Mydan Gleaning

I feel that the commonly used phrase "a picture is worth a thousand words" takes its roots from photographers like Mydans.  His pictures truly are a testament to the decisive moment approach to photography.  Each one of his images seems to capture an essential amount of information to convey to the viewer.  For example, the earthquake image in japan is captured at precisely the moment when the women's foot lands between two cracks in the asphalt as she desperately flees from the smoke and fire.  There is so emotion much captured in this image it is virtually impossible not to feel empathetic.  I think this holds true for all of Mydans' work, even his portraits of McArthur and Churchill are decisively captured to make a statement about their respective personalities.