Graphic Rescue Photo Becomes a Symbol of New Orleans

Graphic Rescue Photo Becomes a Symbol of New Orleans

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By Daryl Lang

Published: September 15, 2005 12:51 AM ET

NEW YORK (PDN) The front pages of more than 20 newspapers Wednesday
ran a photo of a naked, emaciated American clinging to life as
rescuers carried him from his home.

Editors say the startling image, showing a man being rescued in New
Orleans 16 days after Hurricane Katrina, created discussions in their
newsrooms but ultimately carried enough news value to make it worth
publishing.

The photo, by Orange County Register photographer Bruce Chambers, was
distributed by the Associated Press and Knight Ridder/Tribune.

The Register identified the thin, unconscious man in the picture as
Edgar Hollingsworth, age 74, and said he was taken to a hospital and
was expected to survive.

In the picture, National Guard Spc. Manuel Ramos gently lifts
Hollingsworth, who is naked, off a stretcher while other rescuers
assist with an breathing mask and an IV bag. The image is centered in
front of a tidy front porch, with mailboxes and a potted plant.

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http://editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001137369&imw=Y

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Sk8

100_0313, originally uploaded by The MediaMentor.

Skate boarding in the boreal by André Beapré

Photos are from between
18 Aug 05 & 26 Aug 05.

André Beaupré's 2005 vacation photos of Fort Smith and Iqaluit.

100_0533, originally uploaded by The MediaMentor.

André Beaupré's 2005 vacation photos of Fort Smith and Iqaluit.

Photos are from between
28 Jul 05 & 26 Aug 05.

2005 SSFF South Slave Friendship Festival

2005 SSFF South Slave Friendship Festival, originally uploaded by The MediaMentor.

The Festival is over... and pictures have been posted here daily... For information about purchasing single images or a compilation CD ... contact the photographer.. George Lessard directly at (867)872-3455 or at media@web.net

If you wish to use the images on your website....
See this page
members.tripod.com/media002/george-lessard-photographer.html
for examples.

For more information, please visit the 2005 SSFF website
friendshipfestival.org/

2004 SSFF Photos
www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/68243/

Photos are from between
13 Jul 05 & 22 Aug 05.

finding-looting

finding-looting, originally uploaded by triciawang.

Flickr user dustin3000 uploaded two similar news photos; each of a flood victim in New Orleans wading in chest high water with boxes and bags.



Caption 1 under the very dark skinned person: " A young man walks through chest deep flood water after looting a grocery store in New Orleans"



Caption 2under the light skinned person: "Two residents wade through chest-deep water after finding bread and soda from a local grocery store..."

AMENDED NOTE:
I posted this picture not to CLAIM Racism - I reposted this because I thought it was an opportunity to examine why certain words were chosen and to question if skin color played any role. But keep in mind that these photographs were taken by 2 different photographer, in two different situations and captioned by 2 different copy-editors at 2 different companies. Had the 2 pictures been taken by the same photographer AND captioned by the same copy editor, then the racial motives behind the copy-editor's word choice could be equivocated.

What's interesting about the the juxtapostion of these two photos is that when compared, one can see how word choice can greatly affect the way a viewer extricates meaning from an image. The nature of comparing 2 items in an analytical world is just that - to get you to critically analyze the photos and astutely pull out larger themes that give insight to other topics that otherwise wouldn't be as apparent.

To inculpate the 2 photographers, 2 copyeditors, and American media for being racist, is not the most cogent claim in this situation. This is not to say that media is not bias when it comes to playing on stereotypes - but the last thing we should do is participate in the supposedly "black versus white" paradigm - America's race problem is much bigger and more complicated than that.

Humming Bird Nests

Hummer Nest '05
A tiny bird on a tiny nest.
http://community-2.webtv.net/Velpics/HUM/

Humming Bird Nest '03
http://community-2.webtv.net/hotmail.com/verle33/HummingBirdNest/

SSFF

SSFF, originally uploaded by The MediaMentor.

Negative: Chinese Splendor

Negative: Chinese Splendor, originally uploaded by babasteve.

Another excellent negative from the elephants man...

Negative: Sri Lanka Elephants

Negative: Sri Lanka Elephants, originally uploaded by babasteve.

An excellent use of negative... nice in sepia too I'll bet...

Aft of an arctic icerbreaker

IMG_3224, originally uploaded by neoviking.

Fort Smith, NWT, Canada map

Fort Smith, NWT, Canada map, originally uploaded by The MediaMentor.

Where I live at the moment...

Tips for Making Bear Encounters More Bearable

Occupational Hazards, Thu, 28 Jul 2005 12:12 PM PDT
Tips for Making Bear Encounters More Bearable
http://www.occupationalhazards.com/articles/13792
A bear attack at a mine in Canada's Northwest Territories last year
prompted the Workers' Compensation Board of Canada's Northwest
Territories and Nunavut to issue a warning earlier this year to all
workers and employers about the hazards of bears.

2005 Pine Lake Picnic Photos

Pine Lake Picnic, originally uploaded by The MediaMentor.

Please vist the link above or
http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/609464/
to see more images.

Preparing for the Canada Day Parade in Fort Smith

DSC_8853-m, originally uploaded by The MediaMentor.

My pictures of Fort Smith's Canada Day Parade and Feast may be found at

http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/529699/

Detecting forged photographs

Detecting forged photographs

 

The development of a hologram-using technique is welcome in the publishing world, as well as in law enforcement and other legal situations. Implementing this technology will be a boon to any publishers of information.

Using Holograms to Detect Photo Forgeries

>A new technique for detecting forged photographs will help newspapers and
>magazines check celebrity pictures that might have been doctored to make
>them more newsworthy, and prevent hackers from tampering with sensitive
>legal images including fingerprint records and medical scans used as

>evidence in court.
>

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/iop-hdd061305.php

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Traditional Inuit Calandar Nunavut Canada

01-January, originally uploaded by The MediaMentor.

Traditionally, the Inuit divide the year into months based both on the moon and what is done at that time of year.... days and weeks are not part of this system... so this tradional clandar is based on the tasks needed to survive in the Arctic. This calandar was a job I designed for the Nunavut Department of Education in 2001.
All 12 months are available via the link.

Dish on Table in Fort Smith, NWT, Canada

Dish on Table in Fort Smith, NWT, Canada, originally uploaded by The MediaMentor.

The trees in Fort Smith are special...they cannot be cut down without permission... so sometimes people come up with special solutions to get their TV dishes up and running.. without bothering the trees....

Canus Postcard image

Canus Postcard image, originally uploaded by The MediaMentor.

I've been asked by the Northern Life Museum here in town to do some postcards for them... this is the image for one of the cards.

George's Business Card

Business Card, originally uploaded by The MediaMentor.

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