On the evening of October 17, 2023, an explosion struck Gaza City's Al-Ahli Arab Hospital complex. Shaky videos, filmed by bystanders, captured footage of the grounds partially consumed by flames. What these videos couldn't reveal was who was responsible. Visual-investigation teams got to work analyzing footage of the explosion, but their findings often were contradictory. The episode exposed the limitations of visual investigations, noted the Columbia Journalism Review recently. In recent years, added the CJR, the visual forensic work has been complicated even further by the changing nature of war and AI.

Peggy Roalf:  Do you remember the first art book you ever purchased?  Why did it capture your attention? Chris Sharp: I don't remember the actual first art book that I bought, but one book that really stands out and is my go to for inspiration is August Macke's Tunisian Watercolors and Drawings. I found this in a bookstore in Oslo after moving to Norway and was preparing to travel around Southern Europe and sketch my summer away.  August Marke's style felt l...