Photojournalism Goal of Photojournalism Selecting story telling photographs
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Photojournalism
Goal of Photojournalism • Selecting story telling photographs that can convey the fullest, most accurate sense of the situation photographed
Goal of Photojournalism • Engage the heart and mind of a viewer with a compelling version of truth that results from bearing witness or a situation or event.
Age of the Visual Journalist • Visually intense society raised on millions of pictures. • Average of 5000 images a day in a variety of forms. • Role of the photographer and writer are changing.
The Visual Journalist • Combined role of writer, photographer, researcher, and graphics designer. • Requires a new mindset and vision • The “meaning business” • Marriage of words, images, and designs to convey information
Ethical considerations
Five Ethical Concerns • • • Victims of Violence Right to privacy Picture manipulations Stereotyping Mixing of advertising, public relations and journalism
Victims of Violence • “If it bleeds it leads” • Human tragedies and are often the fields of harvest for Pulitzer Prize winning journalists • Are the images really needed for the story?
Right to Privacy • US courts have continually maintained that privacy right differ between public and private persons. • Is the reason to rob privacy a truthful, comprehensive and intelligent account?
Picture Manipulation • Picture an subject manipulation are as old as photography. • Digital imaging make it easier to accomplish and harder to detect. • At stake is the reputation of the news service.
Stereotyping • Long list. . . African Americans are criminals. Latino are gang members. Native Americans alcoholics. . . • Results of images we have seen out of context.
Advertising, Public Relations and Journalism Blurring • “Advertorials and info mercials” • Advertising, public relations and journalism have been fused into advertorial.
Documentary Styles
Documentary Styles • • Spot and General News Human Interest and pictorial features Sports action and Features Picture stories
Spot News
General News
Human Interest
Pictorial
Sports Action
Sports Action • “Celebration of victory and agony of defeat”
Sports Feature
Picture stories
Telling a visual story
Narrative thread • Difference in visual story telling vs photo illustrated texts is the narrative thread or sequence that tells a story. • Today to most readers, images are more powerful and capture more attention, than text.
Active vs. . Passive photographs • Active • Show real people engaged in real events in real time • Example: James Natchway’s images of starving mothers and children in the Sudan. • Passive • Show people in in situations in which their essential purpose is to have their picture taken for the newspaper. • Example: Rick Sammon’s travel images
Context of the Photograph • Photographers and photo editors must strive to give an accurate image of an event or person rather than something taken out of context that makes a good image.
Time and Speed • Printed news services and especially the web require almost instantaneous news from around the world. • Photo editing decisions must now be done in minutes and seconds instead of hours and days
Photo editing • Current decision making constraints require a strong background in news, ethical judgement and philosophical base.
Photo Captions • Photos engage the eye, captions should engage the mind • A way to go beyond what the viewer can already see • It all starts with the photographer who was there and captures the moment
Tips for good captions • Point out subtleties not apparent to the viewer • Point out ambiguities and prevent viewer misunderstanding • Use quotes that add depth to the storytelling image • Explain technical information • Relate to the four non visual senses
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