Photographer behind powerful Houston flooding image knew it was special as soon as he took it – Poynter

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Photographer behind powerful Houston flooding image knew it was special as soon as he took it – Poynter

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Louis DeLuca was drenched. Two of the Dallas Morning News photographer’s three lenses had fogged over from the rain and humidity. He stood on a Houston highway Sunday watching boats leave and return with people stranded by the catastrophic flooding. He shot on the only lens he had left, a 200 to 400mm telephoto zoom.

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