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EDEL RODRIGUEZ: ARIZONA

January 11, 2011

Edel Rodriguez illustrated both the op-ed and letters section of today’s New York Times; the topic, of course, is the unthinkable massacre in Arizona. Below is his description of creating powerful, related imagery for a still-evolving story.

Letters image:

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“Because of the breaking news nature of the story, the articles were still to be written.  For the letters image, I started working on sketches about my reaction to the event, along with what we thought would be an Op-Ed on toxic speech.”  

Op-Ed image:

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“By the end of the day the Op-Ed changed completely to a writer's impression of her hometown of Tucson, so I had to create new sketches and final turnaround in a couple of hours.”  

 Edel’s brainstorming / sketch process captures the overwhelming impact of the event and tries to make visual sense of it all:

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Tags: Edel Rodriguez, Editorial, Newspapers

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