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Michael Bierut, Jessica Helfand|Audio

September 23, 2015

Moving Pictures

To begin this week’s episode, Michael and Jessica discuss the photograph of 3-year-old Syrian refugee Aylan Kurdi and the changing role of photography and photojournalism.

Also mentioned:

  • Paolo Pellegrin, Desperate Crossing, New York Times Magazine
  • Brendan O’Neill, Sharing a photo of a dead Syrian child isn’t compassionate, it’s narcissistic, The Spectator
  • Airline Visual Identity, 1945-1975
  • Revolution of the Eye at the Jewish Museum
  • Thirty at the Cooper Union

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    By Michael Bierut & Jessica Helfand

    Jessica Helfand, a founding editor of Design Observer, is an award-winning graphic designer and writer and a former contributing editor and columnist for Print, Communications Arts and Eye magazines. A member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale and a recent laureate of the Art Director’s Hall of Fame, Helfand received her B.A. and her M.F.A. from Yale University where she has taught since 1994.

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