In Focus – Q&A with Photo Editor Jim Colton

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In Focus – Q&A with Photo Editor Jim Colton – The Photo Brigade

In his new column “In Focus”, Alex Federowicz interviews successful photo editors and industry leaders. In this Q&A, Alex speaks with legendary photo editor Jim Colton and discusses his career and what makes a great image.

via The Photo Brigade: http://thephotobrigade.com/2012/09/in-focus-qa-with-photo-editor-jim-colton/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ThePhotoBrigade+%28The+Photo+Brigade%29

As far as images having the same impact in the past, I firmly believe they still do. When the right pictures meet the right audience, great things can happen. As a caveat though, with all the new media being used (more on that later) we see some frivolity as well. Eg: The school bus attendant that was being harassed by teenagers seen by over 8 million people on You Tube resulting in
people donating close to a quarter of a million dollars for her “vacation.” WTF?