Daily News | Photo clichés 101 | Scene Through the Lens
, prize winning former photo editor at the and Miami Herald and Washington Post who led his department to four Pulitzer Prizes and many other awards, once said that newspaper pictures fall into four categories: informational, graphic, emotional and intimate.
The first kind are photos that show what somebody, something or some place looks like, and don’t offer much more than that basic visual info. The emotional photos are the ones that make a visceral connection with the viewer. Pictures that let us feel empathy for the people who have allowed the photographer to share a part of their lives. Of the most aspirational photos in his hierarchy, Elbert says, “I can’t give you a description of an intimate picture; it’s something that can be felt.
The graphic pictures? You’re seeing a lot of them here. They are pictures that usually rely mainly on their composition. There is not much else happening. But they are fun to look at. And make. The “reflection in a puddle” above definitely qualifies. I will confess to taking a similar photo lots of times. But I do pay attention to what I post here, and try not to repeat myself. Too often.about the history of the corner around near my old newspaper building. This week I was in that same neighborhood again, covering the chool board meeting in the Philadelphia School District’s headquarters on North Broad Street. The same building where the Inquirer’s photo studio was once located.
Since 1998, a black-and-white photo has appeared every Monday in staff photographer Tom Gralish’s “Scene Through the Lens” photo column in The Inquirer’s local news section. Here are the most recent, in color:
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