Political photography has been overlooked as a subtle way of influencing public perception, but with the 24-hour news stream that’s all changing. Cue Nancy Pelosi’s slow clap.
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Political photography has been overlooked as a subtle way of influencing public perception, but with the 24-hour news stream that’s all changing. Cue Nancy Pelosi’s slow clap.
The Stonewall riots were more than just a fight — they were a symbolic act of force for the gay rights movement. In a nutshell, these few days kickstarted the modern movement we know today.
In 1968, the most blood-curdling image was everywhere. It was of Gerri Santoro: naked, on her knees, a blood-soaked towel between her legs, dead. That was the photograph for the Pro-Choice movement.
Instead of blaming Trump’s wall, freshman Republican Congressman, Tim Burchett, is trying to push “No Art in Embassies Act” because he thinks it’s a misallocation of taxpayers money. Why are we pretending that a rich Republican from Tennessee even pays taxes?
It has been 9 years since the massacre at Sandy Hook that revolutionised the public perception of American gun control laws. Yet many choose to ignore the spilt blood in favour of defending the dusty Second Amendment with a-near religious fervour.
Ken Schles: There’s an inherent risk in the way I’m approaching the subject matter. Trump has energized a lot of people to stand up for their beliefs that wouldn’t have previously. I’d probably count myself among them. I’m definitely risking my bodily self. I’ve been arrested 8 times in the last 14 months.
From the controversy of this year’s Whitney Biennial, to the alternative for the cancelled VOLTA art fair, this is all you need to know for the ins-and-outs of the art world.
From the return of Nokia with 5 cameras, to Oscars 2019, to the nominees for World Press Photo 2019, this is the recap of the news that you need to know from this week.
Most American political ads are terrible. Regardless of whether or not the information in the ad is even true or has context, most campaign materials are incredibly lacking in any cinematic imagination or technique. It’s all too easy to visualize the black-and-white footage of a candidate that a SuperPAC opposes, storm clouds over a government building, and shots of “sketchy,” non-white individuals stalking the night. Even gentler campaign ads can be just as eye-rollingly predictable, as if stock footage of a diverse crowd of blue-collar workers in hard hats, soldiers saluting the flag, and children studying happily implies the candidate has plans to address racial injustice, military spending, labor unions, or education funding. Political advertisements rarely delve into visual styles that are more complicated than an Instagram filter. If campaign media receives widespread attention, it does so through production disasters, rather than through its effectiveness.
Fifth avenue on Thursday night somehow contained a rambunctious crowd of protesters. Women of all generations- mothers, daughters, sisters, gathered to acknowledge (among some things) the prevalence of undocumented sexual assault in American, to condemn Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump, and the FBI for not demonstrating proper investigation procedures.
In order to show our support for the Parkland, Florida survivors and to respond to their call to action, Musée Magazine sat down with photographer Kathy Shorr to discuss her work on the “SHOT Project”, a visual narrative that pays tribute to gun violence survivors, bringing their strength and their spirit into a conversation largely dominated by silence and statistics.
Immigration reform has been a hot-button issue for the last five years, and since the start of the Trump administration the conversation has only become more polarizing. Trump has made clear his opinions on immigration on numerous occasions, and has expressed his disapproval of DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, long before he was ever elected into office.