The following photos were very hard for me to pick from all the images I have taken in the year 2005, but I think that these best illustrate human interest, news photography and sports coverage.This stuff is more than just pointing the camera and clicking away! It takes a great eye and very good compositional abilities and the ability to analyse the light conditions, and make the proper adjustments and metering, that determine the correct exposure. And all of this within a split second! So next time you see a photograph, please appreciate the effort. It's not as easy as it looks!
The year 2005 saw a continuation of more of the same in Jamaica and the world - death, killing, crime and natural disasters. In all of these events, we tend to overlook the ordinary, everyday people who are affected by them, especially the children and youth. By focusing on them, hopefully, we can highlight those that are affected most and help them.
-Photos and text by Photography Editor, Norman Grindley
November 12 The daughter of Roy Thompson, 50, one of the victims of a triple murder at Sandy Bay, Clarendon. Police say that the father, his son Randy and nephew Kevin Howard, were involved in gunrunning between Jamaica and Haiti. It is believed that they were victims of a reprisal killing by another gang.
March 3 Children living at 51 Whitehall Avenue sift through the remains of their houses, which were destroyed by fire. There were no fatalities, although 65 persons were left homeless.
July 23 A group of residents (left) stand on one side of the road between Green Hill and Spring Hill, Portland, that was destroyed by this landslide during the passage of Hurricane Dennis.
September 17
Eltham's Shevon Brown avoids a sliding tackle from Kingston College's Anthony Brownie during their ISSA/Pepsi Manning Cup clash at Kingston CollegeÕs North Street campus. Eltham won 1-0.
December 15
Students of the Seaford Town Early Childhood Institute, Westmoreland, smile for the camera on the school grounds. Principal of the school, Cynthia Kameka, is appealing for sponsorship to renovate the kitchen so that students can be properly fed. The Institute of Jamaica and the German Embassy toured Seaford Town (a.k.a. German Town) where immigrants from northern Germany settled in 1835.
September 18
Alana McKeever registered nurse (right), of PRN Relief International, interviews Winsome Shakes while her five-year-old daughter, Shade Brown, sits on her lap at the Barnes Basic School in Kingston. The PRN team is in Jamaica providing medical care for patients at St. JosephÕs Hospital, as well as patients from inner-city communities.
October 25
Mother and daughter at St. Simon's Basic school on Penn Street, Jones Town, after a three-hour shoot-out occurred earlier that morning.
