Canon Professional Newtork (CPN) is featuring Volker Lensch, the photo editor at Stern magazine, who has picked images from the photographs submitted to the fourth edition of Editor’s Choice - an entry that showcased the talents of emerging photojournalists and the power of black and white imagery.
CPN produced an audio-visual presentation, in which Lensch describes his editing approach on a daily basis, and explains in detail his choice of the photographs.
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It is an interesting insight in how photo editors choose photographs...to me, it sounds more like a personal and instinctive reaction to the submissions.