Searching for survivors

       My first photograph is by the photographer James Nachtwey. Nachtwey is an American photojournalist for Time and has worked there since 1984. He has won many awards including the Robert Capa Gold Medal 5 times and the Common Wealth Award to name a few. He mostly concentrates his images through black and white photography giving his pictures more substance.

        The photo I chose is called “Searching for survivors” and is from the 9-11 album off of his personal web site http://www.jamesnachtwey.com/ . The photo was taken on the morning of Sept 11, 2001 in New York City. After the terrorist attacks of 9-11 Nachtwey grabbed his camera and began taking pictures to tell the story of the tragedy that unfolded. The picture shows 3 people walking through the debris of the city searching for survivors like the title explains. The picture really captures what the people of New York went through.

       This photo holds true to all the news values in my eyes. Impact, because of the effect it had on the American people and this photo shows the struggle of our brothers and sisters. Timeliness, Bin Laden was actually seized by U.S. Government tonight so this is a huge testimony for all of the people who lost loved ones in the attack. Prominence, New York City is one of America's greatest cities and for it to be attacked is a major issue in the U.S. Proximity, the attack happened on our own land making the severity of the event that much more substantial. Bizarreness, because things of that magnitude do not happen everyday. Conflict, because of all the war and controversy that followed after the event and finally Currency, because of the time it happened to our country and how the consequences that followed still effect us to this day.