BOP 2006 > Photo Editing Winners > Newspaper Natural Disaster Front Page
- 1st Place
- The New York Times
- Photo Editing Team:
- Michele McNally, AME/DOP
- Judges' Comments
This category’s entries did not rise to the proportions of the catastrophes they covered. Where were the newspapers that put both the geographic and personal loss together on a single page? Also lacking was thoughtful photographic display of the ensuing chaos from our government’s ineffective and tardy response to the catastrophe. The scene was ripe with compelling pictures that we saw few papers display. The New York Times page one image brought the loss, the chaos and the haphazard return to normalcy together with their lead picture. The Palm Beach Post aerial of the flooding displayed the scale of the destruction and our third place choice was the most poignant of the pages focusing on the personal loss from Katrina. Also, where were the pictures from the Pakistan earthquake? The loss of life was biblical. Do we choose not to care if a story is miles from our border?
The strength of this page lies in solely in the power of the lead photograph. The disregard for the floating body is a powerful portrayal of the chaos that reigned in New Orleans after the hurricane.
The New York Times front page was a clear winner. This page used an important picture that told the story, with a body floating along in the water while a woman, likely living on the bridge now, feeds her dog. It was picture, that if you saw it, would be etched in your mind. Bravo for the Times to run in such as way that few newspapers would likely even consider for such play on their front.
This page best illustrated the agony and tragedy of Katrina. The body floating in the water with the pedestrian on the road above casually feeding her dog spoke to the grave conditions that people were facing. The secondary image best captures the emotional frustration of the residents of New Orleans
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