Azza Cohen

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Split Screen: The politics of Sarah Palin photos After she was named John McCain's running mate, the focus was on her clothes and body, not her policies.

Keep your eyes sharp and your lenses sharper: @azzacohen.bsky.social’s latest #splitscreen dives into the visual coverage of Sarah Palin

Split Screen: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reclaims the frame The New York congresswoman doesn't let others define her.

AOC doesn’t wait for legacy media to frame her with dignity—she does it herself. From eye-level photos to livestreams on policy in her kitchen, she’s reclaiming the frame and redefining what leadership looks like. @azzacohen.bsky.social explains

Split Screen: Shirley Chisholm, cropped out of history Photography can shape public perception of candidates. Continually showing a woman candidate alone makes it look as if she doesn't have support.

My latest #splitscreen column for @contrariannews.org investigated the way the media framed the late great Rep. Shirley Chisholm. Spoiler: lots of visual sexism.

Split Screen: Shirley Chisholm, cropped out of history Photography can shape public perception of candidates. Continually showing a woman candidate alone makes it look as if she doesn't have support.

In 1972, Shirley Chisholm made history as the first black woman to run for a major party's presidential nomination. But the camera told a different story.

@azzacohen.bsky.social unpacks how visual framing still shapes who we see as a leader.

Split Screen: Shirley Chisholm, cropped out of history Photography can shape public perception of candidates. Continually showing a woman candidate alone makes it look as if s

Patterns of visual sexism in the images we are shown can shape how we perceive candidates.

@azzacohen.bsky.social examines the candidacy of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman to run for a major party's presidential nomination

Welcome to Split Screen In my regular column, I'll look at the ways images shape perception.

ICYMI: my first post of #splitscreen for @contrariannews.org. When you see visual sexism -- images of women in power that undermine their authority -- DM me with your ideas for the column.

Thank you so much David! I appreciate the kind words.

Split Screen: The Visual Politics of Presidential Military Moments The camera doesn't lie, even when the words might.

From Trump’s power optics to Biden’s eye-level respect, the camera doesn’t lie. @azzacohen.bsky.social explores the visual politics of presidential military moments.

Thank you @policommethics.bsky.social !

thank you for the kind note! DM me your ideas if you see visual sexism

Really hard to beat the Grand Tetons from the sky.

Protect our public lands 💜

Welcome to Split Screen In my regular column, I'll look at the ways images shape perception.

In my 1st piece for @contrariannews.org, I wrote of an old boss and his toxic sexism. I was nervous to publish even 8 yrs later.

A former colleague reached out privately to say it resonated and gave her courage. I cannot tell you how much it meant to me.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE. TELL YOUR STORY.

Split Screen: Kamala Harris at the Munich Security Conference, The New Yorker Seemingly neutral choices add up to a larger narrative about powerful women.

"The way we frame powerful women visually reflects and reinforces how we see them in the real world, outside the camera’s frame"

In her latest piece, @azzacohen.bsky.social explains how the way we capture people in photographs, and women specifically, mirrors social biases

thank you for the kind words David!

Split Screen: Kamala Harris at the Munich Security Conference, The New Yorker Seemingly neutral choices add up to a larger narrative about powerful women.

A really smart article by @azzacohen.bsky.social on how a photo choice about a powerful woman, Kamala Harris, was used to frame an article about her.
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Split Screen: Kamala Harris at the Munich Security Conference, The New Yorker Seemingly neutral choices add up to a larger narrative about powerful women.

“The image seems fine at first glance. Vice President Kamala Harris, speaking at the Munich Security Conference, captured mid-sentence by Reuters photographer Kai Pfaffenbach. The New Yorker used this photograph to accompany Peter…”
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Split Screen: Kamala Harris at the Munich Security Conference, The New Yorker Seemingly neutral choices add up to a larger narrative about powerful women.

My latest SPLIT SCREEN column for @contrariannews.org examines a @newyorker.com image. Don't get me wrong -- I love TNY, they literally bought my first film -- but we must call in news orgs to do better framing powerful women. Lmk what you think! Edited as ever by brilliant @jamieriley.bsky.social

A poster for Split Screen my forthcoming seminar at Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics. A white woman looks at the camera wearing a grey suit and white shirt with brown hair. The text appears in black and white over a purple background.

Friends in Boston/Cambridge -- come to my seminar series at @harvardkennedy.bsky.social Institute of Politics! We'll talk cameras, women, and politics. Link to register below for Harvard folks #splitscreen

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I still can't believe I get to write for @contrariannews.org !! Thank you @33domenica.bsky.social and @normeisen.bsky.social for badass leadership and @jamieriley.bsky.social for brilliant editing.

appreciate you Anne-Lie -- it's so true that it shapes our opportunities, so we better do a better job shaping our images 🎥

Credit due:
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thank you julie!!

How we portray women in public life shapes their opportunities. Journalist and filmmaker Azza Cohen will explore this in her new column, examining cases of visual sexism every other week—an important perspective for anyone who wants a fairer future.

Welcome to Split Screen In my regular column, I'll look at the ways images shape perception.

My first column for @contrariannews.org is out today, edited by the brilliant @jamieriley.bsky.social. SPLIT SCREEN will investigate images of women in power from a cinematographer's perspective. Together, we can uncover and address visual sexism.

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