DSS #42, C&C please

rutt

I have a few more candidates from the same shoot. See this thread.

divamum

Rutt, IMO the first one in your other thread is the home run as a photograph despite its lack of faces. Needs no title which this one would, IMO - because the subject is currently topical and you mentioned it in your other post, I know immediately what this one refers to, but it doesn't HAVE to be relevant to Haiti; we need to know that to put it into context. The first shot says it all without anything else needed.

Powerful stuff.

ETA: I saw your date title after the fact. That does of course put it in context, but I think even more descriptive might, in this context, be appropriate.

JerryBarton

As others have said (in this and the other thread), the caption is important here. The first and the last tell a very moving story. The first takes a bit of study. [But isn't it great that such systems exist that can help people find their loved ones?]

rutt

Here, as straight as I can be:

At the Haitian Crisis and Relief Center, Boston 14 Januarly 2010

Does that work with the picture I posted at the head of this thread?

lizzard_nyc

rutt wrote:

Here, as straight as I can be:

At the Haitian Crisis and Relief Center, Boston 14 Januarly 2010

Does that work with the picture I posted at the head of this thread?

Yes it certainly does.

travelways

rutt wrote:

Here, as straight as I can be:

At the Haitian Crisis and Relief Center, Boston 14 Januarly 2010

Does that work with the picture I posted at the head of this thread?

Powerful!

Flyinggina

As you already know, I love this picture. In fact I like it much more for the challenge than the first in the series as posted in the PJ forum. Part of that is because I personally don't care for big blurs in the foreground of photographs - recognizing that this is my own limitation and that it is not shared by others.

But part of it is that this picture tells a story in emotion not in words. It grabs me without knowing the story behind it. Knowing the story just makes it more powerful.

As for a title, I'd go with your long one. If this were appearing in a newspaper or on one of the news outlet's photos of the day series, the context would be identified. A factual title such as the one you propose is appropriate. It does not dilute the power of this photograph as photojournalism.

Virginia

richtersl

This is a wonderful shot. I saw it last night and could not stop thinking about it and wanted to let you know that.

You captured the haunting expression in her eyes perfectly.

mblonde

Haiti or not this image speaks of loss in general and what it looks like. Nice shot

Tango

emotional, and a great entry!