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Alternate Theory of Priebus / Scaramucci Oval Office Death Stare Photo
Alternate Theory of Priebus / Scaramucci Oval Office Death Stare Photo
With both Priebus and Scaramucci now ejected from the West Wing, it’s hard to believe photographer T. J. Kirkpatrick made this photograph…
Michael David Murphy
Aug 1, 2017
Americans Abroad — Photos We Love
Americans Abroad — Photos We Love
The image is off center, the lighting flawed, and the photo grainy. My father was an avid amateur photographer and in my mind’s eye he…
Rona Simmons
Dec 24, 2016
Today’s Threat Level: Orange
Today’s Threat Level: Orange
(A new look at, through, and beyond Brian Ulrich’s quiet masterpiece of post-9/11 American paranoia, for Photos We Love.)
Michael David Murphy
Dec 18, 2016
Looking at Images/Looking at Ourselves
Looking at Images/Looking at Ourselves
Humor and pathos clash in Mario DiGirolamo’s 1959 New York street scene of an overweight, disheveled woman grimacing while standing…
Billy Howard
Sep 11, 2016
Can I interrogate this photograph? Can I hold it here in front of me, arrested?
Can I interrogate this photograph? Can I hold it here in front of me, arrested?
(Looking at Jonathan Bachman’s photograph of an arrest in Baton Rouge for #PhotosWeLove)
Michael David Murphy
Jul 11, 2016
Paul Caponigro’s “Running White Deer, County Wicklow, Ireland, 1967” — Amy Miller for #PhotosWeLove
Paul Caponigro’s “Running White Deer, County Wicklow, Ireland, 1967” — Amy Miller for #PhotosWeLove
ACP Photo Festival
Jul 11, 2016
Visual Music: How Jackson Browne and Diane Arbus Hit the Same Sweet Spot
Visual Music: How Jackson Browne and Diane Arbus Hit the Same Sweet Spot
“Take it Easy,” the Jackson Browne version, is never far from my mind, a tune that evokes powerful emotions and transports me back to the…
Billy Howard
May 25, 2016
Mentors
Mentors
I was influenced by the usual cohort of street and documentary photographers when I began what would become a lifetime fascination—some…
Billy Howard
May 24, 2016
Robert Frank’s “Elevator — Miami Beach, 1955” — Jona Frank for #PhotosWeLove
Robert Frank’s “Elevator — Miami Beach, 1955” — Jona Frank for #PhotosWeLove
The photograph is off-kilter. The elevator girl is framed between two blurred figures. On the right is a dark, almost silhouetted image of…
ACP Photo Festival
May 17, 2016
Muse — by Billy Howard
Muse — by Billy Howard
The muse is a powerful force that both inspires and ignites artists, who stalk their prey with pen, paint, clay, bronze, and film trying to…
Billy Howard
May 16, 2016
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