BOP 2007 > Web Site Winners > News Photo Gallery (Large Affiliated Sites
- 3rd Place
- “Girl Gang Z”
- ZUMA Press
In this age of mass media and instantaneous communication, little room is left for investigative photojournalism and in-depth coverage of issues. Meaningful stories are reduced to sound bites. Tragedies in our backyards remain unreported. Images are pieced together out of context, mitigating the work photojournalists put into their story. Enter zReportage. Our mission is to fill the void with comprehensive coverage of stories that need to be told. Each story is licensed as a package to encourage editors to run complete bodies of work, which preserves the photographer's vision.
- Comments (Josh Meltzer)
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This category was very difficult to judge since some of the entries were great picture stories shot by a single photographer on one story, some were great edits of many photographers on one story, and still other entries were edits of photographs from many stories. Because the rules indicate that storytelling should be the key decision maker, we awarded the galleries which had the best storytelling.
The first place story about Camden, took a story of numbers and statistics and did a fantastic job of turning them into wonderful personal moments. The photographer made the judges feel as if they were on the streets, and we able to meet real people that were representatives of the statistics. This was a difficult story to tell in photographs.
The second place story had some of the strongest images of the category. The leading photo of the lone woman standing against an army was incredible. Though this story was shot by many photographers, it was very well edited, and nearly every photo showed us something new and pertinent to the story.
The third place story was perhaps the best edited story of the bunch, with wonderful photos that depicted life in girl gangs without stereotyping. In addition to some rough street scenes, the photographer also included some lighter moments that provided a wonderful balance to the story.
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