When I first started taking this class, my definition of photojournalism
was photographer taking photos of subjects that was interested or took their
eye. I believe my opinion on photojournalism is bit different but similar now
that I been through the history timeline of photojournalism. Every photographer
has a different meaning towards photojournalism but can all come back to one
word, telling a story.
Taking this class helped me learned about the importance of photojournalism.
I knew that photojournalism was an important part of the history timeline and
this taking this class helped me brighten my boarders on the topic. It helped
me realizes the true meaning behind why photographers takes their photos. I
still have the same opinion that, Photojournalism can be still images of a
historic event to tell a story. A simple photo can give off different views of
action without being there in person. We can tell our story from just looking
at a photo. Photos can range from black and white to color skyscrapers. Every
photo tells a story and without the stories, there’s no history lesson.
I believe that photojournalism can help change a small part
of the world but not too much. A photo of a man standing in front of tanks,
shows his bravery to stand for what he is protesting for. We as people will see
that and some will say he had lost his mind for not moving but others will
state that we should start fighting and standing for what we believe in and
make the change that need to happen. Photography is a source of media and can reach out
the across the world. People use the media to cover news and entertainment.
My ah-ha? I believe I encounter my ah-ha moment doing the
ethics module. I encounter mainly ideas and knowledge about what is a true and
not true image. But even a true images has controversial meaning to it. Whether
or not it is ethical to take this photo. An example of this is the photo by
Kevin Carter and Emmanuel Dunand. The photo by Carter was of a girl who was
suffering and clearly needed help but Carter chose to rather take a picture and
show it to the world. The image by Dunand is of a woman praying after the
disaster shooting at the Sandy Hook in Ct. These photos question the ethical rights
and got bad reviews worldwide by people.
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| By: Kevin Carter http://all-that-is-interesting.com/kevin-carter |
Throughout this semester I
learned a lot from my classmate threads and post. I was able to read and
understand their different viewpoint on the topics we were giving. Watching Linnea
Herbertsson profile video on Paul Hansen, I learned that Paul was social
awkward and he used the camera as way for him to get out and be social. I
think that actually helped a lot of other photographer go out in the world be
part of it. In Jessica blog she mentions the motivations of photographer that I
agreed with “I
think for most people what drives them and what makes them want to accomplish
something is if they have a real passion for it.”
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| By: Emmanuel Dunard http://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2013/01/28/169536213/what-it-feels-like-to-be-photographed-in-a-moment-of-grief |
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| By: Lynsel Addario http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/01/magazine/what-can-a-pregnant-photojournalist-cover-everything.html?_r=0 |
It is important to understand the
history of Photojournalism and where did it come from and start. Alost of
people tend to find history very boring and pointless. According to Ken
Burns “People tend to forget the
word “history” contains the word “Story.”
Creative Experiential Exercise
My two first photos are random
images I took while traveling to Maine. These images are simple but still gives
off a lot of detailed in them. Photography that was random and wasn’t meant to
happened, has more of your own meaning. As in my passion for black and white photography
gives more of an emotional vibe to photos. Today now, people are able to take
great photos with the advancement in cameras. My third photo is of Edgewood parking
lot. In this photo, there’s isn’t a main subject. You have the trees, snow,
cars, and the back light effecting the photo.
