In Praise of ‘The Big Picture’
This is not a post about meta narratives or macro-theology or whatever heady thing, and it sure as hell ain’t about our economy. I just wanted to sing the praise of what is probably my favorite blog/rss feed ever.
The Boston Globe has had the very good sense to start publishing aggregated photography based on relevant current events something like once a week. These aren’t your typical news photos, in fact they aren’t typical at all, this is world class photography with excellent curation and captions to boot. The thing that makes The Big Picture unique is that the pictures are well… really big. Big enough to really soak in the detail.
**EDIT**
WARNING: some of these images are pretty intense, and because they revolve around our (at times) very sad world. These images can also be very moving in a depressing way. Sorry Jessie! Since I look at photographs a lot I sometimes take this sort of thing for granted, my apologies.
**EDIT**
This weeks curation is in relation to World Animal Day, some prior notable are The Sun, The Short but Eventful Life of Ike and The Sapphire Mines of Madagascar.
Check it out folks!
jessie
Warning, it might make you cry. This is some intense photography. Thanks for sharing.
boli
just edited the post with your warning. sorry jessie!