My View On Photojournalism

This is a picture I took when I went home of my family on a walk through the woods after the snow storm. 

Beginning the course, I didn’t really have a definition of photojournalism. I assumed that it could be any type of photos posted in a journal. After beginning the course vividly remember a video post in course content stating that photojournalism is simply- pictures of people doing things. Ever since then I have adopted that definition. However, after studying all the journalists I believe I have developed my own definition of photojournalism- pictures that have the ability to tell a story. I do not think that every picture is capable of telling a story and only ones that do should be considered photojournalism. In order for pictures to tell a story oftentimes, people are in it because facial expressions, poses, actions, body language all help tell that story, but there are other cases that a story could be told as well without people.  Photo by:  James Nachtwey Photo by:  James Nachtwey Photo by:  James Nachtwey Above are ...

Hi photojournalists, For my photojournalist profile, I decided to do my project on the well known James Nachtwey. This is a link to the photobook "by" James Nachtwey comprised of all of his pictures. The pictures have a specific order to them because they tell a story of what it is like to live in a third world country. Below is a zoomed-in version of the book with captions that the website wouldn't accommodate. The profile I created for James Nachtwey is below the images of the photojournal.  Photos By:   James Nachtwey   Both children in this photo were being held what was described as an "orphanage for the incurable."   Photos By:   James Nachtwey   These two images are taken from Nachtwey's photojournal titles "AIDS." The photo on the is an AIDS victim. The image on the bottom is of a grandmother comforting her HIV infected granddaughter.    Photos By:   James Nachtwey   The photo on the top is a sur...