The images – still and video – coming from the tragic earthquake in Haiti are riveting, tragic and heartbreaking. Photos and videos are available on numerous news sites but the most compelling photos I’ve seen yet come from New York Times photographer Damon Winter. Look at Winter’s photos.
Winter’s photos – and the images of other photographers and videographers – tell a story of unimaginable tragedy and suffering. The videos I’ve seen provide a good overview of the tragedy, telling the story from a variety of angles. But it’s the still images which I find most compelling, especially Winter’s photos. I’m able to linger over each photograph (something not easily done with video) absorbing the intimacy of each image.
There are times when moving pictures (video) can tell a story better than still images but in this case, individual, still images tell the story in a way that video can never accomplish.
–Gordon King
