Photo Editors’ Notebook: What Makes the Image of Omran Daqneesh Extraordinary? – The New York Times

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Photo Editors’ Notebook: What Makes the Image of Omran Daqneesh Extraordinary?

“It’s a difficult question for even the most seasoned photo editor to answer.”

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/19/insider/photo-editors-notebook-what-makes-the-image-of-omran-daqneesh-extraordinary.html?smid=tw-nytimesphoto&smtyp=cur&_r=1

Craig Allen, a Times photo editor, attempts to explain why, among the countless heartbreaking images of children and others in war-torn areas every day, this particular one stood out and landed in the top spot on The Times’s home page and front page