A Tale of Three Cities

[johnastovall]

Moises Saman, a photographer with The New York Times, traveled to a Basra, Baghdad and Mosul. to document the military operations and changes in daily life.

Note his use of very high contrast B&W. This continues to reinforce my thinking B&W is still the best for war work.

[dbphotos]

I like b&w but I have to say I'm not impressed by his work. Contrast is one thing, but out of focus is another and I see too many oof images here.

Justy my .02 cents.

[kenw]

I would agree, David. Instead of letting the image speak for itself, he's gone artsy-fartsy and attempted to interpret it.

[jeffkohn]

This continues to reinforce my thinking B&W is still the best for war work.

Well, I guess it's best if you want to a put a little bias into your reporting.

[johnastovall]

The kind of bias that Capa, David Douglas Duncan, Nachtway, Don McCullin put into their work in B&W?

[mitR]

great great great ..

[semperaggie]

I would have no idea what this is supposed to be without the caption;

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/200...0BLOG2_16.html