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Photojournalism is Not Dead Lynsey Weatherspoon

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Page 1: Photojournalism presentation

Photojournalism is Not Dead

Lynsey Weatherspoon

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What is a photographer?

•A person who takes photographs using a camera.

•A professional photographer uses photography to earn money whilst amateur photographers take photographs for pleasure and to record an event, emotion, place or person.

•Are you a photographer?

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What is photojournalism?

•Art or practice of communicating news by photographs

•Newspapers, magazines, websites, weeklies, etc.

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Is photojournalism really dead?

•It’s evolving

•New technology

•New ways of advertising skills and expertise

•Promising future

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Portfolio? What’s that?

•Book with thought provoking, well composed images

•Critiqued by art directors and creative directors

•Make sure images have captions

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Tony Messano, Art Director/Creative Director

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How are you staying fresh and relevant?

•Read, read, read!

•Compose creative ideas, personal projects

•Refresh your style

•Create, practice, and visualize

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Who is your inspiration?

•Richard Avedon

•Gordon Parks

•Henri Cartier-Bresson

•Annie Leibovitz

•Mustafah Abdulaziz

•Kendrick Brinson

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Personal Projects

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Contact Information

•Lynsey Weatherspoon, [email protected]

•www.lynseyweatherspoon.com

•www.facebook.com/lynsey.weatherspoon

•@lnweatherspoon