Talking About Pictures, Disaster Tourism, And Lake Mead

Sometime it’s difficult to find the right words to express what one sees and feels in those print discussion groups. Yes, we can pixel-peep and debate technical adequacy for a long time, but it’s difficult to move to the next level without risking feeling foolish.

Perhaps watching people who are already comfortable about discussing images in front of a group would help. Enter Michael Shaw, founder and publisher of Reading The Pictures, and Cara Finnegan, a photo historian, writer, professor, and co-host of Chatting The Pictures. To see a sample chat about an image that shows Lake Mead approaching the “dead pool” level, click here.

Satellite images of Lake Mead, NASA, earthobservatory.nasa.gov