在报道美国飓风灾难的众多新闻照片中,有些照片表现形式比较新颖,值得关注和研究。磅礴气势为艺术化表现提供条件气势磅礴的画面一般具有刺激、豪放等心理特征。在“卡特里娜”飓风横扫新奥尔良第三天,出现在美国《华盛顿邮报》网上的这幅照片(图一),标题是《洪水袭击新奥尔良( Among the many news photos covering the hurricane disaster in the United States, some of the photos are relatively new in form, worthy of attention and research. Magnificent momentum for the artistic performance of the conditions provided by the magnificent picture generally has stimulating, bold and other psychological characteristics. On the third day after Hurricane Katrina swept New Orleans, the photo appeared on the Washington Post in the United States (Figure 1) entitled "Flood Attack on New Orleans