photojournalism history and what is it???. foundations 1880 and 1897. crimean war (1853 to 1856)...
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Foundations
• 1880 and 1897.
• Crimean War (1853 to 1856) William Simpson of the Illustrated London News and Roger Fenton
• American Civil War : Mathew Brady.
• On March 4, 1880, The Daily Graphic (New York).
• 1887 Flash powder was invented
• 1927 and 1930 elements in place for a "golden age" of photojournalism.
The Golden Age
• Magazines :::Robert Capa, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Margaret Bourke-White and W. Eugene Smith
• Migrant Mother::: Dorothea Lange
• Magazine photographers achieved near-celebrity status.
• Newspaper photographers not successful
Acceptance by the art worldLuc Delahaye, and Chien-Chi Chang are among many who regularly exhibit in galleries.
Ethical and legal considerations
• Objectivity
• What to shoot, how to frame and how to edit are constant considerations.
• The photojournalist often has no control as to how images are ultimately used.
• The emergence of digital photography offers whole new realms of opportunity for the manipulation, reproduction, and transmission of images. It has inevitably complicated many of the ethical issues involved.
• The U.S. National Press Photographers Association
• Ethical Laws
Sources
• www.wikipedia.org
• http://www.photojournal.co.uk/
• http://www.altafqadri.com/gal/index.php
• London, Barbara, and John Upton. Photography. Scott, Foresman and Company,1989.