My View On Photojournalism

There are many cases where women and men are not seen as equals. In some places, this is apart of their culture. In other places, society has failed to grow out of their misogynistic ways despite continued efforts. A specific woman that embodies women’s empowerment is  Farzana Wahidy , and Afghan photojournalist who refuses to wear a burka like the other women. She was beaten because of this choice by male members of the Taliban, yet she stood by her choice of never wearing a burka. She took one specific amazing photo from inside a burka and gave the world a different perspective of what it is like to have to see through a mesh screen, seeing a blurry world.  Photo by:  Unknown Year created: 2007 Another example of a woman in photojournalism is Meridith Kohut. Meredith is an American photojournalist based in Venezuela. Every day she documents the humanitarian and economic crisis in Venezuela.  “Photographing thousands of people waiting in bread lines...

Help me, along with many others, stop the opioid crisis through education. Sometimes statistics do not speak to people so here is a project I created that marries statistics and photographs of the struggle experienced by opioid addicts. A source that inspired me a lot and perfectly depicts what I think will stop the opioid crisis is James Natchwey's "The Opioid Diaries."  Visit my project "My Take on the Opioid Epidemic"  to understand and learn about my view on the opioid crisis. According to Drugabuse.gov,  "Everyday more than 130 people in the United States die after overdosing on opioids." According to Marketwatch.com, "A new study found that both deaths from opioid overdose and opioid prescriptions rose in areas if the country where physicians received more opioid-related marketing from pharmaceutical companies." An article on James Nachtwey's "The Opioid Diaries" read, "The result (of the crisis) is 'The Op...

               There are two frequently asked questions, are bloggers photojournalists and do photojournalists blog? There are many different perspectives on the first question. In my opinion, bloggers certainly can be photojournalists, and I think photojournalists do have blogs. Some say that all the pictures they have that are worth sharing have stories written with them so there is nothing left to share on a blog . So in my opinion, blogging is more of a hobby. However, I think blogging has had a big impact on photojournalists as a new technological advancement.   Image Source: www.blogger.c om             Blogging is defined as an online journal. In this online journal, there can be photos, ideas, collages, recipes, just about anything can go on a blog.  Blogs first came out in 1997 from the use of college students. The term “weblog” was attributed to Jorn Barger who developed t...

Photo by: Mathew Brady Image Source: https://www.archives.gov/files/education/lessons/brady-photos/images/parade-6-me.gif Year Created: 1862 Principle #1: The first principle that I noticed was used in this photo was exposure time. As you can see from the photo, almost everyone’s face is focused except the soldier on the far left, his face is blurred out. This shows that the shutter speed on the camera was very slow because the camera was not able to freeze the action of the man turning his head which is why his face is blurry in the photo.  Principle #2: The second principle I noticed was used in this photo was “Is the image black and white or color?” This image is in black and white because during the time that it was taken, the photojournalists, Mathew Brady did not have the privilege of using color photography. Although the photo is in black and white you are still able to make out facial expressions, uniforms, setting, and time of day.  Principle #3: Th...

How did photojournalists do their jobs without portable cameras, changeable lenses, and digital film? No one really thinks about this question because people are so invested in what we currently have rather than appreciate the process and evolution it took to get here. Nevertheless, photojournalism has been important f or centuries and consistently continues to be important. In the article on Gordon Parks, it read, “I saw that the camera could be used as a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of wrongs, I knew at that point I had to have a camera.” Although it has always been important, that does not mean it has always been as easy as it is now. In pre vious videos, Prof essor Nordell states that people used to wait in lines to see pictures because not everyone had access to them. In his most recent video “Before Pixels Part 1, Professor Nordell says that photojournalists used to have to make their subjects sit completely still for up to 8 minutes just so that a...

The answer to this question will forever be contemplated as long as pictures exist. There will never be one correct answer, but in my opinion, there is only one logical answer and that is yes. Pictures have the ability to talk to people in a special way that words can’t. Pictures tell stories, share perspectives, teach, and provide evidence and reason. Truthfully, without pictures, everyone would be living in their own bubble and can only imagine what life is like for the rest of the world. They have the ability to show us things that we cannot experience in our immediate life. So to answer the big question of “Can Photos Change the World?” the answer is yes. In his video, Jonathan Klein  says, “Images provoke reactions from people and those reactions cause change to happen.” Throughout the span of this course, I always took photos for granted. I never realized their truth worth until I understood the views of the people that were behind the camera capturing the pictures. In ...

Photojournalism is consistently overlooked by society. It can be something as violent as war, or something as peaceful as animals in nature. Photojournalists are involved in documenting anything and everything that we see in magazines, newspapers, journals, and articles. They have sense that something great is going to happen and they capture the moment. However, there is a method to their madness. They know what the important stories are during that time so that people will be more drawn to reading and looking at their art. Photojournalism is an art that people forget about, it is a moment in time that a person is able to capture using their intuition and having the ability to present it in a way that people will want to view it. Knowing the history of photojournalism is important because it has changed the way society views current news. Can you imagine reading an excerpt explaining a picture without the picture being there? You can imagine what it looks like, but what you ima...