DSS #42, C&C please

[rutt]

http://www.ruttpix.com/photos/765174825_2kHqD-XL.jpg

I have a few more candidates from the same shoot. See this thread. (http://dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=156082)

[divamum]

Rutt, IMO the first one in your other thread is the home run as a photograph despite its lack of faces. Needs no title which this one would, IMO - because the subject is currently topical and you mentioned it in your other post, I know immediately what this one refers to, but it doesn't HAVE to be relevant to Haiti; we need to know that to put it into context. The first shot says it all without anything else needed.

Powerful stuff.

ETA: I saw your date title after the fact. That does of course put it in context, but I think even more descriptive might, in this context, be appropriate.

[JerryBarton]

As others have said (in this and the other thread), the caption is important here. The first and the last tell a very moving story. The first takes a bit of study. [But isn't it great that such systems exist that can help people find their loved ones?]

[rutt]

Here, as straight as I can be:

At the Haitian Crisis and Relief Center, Boston 14 Januarly 2010

Does that work with the picture I posted at the head of this thread?

[lizzard_nyc]

Here, as straight as I can be:

At the Haitian Crisis and Relief Center, Boston 14 Januarly 2010

Does that work with the picture I posted at the head of this thread?

Yes it certainly does.

[photo-funtasia]

Here, as straight as I can be:

At the Haitian Crisis and Relief Center, Boston 14 Januarly 2010

Does that work with the picture I posted at the head of this thread?

Powerful!

[Flyinggina]

As you already know, I love this picture. In fact I like it much more for the challenge than the first in the series as posted in the PJ forum. Part of that is because I personally don't care for big blurs in the foreground of photographs - recognizing that this is my own limitation and that it is not shared by others.

But part of it is that this picture tells a story in emotion not in words. It grabs me without knowing the story behind it. Knowing the story just makes it more powerful.

As for a title, I'd go with your long one. If this were appearing in a newspaper or on one of the news outlet's photos of the day series, the context would be identified. A factual title such as the one you propose is appropriate. It does not dilute the power of this photograph as photojournalism.

Virginia

[richtersl]

This is a wonderful shot. I saw it last night and could not stop thinking about it and wanted to let you know that.

You captured the haunting expression in her eyes perfectly. :clap

[mblonde]

Haiti or not this image speaks of loss in general and what it looks like. Nice shot

[Tango]

emotional, and a great entry!