MONOMAD | Among the Debris of a Plane Crash in LA: Photography

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Smoke is still rising among the wreckage of a plane that crashed in a residential area. The view is covered by white fog coming out of the plane's engine and the engines of several cars hit by the plane's fuselage. Not only cars, the roofs of residents' houses were also destroyed by the plane crash. How terrible!

The sound of police car sirens that sounded sad made the atmosphere even more tense. Seats and plane properties were scattered on the streets. Around 80 percent of the plane's fuselage was destroyed. From the level of damage that occurred, it seems that no passengers survived.

What other disasters have occurred in Los Angeles in the midst of the fire disaster that has not ended?

Don't worry yet. The illustration above is a picture of the wreckage of a plane crash in a film at Universal Studio Hollywood, Los Angeles, US. I forgot what film it was, but I still remember the presenter saying that one of the stars in the film was Tom Cruise. That handsome man is one of my idol stars.

Photographing the wreckage of the plane from a vehicle that only stopped for a moment was not easy, in my opinion. A photographer is not free to choose the angle when seeing the unique side of an object. I experienced it because of the position that could not move here and there as if taking pictures in an open field. So, please understand if some photos look out of focus, not depicting the actual facts.

I saw a car overturned near the wrecked plane. If I could be freer, I would certainly aim the camera at the car body with the wrecked plane in the background. The view would create a more gripping dramatic effect.

There are several photos here that at first glance look blurry, it is not because they are out of focus, but because of the smoke billowing at the location. In black and white photos, smoke and fog are sometimes difficult to distinguish.

To remind the photo connoisseur that the moment was not a real accident, I show one photo with the head of a visitor who is watching the damage.

One thing I realized is that in a black and white frame, a terrible scene can look normal if our feelings do not interfere in dramatizing the situation. So, this is not merely an exotic effect, but it obscures the drama recorded behind a sad fact.[]