Protesters near Tahrir Square in Cairo on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. The confrontations with police are the most violent manifestation so far of growing anger at the military-led interim government. (Moises Saman/The New York Times)
It was interesting to compare the two versions Moises Saman filed of the same photograph of a protester standing by a burning car during clashes near Tahrir Square before parliamentary elections. Denver Post published the colour version in a ‘straight reportage’ group series titled Captured: Violence in Egypt, while New York Times published the black and white version in a more considered essay titled Cairo Undone.
A protester stands by a burning car during clashes near Tahrir Square before parliamentary elections. (Moises Saman/The New York Times)
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Colour, by a country mile. In my opinion, black and white should be reserved for art, and even then I don’t find too many images that are as striking as one that indulges all of our senses. Take away colour and you lose some connection with reality.
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Color. It’s all about sensory in this photo more so than emotion.
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I go for the colour version for the drama it brings out.
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