The Big Picture –
By Glynn Wilson –
News photography is a dying field just like news itself. That started with the invention and release of the iPhone by Apple in 2006. But at least the New York Times still keeps the tradition alive with news pictures from all over the world.
We observed that 2024 was a major turning point in public interest in news, as in people seemed to give up on news and photography as ahistorical images and memes on social media continued grabbing public attention and taking it away from actual news. We must assume this trend will continue, so we are working on a change in focus and direction in the coming months. Stay tuned as they used to say on TV, before cable news talk came along and made traditional broadcast journalism mostly obsolete.
What could be the largest statue of Jesus in the country, maybe the world, standing 67-feet tall, resides in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, in a park called Passion Play: Glynn Wilson
Another view of campsite 30 in the Owens Creek Campground in Catoctin Mountain National Park: Glynn Wilson
Outer slope of the Rano Raraku volcano, the quarry of the Moais with many uncompleted statues: NAJ screen shot from Wikipedia
A view of the sunset over the babbling brook by campsite 30 in the Owens Creek Campground, a power spot: Glynn Wilson
A view of Shenandoah Valley from the Hogback Overlook on Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park: Glynn Wilson
Proteus Velo Club President Brooks Boliek with members Wes and Lauren at the top of Massanutten Mountain in the George Washington National Forest in Virgina, with the Shenandoah Valley below, and the Blue Ridge mountains of Shenandoah National Park across the way: Glynn Wilson
A sunset view of the Catoctin Mountains from a horse rescue ranch and an organic vegetable farm near Thurmont, Md.: Glynn Wilson
An artistic depiction that appears to satirize white nationalism and racism in the U.S. at the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Paris, 2024. NAJ screen shot
A view from the top of a peak in the Catoctin Mountains in Maryland: Glynn Wilson
The view from the Old Post Office Tower in Washington, D.C. That’s the EPA building across the street: Glynn Wilson
President Obama’s presidential portrait now hangs by the Grand Staircase leading to the West Wing: Glynn Wilson
Ducks on the pond, or the Capitol Reflecting Pool: Glynn Wilson
The Washington Monument after sunset over the Tidal Basin by the Jefferson Memorial: Glynn Wilson
The Jefferson Memorial on a spring night, 2024: Glynn Wilson
A spring view from behind the Dickey Ridge Visitors Center along Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park, Va.: Glynn Wilson
A winters day view from Black Bear Curve along Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia : Glynn Wilson
This great Catalpa tree which might be considered a witness tree has seen it all around here since the late 1930s, when Eleanor Roosevelt helped found the unique town of Greenbelt, Maryland. Photo by Glynn Wilson, Friday, Jan. 19, 2024
NAJ screen shot
The Washington Monument and the Buck Supermoon on the Fourth of July, 2023: Glynn Wilson
An adult Eastern Kingbird feeding young in Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens: Glynn Wilson
These Lotus flowers in the ponds of Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens are from famous Lotus seeds germinated in the 1950s after being under a dry lake bed in China for 800 years, according to the National Park Service: Glynn Wilson
A lighted fountain by the U.S. Capitol and the Buck Supermoon on the Fourth of July, 2023: Glynn Wilson
The White House: Glynn Wilson
President Richard Nixon meets with Elvis Presley in the Oval Office: Glynn Wilson
Ducks on the pond, or the Capitol Reflecting Pool: Glynn Wilson
A spring view from behind the Dickey Ridge Visitors Center along Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park, Va.: Glynn Wilson
A winters day view from Black Bear Curve along Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia : Glynn Wilson
This great Catalpa tree which might be considered a witness tree has seen it all around here since the late 1930s, when Eleanor Roosevelt helped found the unique town of Greenbelt, Maryland. Photo by Glynn Wilson, Friday, Jan. 19, 2024
Just for the heck of it, and because I can, I combined one picture of the Buck Supermoon at 99 percent full on Sunday, July 2, 2023 with a picture of the Washington Monument. Photos taken by the Washington Monument with a Cannon camera with a 1360 mm zoom lens: Glynn Wilson
