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Photojournalism is taking photos
and using them to tell a story or explain an event. It also can be videos or
pictures all put together to tell a news story, and is the study of history. It
is a study of the world we live in past and present. Photojournalism is a
depiction of our behavior, feelings, moods and thoughts. It is what we live
through and experience every day in our lives all brought into one moment and
captured as a trace in time. Photojournalism helps us keep up with the world
and understand events better as many people like to see things visually to
understand, photojournalism is the perfect way of doing that.
Like it says in his video; everyone can’t be there so photographers go there to show them, reach out, grab people and make them pay attention to what is going on. They try to capture pictures strong enough, with
enough detail to reach out, and make them realize what is really going on whether
it be around the world, or right in your country. Some photographers do this to
make you aware and educated on the world you live in. They do this by taking in
depth pictures to make viewers understand. Photojournalism can also be
excitement and risk as in the past many journalists have put their lives at
risk to videotape wars, violence and other dangerous situations. For example, In
the video, in harm’s way, with Zoriah and Alissa they talk about how they put their
life in danger everyday with their jobs of taking war photos. They risk their
lives just to capture the action to share with the world and spread awareness. They
Also said that they risk their lives for this, to not even be sure if the picture they get will even sell when they get back home.
photo by: Judy Woodruff
I think it’s very important to know the history of
photojournalism as it is important to know the history of anything. Photojournalism
goes back many years and has transformed, developed, and changed in so many
ways since then, as does anything with time. The beginning of photojournalism
started with bulky equipment, like tripods and lights, making it quite
difficult to move around, and get all the action. It wasn't until 1925 when
according to Ndsu.edu,“The beginning of modern photo journalism took place in Germany. The event was the invention of the first 35 mm camera, the Leica” This was the first step of developing photojournalism because now they didn’t
have to carry around all the large equipment but instead could just carry the
camera and move quickly like they needed too which revolutionized
photojournalism.
Looking at history
shows us what we were at one time and how far we have become and developed,
just as it has with the technology and shows us how much photojournalism has developed.
As cameras, colored photos and technology advances, so does photojournalism.
The history helps us to make improvements and understand the past, and how we
got where we are today. As the video “why study history” says, “you can apply history from the past to analyze and solve problems in the present." Without knowing
our history, we would keep making the same mistakes, and trying the same things,
we wouldn’t be expanding without history. As that applies to every aspect of
the world, it does as well in photojournalism.
Photo by: Gordon Parks
Image source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJWwZybxlNs
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