ABSTRACT
From an earthquake in Haiti to the Golden Globe ceremony in Los Angeles, from a fashion show in Paris to explosions in Kabul, greetings from the agency's global pictures desk in Singapore. Once the pictures were processed in local picture desks by editors, or sometimes by photographers in the field, most of the agency's pictures ended up before they were distributed to worldwide clients. Much like senior subs, Editor-In-Charge (EIC)’s also started their shifts earlier so they could get a good sense of the big stories first. When the global pictures desk is fed back with valuable information at particular moments of production, a circular structure is in play. The bulk of work that was done by the graphic journalist on the global graphics desk was on breaking news or on upcoming big events, such as the Olympics, whereby a designer would be dispatched to the scene itself.
