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FROM THE PUBLISHER, Page 4
Olympic athletes know that extensive preparation contributes
to a great performance, and that's a lesson our photo department
has taken to heart. Operations manager Kevin McVea spent more
than a year mapping out TIME's technical requirements for the
Barcelona Summer Games. Readers will begin to see the results
this week in our coverage of the opening ceremonies. Thanks to
new equipment in place at our press center, we will be able to
bring high-resolution images to our readers in special sections
on the Olympics so long as there's a medal yet to be won.
In Barcelona, the daily work of seven photographers will
be reviewed by associate picture editor MaryAnne Golon,
Paris-based picture editor Barbara Nagelsmith and picture
researcher Mary Worrell Bousquette. Imaging specialist Kin Wah
Lam will transmit the edited selections to picture editor
Michele Stephenson and assistant picture editors Karen Zakrison
and Eleanor Taylor. A new Eastman Kodak 2035 scanner will be
used to send pictures to us here at headquarters in a mere 45
seconds. The editors will sift through these low-resolution
"first drafts" and pick the photos to be sent via satellite to
them in publishable form.
Using scanning and transmission workstations developed by
Israel's Scitex Corp., Kevin and his crew will be able to
produce the final, high-quality photographs on site. The images
will have the same sharp quality as those scanned on our
premises and will be ready for use in the magazine. Notes McVea:
"These innovations actually extend our deadlines. Four years
ago, it took up to five hours to process and send a single image
from the Seoul Olympics. With this technology, all that work
takes just 35 minutes."
McVea, 30, makes it his business to keep track of
cutting-edge technical developments. He worked at Newsweek as
head of picture operations before joining TIME in 1988. Over the
years, his job has grown from one primarily involved with
logistics and coordination to the greater challenge of
integrating electronic photo transmission into our operations.
The new workstations aren't the only reason Kevin will be
working under less pressure in Barcelona. His wife Barbara was
due to give birth to their second child only two days after the
opening ceremonies in Albertville last February, and he faced
a harrowing round-trip journey to attend the birth. Happily, the
McVeas' son Kyle decided to make his debut a bit early and was
born (joining daughter Elyse, 2) four days before the Games.
Elizabeth P. Valk