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Podcast: Photojournalists Capture the Capitol Under Siege
January 6, 2021, an infamous day in U.S. History when citizens overran the Capitol was also a day when photojournalists delivered incredible work u...
January 6, 2021, an infamous day in U.S. History when citizens overran the Capitol was also a day when photojournalists delivered incredible work under heavy duress. In this episode of Vision Slightly Blurred, Sarah and Allen review some of the exemplary work and discuss the outsized influence that social media had on the “performative” acts of many of the rioters.
We mention the following photographers, articles, and websites in this episode:
- Photographer describes scene as Hawley encourages protester
- http://francischungphoto.com
- Photos of US Capitol as Trump supporters breach (via WashPo)
- AP’s John Minchillo attacked (filmed by Julio Cortez)
- ‘The power of photojournalism’: Getty Images photographer [Win McNamee] behind viral Capitol riot photos describes historic day
- TIME’s Photog Christopher Lee recounts his coverage
- Ron Haviv: A War Photographer Embeds With the Capitol Hill Mob (via New Republic)
- Erin Schaff: ‘Senate Being Locked Down’: Inside a Harrowing Day at the Capitol (via NYT)
- An Air Force Combat Veteran Breached the Senate (via New Yorker)
- Eugene Goodman: Capitol Police officer hailed as hero for diverting rioters from Senate chamber (via Slate)
- Inside the Capitol siege: How barricaded lawmakers and aides sounded urgent pleas for help as police lost control (via WashPo)
- Should journalists play a role in identifying rioters? (via Poynter)
- Ron Haviv’s Bosnian War Images As Evidence in War Trials (via NYT)
- https://twitter.com/elisethoma5/status/1347052842419245058
- Why DC Rioters Wore Costumes to the Capitol (via NYT)
- Capitol Riot: Senior Trump Official Calls Him a ‘Fascist’ (via NYMag)
- Nick Ochs Proud Boy Hawaii (via NY Daily News)
- Far-right streamer ‘Baked Alaska’ stormed Capitol while COVID-19-positive
- How a Vogue Cover Created an Uproar Over Kamala Harris (via NYT)
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