TIME - Photos of the Year 2006

"Trecherous Hills" I think it's called - absolutely amazing. Got my vote.
 
Some very dramatic footage there.

Treacherous Hills reminds me very much of M.A.S.H and the Korean war.

A Moments Peace was quite a shot that I found interesting also.

As regards your question, who knows, like in many of these shots they will be noticed because of the political message they convey (is it fashionable and does anyone care about that story will be factors), on the otherhand to get these images and record that message takes the photographers eye aswell.
Suppose its a case of when a good photographer having the vision to make an incident work like so many of these do.
 
I voted for the volcano one. Wasn't vastly impressed with any of the others, with the exception of #24.
 
The volcano one as well for me...

The last shot...? Rob's taken much better shots than that.
 
Photographer knows what makes a good picture. So yes the subject makes the image but the photographer knew where to be to photograph the subject. I was blown away by last years 2006 images. These just aren't as good. The volcano one is awesome though.
 
Volcano for me - Christ, seems like most of them were reporting on doom & gloom, not many 'nice' or 'happy' pics were there? Did nothing go right in the world in 2006?
 
The war ones are a bit unfair. Slightly difficult for the every day civvy to take a pic in war torn Iraq etc.

Tour De France one did it for me, great shot.
 
My first reactions were to them as pics telling a story, and was quite disturbed by some, which I suppose is the point the photographers were after, but then I tried to be dispassionate and look at them from the point of view of lighting, rules of thirds, leading lines etc, etc. On this latter basis, I went for the volcano.
 
'tis a very sad fact that Mankind really excells at one thing only... these photos show it.
makes me sad.

nuf sed
 
oldgit said:
'tis a very sad fact that Mankind really excells at one thing only... these photos show it.
makes me sad.

nuf sed
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Maybe we excel at war or maybe these pictures show our curiosity to see bad things. Like a car crash or something. Bad news is always first on the evening news. Is there more war going on today than during the 70's or 40's or is it more accessible and more news worthy? If we were truly great at killing each other, wouldn't we all be dead by now?
 
This reminds me of a Lee Evans comedy sketch where he mentioned about all news being bad news.

He said "What would the news be like, if we turned on the telly to see a grinning presenter going..."Alls fine and well with the world today...deedleedum dum da daaaa!""

I think it's merely man's morbid curiosity that compels us to be fascinated by this suffering that we rarely see with our own eyes.
 
True, about the bad news being more entertaining/appealing' (apologize for using quotes;)).

I was actually surprised to see the Tour de France, and the Volcano shot in there because usually they are all very distressing scenes (granted the volcano could depict devastation and tragedy aswell as beauty), but nonetheless I dont thin I can recall seeing the more civilized images like in this years set :thinking:
 
volcano and cyclists are best, others are more being in the right place at the right time - topical therefore good but yet not essentially great photos.
 
My view:

With the exception of three of the shots, all the rest are what I would classify as political pictures. So yes, for the majority its not the photographer its the place.
 
It is the place but you have to have a photographers eye to see the shot or else it is just a passing moment. TAke the shot with the soldier taking a rest. Did anyone notice who/what was on the wall behind him and how the light made his sit down almost a religious experience. No you or I couldn't have taken that shot because we aren't in Iraq but it still took a photographer to see that there was a shot to be had.
 
.. point!

All credit to him/her for:
A) Having the balls/approriate body bits to go there
B) Seeing the shot and getting it
C) Having the camera setup so that it wasn't OOF or 2 stops too dark.

.. us humans.. we're not "all" bad. :shrug:
 
Treacherous Hills and A Moment's Rest for me...

And I agree with HRF - not only do you have to go through all the same stuff that the soldiers are going through, putting your life at risk as they do, you also have to have your 'creative' head on as well as your 'survival-mode' head.
Takes a bit of skill to think about aperture settings, shutter speeds, composition etc while at the same time dodging bullets.
 
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