BOP 2006 > Photo Editing Winners > Magazine Natural Disaster Opener
- Honorable Mention
- TIME Magazine
- Photo Editing Team:
- Michele Stephenson, Director of Photography
- Judges' Comments
The disregard for loss of life and general unpreparedness defined the best work of this category.
The honorable mention pictures from Katrina, Rita, the Indonesian tsunami and the Pakistani earthquake were strong moments, but lacking the human pathos to rise to first, second or third place winners.
Even though this is a picture of cars it is still an emotional picture. The reader can easily identify with the feelings that must have been going through the minds of the people stuck there.
A nice look at what turned out to be the big news from Wilma – traffic. The use of type did not detract from the image.
Act Two: Hurricane Rita coverage, as picture editors and as photographers we often disdain the overall or the “informational” but it’s often a key part of the coverage. Here, the massive reaction to the incoming Rita with every available lane in both directions used for escape, taken at twilight made for a story-telling image that gained power with it’s double truck display.
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