are we talking composition or topic? composition I can't really argue with, because I'm not enough of a shutterbug, but as for topic, it reflects the difference in focus of the two publications. Nat geo is more focused on the natural world, and time on political/public interest news, so it makes sense they'd be different, lol.
as a publication, I like nat geo a little better, less political bias (it's still there, just less pronounced. they're even, dare I say it, based from time to time), but the time spread was definitely more relevant to people's lives.
I care more about composition because that is what I went to school for. The subject of a photo is, well, subjective. The NatGeo photos had very uninteresting lighting and composition, and the subjects were almost always political. The Time photos on the other hand were good photographs in and of themselves for the most part, regardless of the subject.
These are significantly better than NatGeo's picks.
are we talking composition or topic? composition I can't really argue with, because I'm not enough of a shutterbug, but as for topic, it reflects the difference in focus of the two publications. Nat geo is more focused on the natural world, and time on political/public interest news, so it makes sense they'd be different, lol.
as a publication, I like nat geo a little better, less political bias (it's still there, just less pronounced. they're even, dare I say it, based from time to time), but the time spread was definitely more relevant to people's lives.
I care more about composition because that is what I went to school for. The subject of a photo is, well, subjective. The NatGeo photos had very uninteresting lighting and composition, and the subjects were almost always political. The Time photos on the other hand were good photographs in and of themselves for the most part, regardless of the subject.