a 90 minute online discussion format. I’ll be moderating what looks to be a lively discussion. Join us! If you can’t participate in real time, all salons are archived for later...
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April 2011
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March 2011
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WatchTaryn Simon on how she accesses secret sites where she photographs. More TED talks for this week in visual politics.
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WatchEdward Burtynsky’s large-format photographs chronicle the life of oil in modern society. More TED talks for this week in visual politics.
February 2011
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WatchThis week in visual politics, a sampler of TED talks about photography. First up: Nick Veasey.
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A few good links to ongoing visual...
Here are some especially good sources for visual analysis and coverage of recent events in Egypt:
BagNews has fantastic, ongoing reports from photographers on the scene, including Alan Chin, Chris Hondros, and David Degner.
NYT Lens Blog on how to get your camera where it needs to be and dangers to photographers in Cairo.
In wake of current events, Vietnam-era photojournalists reflect on...
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Thoughts on manuscript reviewing: Some publishing...
Setting aside visual politics for a moment, I want to share some of the ideas I presented at the recent Midwest Winter Workshop in Iowa City. The MWW is a fantastic, grad student-organized event held at rotating Big 10 campuses each year. This year I was asked to join Jeff Bennett and John Lucaites on a panel about publishing. Given that I review a fair number of manuscripts, I decided to talk...
January 2011
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Rhetoric scholars comment on rhetoric, violence,...
Jennifer Mercieca of Texas A&M explains role of metaphor in political language.
Ed Schiappa of the University of Minnesota is asked whether violent talk leads to violence.
Tom Benson of Penn State and Richard Vatz of Towson emphasize the importance of civility.
Columbia Journalism Review asks Baylor’s Martin Medhurst whether political rhetoric is more extreme than it used to be.
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December 2010
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WatchWhite House Whiteboard: Hokey and old school, or freakishly brilliant attempt to visualize data using WH talking points? Discuss.
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November 2010
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