Photojournalism

3). Like Hine, Rothstein was known for his provocative photojournalism, highlighting what he believed to be the most dismal injustices of his time. In this particular piece, Rothstein displays a pregnant mother and three children peering through the doorway of their Arkansas home, presumably enduring the suffering…

practice assignments where wonderful and interesting! After taking this course I definitely say I have a good understanding of AP style without needing my stylebook. I did not originally have any interest in journalism until I completed your photojournalism assignment. It was fun trying to get my photos at the right time and I am planning on maybe taking another course towards…

of the world. It reveals reality, which leads to his first perspective of photography, “The Thing Itself”. Szarkowski explains how photography does represent the world around us but reality is a different thing. When it comes to, for example, photojournalism, I believe some photographers try their best to portray reality. They want people to see what has happened, because the proof is more important. It is indeed an artistic problem, that what is in a photo is not the same as what our eyes see,…

Rodriguez, Reyna 29-January-2016 Photography Period 1 Sears Photography Essay Photography is the art or practice of creating beautiful photographs using the skills and knowledge you contain. Taking photos may seem like a very simplistic thing to do but when you look further into it you will see how much work and dedication goes into it. There are many jobs you can apply and succeed in for the field of photography so let’s discuss some of those options. The first job in the field of…

In this essay I will be showing you how the convergence of the camera phone and social media has lead us to survey not only ourselves but others. I will not put too much focus on the origin of the camera phone , rather I will be writing on how social media and the camera phone has shaped us to review our pictures , and the positives that have come with the convergence of these technologies Although the topic is under great debate, the first ever camera phone was created in May 1999 by Japanese…

Rethink Photojournalism Ismail Ferbous, photojournalist and freelancer, in his article, “Photography as Activism”, recounts a time a garment factory collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh and how photojournalism helped spread the word. Ferbous has “received a host of awards, including ones from the World Bank and the WHO” (Ferbous22). He also helped with a documentary in the New York Times, “The Deadly Cost of Fashion.” Ferbous has done countless numbers of documentary work from climate change and…

The Civil War had some major impacts on the world, which shaped America to be as it is today, both good and bad ends. It changer American economics, created the start of migration and groups, such as the progressives, changed policies and enhanced new ideas. Yet, sadly enough, America had to get involved with the civil war to forego these changes, otherwise America may have turned out differently than it is today, whether that is a good stance or a bad stance. The civil war is conflicting…

Steve McCurry is a world-respected photographer who has several masterpieces including his photograph of Sharbat Gula known as “ Afghan Girl” which is the most recognizable photograph in the National Geographic. Although his work is world-renowned there are many critics and controversies over his photographs because of his misuse of Photoshop. Many photographers use Photoshop when editing their photos, but the extent that McCurry used it questions his integrity as a photographer. He did not…

With 80M+ photos being shared on social platforms and 3.5B+ photos being liked each and everyday on Instagram, it is a clear example that as a society we have redefined the term photography and the ways in which we use it to share everyday life as well as to explore the world around us. Photographers don’t have all the time in the world; in fact sometimes they only have a second or 100 hundredths of a second to capture a moment. They capture these photographic images in order to invoke emotion…

to the material and social world it seemingly depicts (Tinkler.P, p3). The question that must be asked is the photo a copy of the real world or is there a more complex relationship? Although practitioners like myself, working the fields of photojournalism and photo-documentary livelihood hinges on the factuality of the photographic images. My training and experience…