This is a photo from the San Francisco Chronicle of a rescue of people from a capsized boat off the coast of San Francisco after dusk on January 27th, 2012. Although I don't generally enjoy the dramatic in visual arts, this image here just astounds me. The illumination of the scene (even though it was probably produced by a powerful light), seems to come from nowhere. It's as if this is a historical painting, with Jesus Christ being carried from the cross instead of a fisherman from the Pacific Ocean.
