On Seeing the Photo of Nicolás Maduro Aboard the U.S.S. Iwo Jima

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Authenticating a photograph

On Sunday, May 4, a day after the U.S. abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from his compound in Caracas, The New York Times published a short piece about their decision to publish, the day before, a photograph of the prisoner on board the U.S.S. Iwo Jima. The column was written by Meaghan Looram, director of photography at the Times, beneath the headline: “How The Times Assessed That Photo From Trump of Maduro in Handcuffs.” The subhead read...