This is an AP photo taken from BBC.co.uk, from a story about the French "Spiderman" who scaled a skyscraper in Hong Kong. This shot frustrates me because it's not detailed enough. I wish it had been more of a close-up, so I could see how the man is dressed (is he actually wearing a Spiderman costume?) and what kind of (if any) climbing/safety equipment he has. I don't think it does a very good job of explaining the story, especially with such an attention-grabbing headline-- this guy might as well be a window washer, for all I know. That being said, I do like the color contrasts of the metallic building and the bright clothing.
This shot comes from a slideshow about Fashion Week on the NYTimes website. I love the way it plays with our perspective of focus-- the only element we can clearly see in the photo is the mannequin head, while the real person is soft and blurry. There are also a lot of interesting lines making unusual angles here-- nothing is really symmetrical or centered, which is often the natural inclination when taking a photograph. I also like how the most physically large element of the shot, the back of the of the model's head, is not actually the focal point. There is a slightly surreal quality to the image, since it's a mirror reflection, that actually made me stop and try to decipher the photograph for several minutes.
This comes from a NY Times Health article about heart failure. It is obviously a posed shot, but still is an interesting environmental portrait of a hospital patient (thought this person is probably a model). The shot is sparse and overexposed, which mimics the physical qualities of many hospitals. I like that the subject ("patient") is not actually facing the camera-- again, something the viewer does not expect in a news story. Most photojournalists show the action of an event, but for the story this image accompanies, keeping things still and quiet tells the story better than an "action shot" would have.
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