Notes of a MetaPhotographer

Visual media at a breaking point

The possible end of "visual fact"?

Oct 10 • 

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The rise of fascism

A prescient book of photographs on Berlin in the 1930s

Oct 8 • 

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September 2025

The Americans

Robert Frank in the 1950s, and where we are today

Sep 16 • 

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Googling the disconnect

For tech companies, photography is in the rearview mirror

Sep 4 • 

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August 2025

The victim as witness

Exhibit A-i: The Refugee Account

Aug 26 • 

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The “unreal” is winning

The interview with Sam Altman of OpenAI

Aug 22 • 

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Washington, D.C., under occupation

"In the Shadow of Power" by Kike Arnal

Aug 15 • 

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In the American West

Avedon's exposé illuminating, four decades later, a country gone astray

Aug 6 • 

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July 2025

Our Screens and Us

Of the "wound" & the "shout"

Jul 23 • 

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July 4: Five photographers comment

The United States on its Independence Day

Jul 4 • 

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The Rich and the Poor

Juxtaposing divergent realities

Jul 1 • 

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June 2025

AI Friday (Part 13)

The transforming family album

Jun 27 • 

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