What do Truck Stops, Sinners and Image Cropping Have In Common?
June 18th, 2008 by MikeThe article in today’s New York Times about a reverend that ministers to truckers, primarily out of his own rig in Breezewood, PA, is well worth a read. (Side Note: Have you ever seen Breezewood, PA? It is something to behold.)
But what I really want to talk about are the photos that accompanied the article. Each of the photographs were published with their negative borders around them. I can’t remember ever having seen that in a newspaper before. I know it’s code for “my framing is gangster and I don’t crop my images.” I guess I am just surprised that the photo editor even entertained the idea.


July 9th, 2008 at 12:09 am
They do this every once in awhile in the NY Times with Hasselblad and 4×5 negative edges. It’s like, “hey I’m a newspaper photographer, but I can use a 4×5 too!”