PHOTOJOURNALISM

Letizia Battaglia“Franco Zecchin” 1987

Steve McCurry“Afghan Girl” 1984

Journalism Conventions• Timeliness — the images have meaning in thecontext of a recently published record of events.• Objectivity — the situation implied by the images is a fair and

accurate representation of the events they depict in both content and tone.

• Narrative — the images combine with other news elements to make facts relatable to the viewer or reader on a cultural level.

Implied: Indicated or suggested without being directly stated

Depict: To represent something in words or images

• Juxtaposed: placed close together, or side by side• Bias: Meaning prejudice: a

preconceived opinion or feeling, either favourable, or unfavourable• Sensationalism: A type of bias in the

media in which events and topics in news stories are over-hyped to increase viewer or reader numbers• Ethics: A system of moral principles

Journalistic EthicsMost journalists share a common code of ethics which are:

-Truthfulness-Accuracy-Objectivity

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Images, written text and audio used when presenting a story can lead to conflict over these ethics because they are often misleading and untruthful

• Photojournalism is a particular form of Journalism (the collecting, editing, and presenting of news material for publication or broadcast) that creates images in order to tell a news story.

• A picture is worth a thousand words and that’s why a photo can say so much about a current affair, event or subject

• Photojournalism adds to the written word and can support a story with visual proof.

• However, photographs often crop out significant elements of a picture in order to produce a misleading image. This has been used for various motivations by photographers.

Example :President Franklin Roosevelt,

stricken with polio and confined to a wheelchair, was photographed

with close-ups by sympathetic photographers who did not want to

show the public the full extent of his feeble condition.

• Photojournalism has a long and cherished tradition of truthfulness. The impact of the visual image on a viewer comes directly from the belief that the "camera never lies." As a machine, the camera faithfully and unemotionally records a moment in time. But a machine is only as truthful as the hands that guide it.

Photographic Conventions

• Cropping• High Angle• Low angle• Rule of thirds• Leading Lines• Frame within a frame

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Rule of thirds• The grid

Rule of thirds

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Leading LinesLeading lines occur in the image either naturally or intentionally. They lead the eye through the picture towards the most important aspect

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Frame within a frame

Cropping

High angle

Low angle

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TASK: PHOTO CONVENTIONSProof of being able to use photographic conventions to get your photo license

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• Cropping• High Angle• Low angle• Rule of thirds• Leading Lines• Frame within a frame

• Remember to watch the background!!!Watch out for poles, trees and telephone wires sprouting from heads