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readingthepictures.bsky.social
Nice one from artist @Shoshibuya:

• The layout is perfect given where folks were sitting.

• Same with the proportions in the asymmetrical power and tag team attack.

• Color-wise, red façades for temperament, as much as which dictator Trump is fronting for.

#visualpolitics #ukraine
mock ny times cover and headline on top with ukraine colors on left quarter and red spray over the rest
March 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
tongli.bsky.social
Magazine covers still matter—even in digital scroll culture. The NYT T Magazine article “Magazine Covers: Esquire, Rolling Stone” caught my eye.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/t...

#MagazineCovers #VisualPolitics #MediaJustice #ProgressiveValues
The 25 Most Influential Magazine Covers of All Time
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
benoloughlin.bsky.social
#visualpolitics www.ndtv.com/world-news/d...
Donald Trump As Pope? US President Shares His AI Image In Papal Attire
Just a week after attending Pope Francis' funeral at the Vatican, Donald Trump expressed a desire to become the next head of the Catholic Church.
www.ndtv.com
May 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
readingthepictures.bsky.social
Abandoning our 20k+ Twitter account and entering the Sky in earnest. Follow us here for persistent coverage of #visualpolitics, #photojournalism, and news #photography. We also encourage you to subscribe to our Substack. (Link in bio.)

*Other folks read the words; we read the pictures.*
November 14, 2024 at 3:45 PM
transcript-verlag.bsky.social
[#ArtStudies]
Hauntings of the past and future that have effects on the present: Contemporary artistic reflections on the figure of the martyr in #Lebanon. 

https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7539-9/

#Martyr #ContemporaryArt #VisualPolitics #Beirut #Art #VisualStudies #PoliticalArt
Das Buch-Cover von »Picturing the (Un)Dead in Beirut« auf rotem Hintergrund.
May 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
billcallahan.bsky.social
My film "The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China" won _Best Short Documentary Award_ at the Southeast Asian International Film Festival in Thailand!
Trailer:
vimeo.com/966479344
@britishacademy.bsky.social
#China #Face #VisualPolitics #IR
January 3, 2025 at 9:54 AM
transcript-verlag.bsky.social
Digital Culture & Society (DCS)
The online dimension of Russia's war against Ukraine – #war, #violence, and power in a digital society. 

https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-6868-1/

#DigitalMedia #Propaganda #VisualPolitics #MediaStrategy #Media #Internet #Society #MediaTheory
Das Buch-Cover von »Digital Culture & Society (DCS)« auf rotem Hintergrund.
June 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
readingthepictures.bsky.social
Media self-censorship on full display: Reuters' sanitized "Pictures of the Day" (led by a smiling mascot) vs Daily News' raw coverage of Columbia's graduation. One presents pomp and circumstance, the other the explosive reality of a campus under siege. #VisualPolitics #MediaCritique
May 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
readingthepictures.bsky.social
Don’t miss: Michael Shaw (RTP) & David Campbell (VII Photo) discuss UNCONVENTIONAL IMAGERY FROM TRUMP’S NOT-NORMAL FIRST 100 DAYS
📅 April 10, Noon EST
Join this critical visual analysis speaking truth to power. Register here! theviifoundation.org/event/re-fra... #VisualPolitics #PhotoJournalism
Re-Framing the Narrative: Unconventional Imagery From Trump’s Not-Normal First 100 Days
Ever since Franklin D. Roosevelt sought a clear break from his predecessor’s policies, the first 100 days of a presidential term has been a marker that elicits a flood of media analysis, including pho...
theviifoundation.org
April 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM