Photojournalism

It has been said for photography it takes imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes looking before you learn to see the extraordinary. At first painting was used to make a picture, especially portraits that were made by painters for first or middle class families. Painting offered a wide selection of transferable subjects from nudes, portraits, still life, and landscapes that…

The Arts. A wide spectrum of knowledge encompassing of the performing arts, literary arts and visual arts. By watching movies, reading novels, listening to music or looking at a painting, the arts extend our personal knowledge and enrich our inner lives. Art is way through which an individual can understand their selves better. A way through which one can express their ideas freely without any boundaries. A way through one can understood various cultures and societies around the world. A way so…

Ami Vitale: The importance of empowering the world’s women and children In her lecture world renowned photographer, Ami Vitale describes the importance of photojournalism, “Photography is an incredible passport to engaging and changing the world” (Behrmann). In other words, Vitale tries to make the point that it is essential to build a portfolio that is as socially impactful as it is beautiful. A portfolio that holds significant meaning. In her own global work, Vitale has focused on many…

For many visual artists, it is common knowledge that in order to gain popularity and to create a name for ones self they need to put themselves out there in the world for all to see. Whether they are a painter, a writer, an installation artist, or an actor they all require a pedestal to stand on and have their work be seen; for many the first steps on to the pedestal is by capturing their work through photography. Today, photography is as easy as using the latest iPhone and the application…

In this essay, I will examine the role of contemporary art practice in presenting the world in an altered light so that we engage in the represented events and situations in more critical and perhaps experimental ways. In addressing this question, I shall concentrate on politically engaged artistic practice in the form of photography, street art, and installation art. It is the artistic techniques that these artists behold and present to us that makes us react and respond to them and what they…