Time Magazine - photos of the year

DotOrg

have a look at the current time magazine in the shops now or view them online at:

http://www.time.com/time/yip/2005/

alb

Some great shots, and some ordinary shots of extraordinary scenes, but thats photojournalism for you I guess. It's a pity they are nearly riding on peoples misfortune one way or another.

DotOrg

alb wrote:

It's a pity they are nearly riding on peoples misfortune one way or another.

i think what would be better to say is that,it's a pity the tragic events have happened in the first place but at least we have people to document these events through photojournalism rather than for them to pass unseen

in saying that, every generation of war photographers over the past 100 years have had some negative aspects to the way some of them work, some of the time, by sometimes setting up shots, moving items in the shot to make them more dramatic/moving/disturbing

alb

DotOrg wrote:

i think what would be better to say is that,it's a pity the tragic events have happened in the first place but at least we have people to document these events through photojournalism rather than for them to pass unseen

in saying that, every generation of war photographers over the past 100 years have had some negative aspects to the way some of them work, some of the time, by sometimes setting up shots, moving items in the shot to make them more dramatic/moving/disturbing

yes, perhaps I could have said that better, and I would never dispute the need to have such photos and for the world to know what is happening in such situations. My point was more whether these photos belong in a gallery where you choose your favourite photo of the year. I would like to have seen some more photojouralism from human interest stories or sports, as generally (imho) many of those photos are more skillfully taken, more creative, and stand up more on their own as photographs when the importance of the scene is dismissed.

Perhaps, most important or representative photo of the year, or would be a better term for these?
I'm just thinking outloud I guess

larryone

"Most depressing and/or best american propoganda photos"
Would be a better title.
I like alot of the photographs in the National Geographic. If that's the "best" Time can do....

DotOrg

i don't think it's meant to be the best photos of the year in general, just out of time magazines own shots of the major stories that it has featured heavily throughout the year (thus the US military bias)

larryone

They did title it "best".
Were there no major stories that weren't bad news? I think there was one person in all those photographs that was half smiling. Most of them were depressing.

Oriel

Yeah, it interesting that all of these images are of pain, suffering, poverty and hardship and death.
Where's the sun?

Fajitas!

Boards.ie trip to Iraq anyone?

There are some good shots there alright, but one or two that I wouldn't be too pushed about being in the top 24...Particularly 2 and 7. I just think that there could be better shots out there.

I was suprised when I saw that "heading home" was the favourite though. Personally "swept away" was a fantastic photograph, as well as "colour purple"

K!LL!@N

I have to agree with earlier posts.
I found this very depressing.
Particularly the corpse floating in New Orleans and the body buried under the rubble in Pakistan.

Was there no good news this past year?

I couldn't pick out a "favourite" from that lot.
I appreciate that these events should be documented but i don't think we need a competition for the most harrowing images of the last year.

Killian