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Out-takes, observations and other insight from South Puget Sound
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
Posted by Dean Koepfler @ 06:21:58 pm

It can be the bane of our visual existence. Mindless and mind-numbing. Some newspaper photography staffs call it "cruising for wild art". Some refer to it as looking for feature art. At The News Tribune, we call it looking for a "CLO" (cut-lines only) photo. On slow news days, when the editors and reporters are fresh out of story ideas that have a visual component, you may see bleary-eyed photographers driving your streets and neighborhoods craning their necks back and forth, searching for SOMETHING, ANYTHING of interest that moves. Don't be alarmed, we're just making a living turning nothing into something. When I saw Chip Sturmer cleaning a sign, juxtaposed with the man in the pickle barrel, I knew my quest was over. Whether or not you find value in my B1 CLO or any humor, at least I don't call it art.

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