DPI Photojournalism professor and New York Times photo editor Jeffrey Henson Scales chose the photos included in the Times' "The Year in Pictures 2016" feature. As it happens, seven of the chosen images that defined that past 365 days were from DPI alums. Those included were Jonno Rattman (BFA '13), Bryan Denton (BFA '05), Chang W. Lee (BFA '93).
Prof. Scales was in conversation with James Estrin, editor of the NY Times' Lens Blog about the daunting task.
Q. But how do you choose? Not all of those photos are great, but you must have hit a few thousand really fine pictures. Which ones rise above the others? What is significant enough to make the cut?
A. What’s significant enough besides these are the ones I like? Great journalistic photographs must have news value and show the compelling nature of the human experience, good and bad. Also, creative use of the photographic medium, and the technology. Imaginative yet objective — where it’s not overprocessed.
The two continued their conversation over Facebook Live. Click here for the full video.
Keep scrolling to view the photos by DPI alums that made the cut:
Jonno Rattman for The New York Times
Bryan Denton for The New York Times
Bryan Denton for The New York Times
Chang W. Lee/The New York Times
Chang W. Lee/The New York Times
Chang W. Lee/The New York Times
