Ben Folds Took Some Photos of the Nashville Flood

We

the

getting around to covering

. You know who Ben Folds thinks did a better job? That's right: Ben Folds. National Geographic (I refuse to say "Nat Geo") put up a

, along with captions, including this one:

"When I realized the extent of the flood I was disappointed in the media," says Folds. "Because I was online constantly and had seen very little that showed what was actually happening. I think also that many who were in the middle of it hadn't had time to upload pictures - the ones that had been uploaded just weren't shot in a way that told the story, which is just a matter of technique and experience. Honestly just because you aim a camera at something doesn't mean its going to translate. As is always the case, the more access people have to images that tell the story, the more awareness, help and results you can get so I thought I should get some images up on twitter."

Not only were the media not doing enough, ordinary people's photos really lacked technique.