Power Pole
News photography is about grabbing people’s attention about events they could or should be interested in. In most cases it is meant to illustrate a story, but in some cases it has enough hummer or interest to stand on its own. If you are old enough to remember the last page in the old Life magazines you know the type of photograph I am talking about.
This photo journalist has selected something we don’t see every day. This huge crane was required to lift the power pole over a house from the street. It’s something we may take for granted but we don’t see very often. The photographer has selected a vertical format which enhances the feeling of great height and distance. The crane dwarfs the pole and the house.
This is an interesting event but not dramatic. The photographer has handled the composition well and reduced the amount of information down to only that which is essential to the viewer to get an understanding of what is happening.
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