The humanity behind the headlines

A striking photography series takes aim at the media's role in perpetuating racial stereotypes

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(Image credit: (Kahiah Polidore)Last year, Polidore found her protest in the form of her multimedia series Headlines, which takes aim at the media and the way it perpetuates negative stereotypes of black pe)

(Image credit: (Kahiah Polidore))

(Image credit: (Kahiah Polidore))

(Image credit: (Kahiah Polidore))

(Image credit: (Kahiah Polidore)Polidore's subjects stare into the distance or directly at the camera, while the nearly illegible headlines wrap around them in restricting ways — blinding them, choking them)

(Image credit: (Kahiah Polidore))

(Image credit: (Kahiah Polidore))

(Image credit: (Kahiah Polidore))

(Image credit: (Kahiah Polidore)To see more work by Kahiah Polidore, check out her website or follow her on Twitter and Instagram.)

Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.