Anthony Suau

USA, for Time

World Press Photo of the Year 2008

World Press Photo of the Year 2008 Detective Robert Kole of the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office enters a home in Cleveland, Ohio, on March 26, following mortgage foreclosure and eviction. He needs to check that the owners have vacated the premises, and that no weapons have been left lying around. Officers go in at gunpoint as a precaution, as many houses have been vandalized or occupied by squatters or drug addicts. Debt foreclosure and repossession of homes were early signs of the growing US economic crisis.

Anthony Suau

美國 時代雜誌

2008世界新聞攝影展年度照片

3月26日,在俄亥俄州的克里夫蘭,隸屬古亞何卡郡警署的警探Robert Kole進入一間民宅。這間房屋已遭銀行強制收回,原住戶也被迫遷出,而他需要確認住戶已經完全清空,沒有遺留任何武器在現場。為了避免危險,警方進入這些房屋時通常會舉槍戒護,因為有許多空屋都已被非法入住者或吸毒者任意破壞或侵占。由於民眾無法償還房貸,產權因而遭到銀行收回,這是美國金融危機日趨嚴重的初期徵兆。