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Photoshopping beauty: An international experiment

June 30, 2014 Hafsa International, Media, Photography, Women Leave a comment

“In the U.S., Photoshop has become a symbol of our society’s unobtainable [sic.] standards for beauty. My project, Before & After, examines how these

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Mississippi River bridges: Relics and renewal

June 18, 2012 Bill Kesler History, Illinois/Midwest, Infrastructure, Missouri region, Photography, Technology Leave a comment

A new bridge across the Mississippi at St. Louis! After years of wrangling and controversy, it was finally happening.  The Mayor proclaimed the bridge

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Photographer’s notebook: Flag Day perspectives

June 13, 2012 Bill Kesler Civil Rights, History, Military, Photography, Politics Leave a comment

                  I was perusing an old photo book recently and came across Stanley Forman’s 1977 Pulitzer

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Imagining a conservative conversation about poverty

March 28, 2012 Arthur Lieber Civil Rights, Economy, Employment, Homelessness, Human Rights, Obama, Photography, Politics, Poverty Leave a comment

I saw a remarkable story on the March 19 CBS Evening News about photo-journalist Steve Liss, who has chronicled poverty in the United States.

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Photojournalist’s notebook: What we’ll lose in a post-Post-Office America

January 12, 2012 Bill Kesler Government, History, Missouri region, Photography One comment

Times were tough. The country was barely on its way out of a crippling economic disaster. Jobs were scarce. People were hungry and without

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