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Yakima Herald-Republic photographers pick their top photos of the yearYakima Herald-Republic
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What makes a photograph good? Or great? Or memorable?
It may be the light. The location. The composition or content. The subject. Or the emotion.
An exact definition of a good photograph remains elusive in the nearly two centuries since photography was invented.
A photograph speaks to different people in different ways. What is good to one person may be bad to another. As famed photographer Ansel Adams said, “Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.”
Each year, Yakima Herald-Republic photographers take thousands upon thousands of photographs documenting the life, people and places of Central Washington. Out of those thousands of pictures, each photographer has chosen his or her best photograph taken in 2009. The reasons for these choices are as varied as the photographs themselves.
I don't know if I would really like a photo of me in a sad moment of grief, being the subject of a "Best Photos of 2009". I think any family would like this to be private, and not having this particular moment looked upon as an opportunity to derive merit for capturing the feeling. Who wants to remember going through that pain? How sad that the YHR chose this photo as an example. I still feel bad for these families who lost their boys. Way too sad, and not at all respectful YHR.
Report ViolationI agree with thehellyousay....YH-R could have chose a much better picture. I looked through some of the rest of the "Best Photos" and saw more than a couple I would have picked instead.
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