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Marvin Heiferman
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Curator of - and writing about - photography and visual culture
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WHY WE LOOK? Because an attack ad video from Ken Paxton, a Republican primary challenger to Senator John Cornyn of Texas, depicted A.I.-generated imagery of the senator dancing the 'Washington Waltz' withJasmine Crockett, a Democratic Senate candidate.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
An A.I. Attack Ad Shows Texas Rivals Dancing the ‘Washington Waltz’
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This. If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This
If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists.
www.theatlantic.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because tech firms are persuading retailers of all kinds to put A.I. everywhere. A.I. start-ups offer in-store cameras that can detect a customer’s age or gender and robots that manage shelves on their own
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/b...
Tech Firms Are Persuading Retailers to Put A.I. Everywhere
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because video analysis of the ICE shooting shows no indication the agent who shot and killed Renee Good had been run over. It does establish, though, how Jonathan Ross put himself in a dangerous position near her vehicle in the first place
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because videos emerging from Iran show how bloody the crackdown has become as Iranians find ways around the internet blackout killed.https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/iran-protests-crackdown-tehran-body-bags-machine-gun-islamic-republic-rcna253946?mc_cid=d15749e2ca&mc_eid=c5b0229e28
January 16, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because Dos Equis is reviving its famous “The Most Interesting Man” advertising campaign, after a decade, in an effort to turn around the beleaguered brand.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/f...
Dos Equis revives ‘Most Interesting Man’ ads as beer sales struggle | CNN Business
Dos Equis is reviving its famous “The Most Interesting Man” advertising campaign after a decade in an effort to turn around the beleaguered brand.
www.cnn.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because after a man's body is found in a hotel room, a surveillance video prompts local police to charge Chattanooga woman with murder
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Hotel room body: Surveillance video prompts police to charge Chattanooga woman with murder
Investigators say there was a large amount of dried blood around him, and evidence showed he had been dead for several hours.
newschannel9.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because actor Lee Joo-been reveals that her ID photo was exploited for multiple investment schemes and criminal scams
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Actor Lee Joo-been reveals her ID photo was exploited for multiple criminal scams
Actor Lee Joo-been revealed that she was once summoned to court after her ID photo was misused by a criminal organization.
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because fact checking shows that a video of a woman relighting her cigarette with a flaming picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was filmed in Canada, not Iran, as has been claimed online.
www.reuters.com/fact-check/w...
Fact Check: Woman who lit cigarette with burning Khamenei photo was in Canada, not Iran
A video of a woman relighting her cigarette with a flaming picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was filmed in Canada, not Iran, as has been claimed online.
www.reuters.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because this photo of his bedroom that a guy posted to Reddit went viral after his girlfriend said it was an 'instant red flag'
www.unilad.com/news/social-...
Photo of guy's bedroom goes viral after girlfriend said it was an 'instant red flag'
People took to Reddit as they were less than impressed by the man's bedroom
www.unilad.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because of what Arthur Tress said about images he made in 1969 of gay men cruising in Central Park in the area known as the Rambles: “I knew these photographs wouldn’t be published for decades.”
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘I knew these photos wouldn’t be published for decades’: gay cruising in New York – in pictures
In 1969, Arthur Tress started making images at an overgrown corner of Central Park known as the Ramble – the beginning of an archive of a transitional period in queer culture
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because video shows Trump, while on a Ford Factory tour, cursing at and then giving a heckler the middle finger. Later, a White House spokesman said the president “gave an appropriate and unambiguous response.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
Trump Makes Obscene Gesture at Heckler in Ford Factory Tour
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because another 81 women have joined a civil suit against a US army gynecologist who was recently criminally charged in connection with accusations that he secretly filmed dozens of his patients during medical examinations. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
81 women file civil suit against army gynecologist already charged criminally
Blaine McGraw is accused of inappropriately touching and secretly filming patients during appointments on base
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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WHY WE? Because at a recent Mamma Mia Broadway performance, a man’s dramatic outburst in the audience left theatergoers stunned. The moment was caught on camera and quickly circulated online.
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“My Hat Off To This Man”: Explosive Broadway Meltdown Goes Viral As New Details Emerge
A recent Broadway show spiraled into chaos after a man’s dramatic outburst in the audience left theatergoers stunned. The man, who remains unidentified, can be seen engaged in a heated confrontation ...
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January 13, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because from Kardashian injectable lips to Mar-a-Lago face, plastic surgery and fillers no longer feel like a secret or a stigma. One woman speculates why: 'I don’t believe that we were meant to see ourselves as much as we do now.'
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
Opinion | From Kardashian Injectable Lips to Mar-a-Lago Face
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis and AI images are complicating efforts to capture them
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Monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis, and AI images are complicating the search
Multiple monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis
abcnews.go.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because in Britain, A student driver has described feeling "confused" at being turned away on the day of his test, because the examiner said his face did not match the photo on his provisional licence.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Basingstoke driving test candidate 'confused' by photo refusal
Yin Cheong William Shen was not allowed to take the test because of a doubt over his licence photo.
www.bbc.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts is hosting a cookie photo contest featuring pix that show girls with a box of the newest Girl Scout cookie, “Exploremores,” in meaningful, fun, or creative places.
www.masslive.com/entertainmen...
Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts hosting cookie photo contest
The contest is being held in honor of the Girl Scouts' newest cookie, "Exploremores."
www.masslive.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because it's not just Wegmans: More NYC retailers are using facial recognition as tech outpaces law
gothamist.com/news/not-jus...
Not just Wegmans: More NYC retailers using facial recognition as tech outpaces law
As the software becomes more common, so too are questions about consumer privacy and business ethics.
gothamist.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because NY governor Kathy Hochul is seeking a ban on A.I.-generated images of candidates 90 days prior to elections. Last year, the Cuomo campaign released a video created by AI that depicted Zohran Mamdani eating rice with his hands.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/n...
New York Seeks Ban on A.I.-Generated Images of Candidates
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because the Smithsonian removed a wall label noting Trump's first term impeachments when the National Portrait Gallery replaced a portrait of him, this week.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/a...
Smithsonian Removes Label Noting Trump Impeachments
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because Hessy Levinsons Taft, the Jewish baby pictured on the cover of a 1935 Nazi magazine, Dies at 91. Without her parents’ knowledge, her portrait was entered as a prank in a contest to represent the ideal Aryan infant — and she won.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...
Hessy Levinsons Taft, Jewish Baby on Cover of Nazi Magazine, Dies at 91
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because the NYTimes' White House photographer - Doug Mills, winner of three Pulitzers - describes where he sits, and how, when and why he crawls and hoists cameras high in the air to bring viewers fresh perspectives.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/i...
How Our White House Photographer Finds New Angles on the Oval Office
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because of the video filmed by the US immigration agent who fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday that emerged and shows the moments before gunfire rang out.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Video filmed by ICE agent who shot Minneapolis woman emerges
The clip shows the moments before gunfire rang out on a Minneapolis street.
www.bbc.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because the only surviving photographs of the 19th-century mathematician and computing pioneer Ada Lovelace have been purchased by the National Portrait Gallery in London at auction
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Only Known Photos of Computing Pioneer Ada Lovelace Join U.K. National Collection
The only known photographs of Ada Lovelace have been acquired by London's National Portrait Gallery after going up for auction at Bonhams.
news.artnet.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:44 PM