Web Site Of The Month
Emergency Service Photography
For the Web Site of the Month
to feature an individual photographer's work, I went searching
for something different. If you've spent any time surfing the
Internet, you'll know there are thousands of photographer's
sites to be found, each showing various individual's capabilities
in producing creative images. In my search, I discovered many interesting
sites that included something other than wedding, portrait, or glamour
images. At commercial photographer John Durand's site (www.johndurand.com),
I found a section that showcases dramatic vintage black and white images
of 1960s drag racers in action. Halfway around the world from Durand,
Ron Solomon's site (www.israelphoto.com)
displays photojournalistic images made for the Haifa bureau of one of
Israel's major daily newspapers. Back here in the U.S.A., Bruce
Keen's site (www.keenfoto.com)
features nostalgic color photographs of vanishing Americana, such as
covered bridges, lighthouses, and barns. While these were interesting
sites--and I urge you to visit all of them--I was still looking for
something "different." |
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Pictures And More.
Beneath the category thumbnails are links to other pages within
the site. Some are what you might expect in a photographer's web
site, such as a modest biography featuring a portrait of the webmaster
on the job in firefighting gear. Like any self-promotion site, Emergency
Services Photography includes Reimer's recent publication credits,
showing the tear sheets themselves, not just the images. There is the
inevitable "Awards this site has won" area along with e-mail
links and a guest book you can sign to let the webmaster know how much
you enjoyed your visit. One of the most unique aspects is the ICQ ("I
seek you") Communications Center that is one of the most intense
I've seen on any photographer's site. In addition to offering
his own chat room, you can leave a message on an "Online Answering
Machine" or contact Reimer via his WWW pager. There's a lot
more communication data on this page and assignment-driven photographers
would do well to include something similar on their own web sites. |
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