The Big Picture is the Boston Globe’s photojournalism blog.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/bigpicture

The Big Picture is a massive series of extremely beautiful photos taken from large news sources like Associated Press and Reuters. Each photo is paired with a brief caption explaining the story behind it, but otherwise the photos speak for themselves. There is an FAQ section where it explains that the blog is moderated by the Boston Globe photo editors and various other things. When you click on a photo that you like it opens up a series of photos on the same topic all with separate captions. When you scroll to the bottom of that series is where you can comment or share to email, Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, or LinkdIn.

One series that caught my eye was on the recent flooding in Lousiana. The blog really cements that you can take real events that are newsworthy and hard hitting and make them artistic and as visually appealing as any other artist’s blog.

Those photos are just the beginning, they have 45 amazing photos posted that show beyond words the disastrous affects of the flooding.

One thing I don’t like is their font choices. It takes away from the beauty of the photos to see a heading and caption that look like someones first attempt at creating a Myspace account. I am also surprised that they decided to not link to full articles about these stories just in case you want to read more.

Overall this is a really cool photojournalism blog that has personally inspired me to go out and take some shots if I get the chance.