Response to Pictures of the year

I loved the first place winner for Newspapers by Stephen M. Katz because it clearly depicted the emotions that the subject was feeling and allowed the viewer to feel the same grief. I appreciated the photo because most people would look at the photo and think that his injury was from some sort of fighting within his hometown, but that was not the case. The young boy merely fell out of a tree near his house while playing. His injury would seem so basic to people here in the United States but unfortunately in less fortunate countries those kinds of injuries can cause life-altering changes. This picture invokes so many emotions and really mesmerizes the viewer.

My other favorite out of all the winners was the picture that won the Global Vision Award. I really liked how the photographer took an aerial shot of the area that was being photographed. I think this angle really allowed the viewers to see the extent of the damage that the mercury was causing in this area. I also think that the aerial shot allows the readers to see how greedy the people of this region are to obtain gold that they were willing to destroy their environment by incorporating mercury into their search. The viewer is able to see the destruction to nature that this search for gold is causing and is able to form their opinion on their methods.

I really appreciated those two pictures the most because they allowed the viewer to see the obvious but left room for them to form their own opinions on the message they were trying to portray.