BOP 2006 > Web Site Winners > Best News Picture Story (Unaffiliated Sites)
- 1st Place
- Never Coming Home
As soldiers and marines perish in Iraq, headlines and funerals mark their passage. The families that cannot forget are often forgotten themselves.
In the summer of 2004, audio producer Zac Barr partnered with photojournalist Andrew Lichtenstein and began interviewing American families who had lost a loved one in Iraq. The pair traveled to the South, Midwest and Northeast and into family’s homes to record their memories of lost loved ones. At the same time, interactive designer Tim Klimowicz was producing a data-driven representation of coalition fatalities mapped across the dimensions of time and space.
Never Coming Home details a deeply personal and public bereavement, and shows a portrait of grief and sacrifice of families with a hole in their lives, nothing but memory where once there was a living son and brother.
- Judge's Comments (Juan)
This entry stood out for the quality of the content -- the photos by Andrew Lichtenstein matched with great first-person audio, produced by Zac Barr. The design of this entry was elegant and easy to use. The transitions were well executed and timed. Very good storytelling with high production values.
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