Photo of the Month: March 2003
Every month we choose for recognition three photos from among those contributed to the report by member newspapers in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. From these we select a Photo of the Month and two honorable mentions.
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Stephen M. Katz
Bangor (Maine) Daily News
Honorable Mentions
Sarah Zenewicz
Portsmouth (N.H.) Herald
The Stevens family receives an American flag from 1st Lt. Mike Campbell during the funeral of Pfc. Andrew Stevens in Stratham on March 20. Stevens was one of 11 servicemen who died in the crash of a Black Hawk helicopter at Fort Drum, N.Y., on March 11.
Robert Gates
Bennington (Vt.) Banner
A log truck rests at the bottom of an embankment along Route 7 in Sunderland, Vt., on March 8, after it was hit head-on by a car. The driver of the car was killed, but the truck driver was not seriously hurt.
Katz:
"As photojournalists, we are often faced with the challenge of how to make something we've shot a hundred times look new and compelling. The fire at the Millbridge Market was no different from any other fire I have ever photographed. But the one thing that was different this time, was the immediate rapport I built with two of the firefighters. They ultimately made
the photo.
"My goal in shooting this spot news photo was to take the reader right into the fire - to place them in the photo. I kept creeping closer and closer to the burned out building and into the billowing smoke. To my surprise, nobody stopped me and before long I found myself right in the building. The two firefighters either trusted me or were curious to see how long it would take
me to succumb to the smoke. Regardless, their acceptance of me treated our
readers to a different look and feel of the same old thing."
Portsmouth (N.H.) Herald
Bennington (Vt.) Banner
Katz:
"As photojournalists, we are often faced with the challenge of how to make something we've shot a hundred times look new and compelling. The fire at the Millbridge Market was no different from any other fire I have ever photographed. But the one thing that was different this time, was the immediate rapport I built with two of the firefighters. They ultimately made the photo."My goal in shooting this spot news photo was to take the reader right into the fire - to place them in the photo. I kept creeping closer and closer to the burned out building and into the billowing smoke. To my surprise, nobody stopped me and before long I found myself right in the building. The two firefighters either trusted me or were curious to see how long it would take me to succumb to the smoke. Regardless, their acceptance of me treated our readers to a different look and feel of the same old thing."