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An Arranged Marriage (1994)

The simple fact is that, for any creative person who engages with it seriously, the computer makes feasible things that couldn’t have been done before — either because they were impossible or because they were too labor-intensive to be worthwhile. […]

The Final Image (1994)

I sat there in the respectful silence one reserves for historic moments marking major cultural change. So much for all our agonizing debates over the ethics of electronic image alteration in photojournalism, our ponderous ruminations about whether the editors at National Geographic should have moved those damn pyramids closer together. Vox pop had spoken, and its answer was: Go for it. […]

Tech Problems with PI Blog Subscriptions Resolved

If you have received this email, it means that your previous subscription to Photocritic International has automatically renewed; henceforth you should receive email notices of new posts and snippets thereof in your inbox as they go live online. […]

Eyes on Ukraine (1)

Though by definition I can only observe the war in Ukraine from afar, I don’t think of myself as merely a spectator, nor of this as a spectator sport. Count me instead as a concerned citizen of the world — a world that the outcome of this catastrophe will affect deeply. And someone who sees democracy worldwide at stake here. […]

Election 2024: Image World (3)

Whoever you are, dear reader, I guarantee you this: Depending on your age, you will see Trump’s Georgia mugshot hundreds and possibly thousands of times over the course of the rest of your life. T-shirts and coffee mugs, book jackets and magazine covers, print and online news articles, his eventual obituaries … lodged irrevocably in your memory. Get used to it. […]