Covering Sandy

While I'm not surprised at the Manhattan-centric nature of the cover of <a href="http://nymag.com/nymag/letters/hurricane-sandy-editors-letter-2012-11/">New York Magazine's forthcoming issue</a>, I must admit the photograph by <a href="http://www.iwan.com/">Iwan Baan</a> is exceptional. It certainly doesn't summarize the impacts of Hurricane Sandy, but it does a great job showing how a chunk of the island lost power for close to a week.<br /><br /><img alt="nymagcvr121105_710.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/nymagcvr121105_710.jpg" title="New York Magazine cover" /><br />[New York Magazine cover by Iwan Baan | image <a href="http://nymag.com/nymag/letters/hurricane-sandy-editors-letter-2012-11/">source</a>]<br /><br />As explained by the editors: <br /><blockquote>A photograph taken by Iwan Baan on Wednesday night, showing the Island of Manhattan, half aglow and half in dark, was the clear choice [for the cover], for the way it fit with the bigger story we have tried to tell here about a powerful city rendered powerless.</blockquote>

Covering Sandy

While I'm not surprised at the Manhattan-centric nature of the cover of New York Magazine's forthcoming issue , I must admit the pho...

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