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Mind Map by Jane Buchanan, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Jane Buchanan
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Photojournalism and
Documentary Photography
- Photojournalism
- Photojournalism is the use of photographs in conjunction with the reporting of news in media such
as print newspapers, magazines.
- Photojournalism distinguishes itself from other forms of professional photography by its adherence
to the principles of journalism: timeliness, accuracy, fair representation of the context of events and
facts reported, and accountability to the public.
- The emergence of photojournalism, along with its current trajectory, depends a great deal upon
technological developments in the camera. As early as the Crimean War in the mid-19 th century,
photographers were using the novel technology of the box camera to record images of British
soldiers in the field. However, the widespread use of cameras as a way of reporting news didn’t come
until the advent of smaller, more portable cameras which used the enlargeable film negative to
record images. The introduction of the 35 mm Leica camera in the 1930’s made it possible for
photographers to move with the action, taking shots of events as they are unfolding.
- Photojournalism—in its instant shot and transmission—doesn’t show “life.” It neither has the time to
understand it nor the space to display its complexity. The pictures we see in our newspapers show
frozen instants taken out of context and put on a stage of the media’s making, then sold as truth. But
if the Molotov cocktail-throwing Palestinian is shot in the next instant, how is that told? And what
does that make him—a nationalist or terrorist? From the photojournalist, we’ll never know since
time is of the essence, and a deadline always looms. Viewers can be left with a biased view,
abandoned to make up their minds based on incomplete evidence.
- But the product they create comes from the need for speed, and this necessity simplifies (and
sensationalizes)
- Photojournalists look to add meaning or message to their pictures by employing contrasts and
juxtaposition. In actuality, these are time and space savers. Juxtaposition implies an intersection
where extremes or opposites meet.
- Photojournalists look to add meaning or message to their pictures by employing contrasts and
juxtaposition. In actuality, these are time and space savers. Juxtaposition implies an intersection
where extremes or opposites meet.
- But the product they create comes from the need for speed, and this necessity simplifies (and
sensationalizes)
- Photojournalism—in its instant shot and transmission—doesn’t show “life.” It neither has the time to
understand it nor the space to display its complexity. The pictures we see in our newspapers show
frozen instants taken out of context and put on a stage of the media’s making, then sold as truth. But
if the Molotov cocktail-throwing Palestinian is shot in the next instant, how is that told? And what
does that make him—a nationalist or terrorist? From the photojournalist, we’ll never know since
time is of the essence, and a deadline always looms. Viewers can be left with a biased view,
abandoned to make up their minds based on incomplete evidence.
- The emergence of photojournalism, along with its current trajectory, depends a great deal upon
technological developments in the camera. As early as the Crimean War in the mid-19 th century,
photographers were using the novel technology of the box camera to record images of British
soldiers in the field. However, the widespread use of cameras as a way of reporting news didn’t come
until the advent of smaller, more portable cameras which used the enlargeable film negative to
record images. The introduction of the 35 mm Leica camera in the 1930’s made it possible for
photographers to move with the action, taking shots of events as they are unfolding.
- Photojournalism distinguishes itself from other forms of professional photography by its adherence
to the principles of journalism: timeliness, accuracy, fair representation of the context of events and
facts reported, and accountability to the public.
- Photojournalism is the use of photographs in conjunction with the reporting of news in media such
as print newspapers, magazines.
- Documentary photography
- Documentary photographers reveal the infinite number of situations, actions
and results over a period of time. In short, they reveal life. Life isn’t a moment.
It isn’t a single situation, since one situation is followed by another and
another
- Through documentary work, the photographer has a chance to show the
interwoven layers of life, the facets of daily existence, and the unfettered
emotions of the people who come under the camera’s gaze. When finally
presented, viewers are encouraged to use their intelligence and personal
experiences, even their skepticism, to judge.
- There is more than the angry mob: There is the “why” and the “how” behind
their actions. There is more than the flood of refugees: There is what they
leave behind. There is more than the funeral of a martyr: There is the space
they leave empty in their family’s life.
- documentary photographer captures subtle moments
- documentary photographer captures subtle moments
- There is more than the angry mob: There is the “why” and the “how” behind
their actions. There is more than the flood of refugees: There is what they
leave behind. There is more than the funeral of a martyr: There is the space
they leave empty in their family’s life.
- Through documentary work, the photographer has a chance to show the
interwoven layers of life, the facets of daily existence, and the unfettered
emotions of the people who come under the camera’s gaze. When finally
presented, viewers are encouraged to use their intelligence and personal
experiences, even their skepticism, to judge.
- Documentary photographers reveal the infinite number of situations, actions
and results over a period of time. In short, they reveal life. Life isn’t a moment.
It isn’t a single situation, since one situation is followed by another and
another
- All of these notes came from
http://niemanreports.org/articles/photojournalism-and-documentary-photography/
- One reacts almost instinctually, the other with more studied calculation The journalist takes what
the camera lens captures, while the documentary photographer makes the images as a form of
storytelling, seeking to elevate understanding about what the camera’s eye is recording.
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