PHOTOJOURNALISM

Photojournalism is a form of journalism that tells a news story

through powerful photography

Photojournalism was important to tell all the untold stories of the world.
Photojournalists traveled the world to give a voice to the unheard.
Their pictures gave awareness to the struggle of people that were left alone
otherwise.
Rohingya refugees along the border between Myanmar and Bangladesh in
2017. Mr. Siddiqui was part of a Reuters team that won the Pulitzer Prize for
feature photography in 2018.Credit...Danish Siddiqui/Reuters

The purpose of journalism is to inform the public about the

world around them.
What are the 5 basics of photojournalism?
• Good use of light,
• color
• a captivating moment,
• correct composition for the given situation,
• and the photographer's choice of distance to their subject.

• HONESTY
Photojournalism is, more immediate and a more truthful
representation of reality compared to paintings, which were
heavily influenced by the painter.

Anti war icon, Pablo Picasso, Guernica, 1937, oil on canvas, 349 cm × 776 cm.
(Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid)
1.Spot News Photojournalism
2.General News Photojournalism
3.Feature Photojournalism
4.Sports Action Photojournalism
5.Sports Features Photojournalism
6.Portrait/Personality Photojournalism
7.Pictorial Photojournalism
8.Illustration Photojournalism
Purpose of Photojournalism
The goal of photojournalism is to show the world and its stories to
the average person in this world. Long before rolling film and the
television as a medium where established, it was very difficult to find
information on current events or stories about other parts of the
world.
•Identify Your subjects
•Be Candid
•Have Guts

•Post-Processing in Photojournalism
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