Your Turn: In the Pope's Wake

Your thoughts on any of the below…

What a difference a year makes; the color red; Pope – anything at all; how Souza also likes to shoot Obama (1, 2, 3, 4,5); quitting; news photography and the permanent campaign; the role of big ole screens in public spaces (and how so many news pictures now are pictures of screens *; what it means to be behind (or, the role of the public in photo #2) the color white; working into your old age.

*Note how this has screens and Hoffman has even composed it like it’s a montage of screens.

(photo 1: Franco Origlia/Getty Images caption 1: Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithful gathered at the Colosseum during the Way Of The Cross procession on Good Friday April 6, 2012 in Rome, Italy. The traditional Catholic procession on Good Friday recalls the crucifixion of Jesus Christ ahead of Sunday’s Easter holiday. photo 2: Dmitry Lovetsky/AP caption 2:Faithful watch a giant screen showing Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican,Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. The 85-year-old German Pope Benedict is stepping down on Thursday evening, the first pope to do so in 600 years, after saying he no longer has the mental or physical strength to vigorously lead the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics. )