photojournalism

Photojournalism

• Photographs support a story. Words + pictures.

• Photographs tell the story on their own.

• The best photojournalism captures a moment in time.

• Good photos make you feel something.

Behind the photo:

John Carlos and Tommie Smith were banned from further competition by Avery Brundage.

Carlos had his tracksuit top unzipped to show solidarity with all blue collar workers in the U.S. and wore a necklace of beads which he described "were for those individuals that were lynched, or killed and that no-one said a prayer for, that were hung and tarred. It was for those thrown off the side of the boats in the middle passage.”

Smith later said, "If I win, I am American, not a black American. But if I did something bad, then they would say I am a Negro. We are black and we are proud of being black. Black America will understand what we did tonight.”

Photo ran in NY Times in March 1993 by Kevin Carter of South Africa; won the Pulitzer Prize for

photography.

One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind –Neil Armstrong, 1969

Vietnam, 1969

Kim Phuc, the Napalm girl, at 40

August 14, 1945

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sailor-nurse-from-iconic-vj-day-photo-reunited/

“I am the greatest!” 1965

http://www.nytimes.com/projects/well/vegetarian-recipes/?ref=dining#home

Nearly all newspaper and magazine features are accompanied by a slide show—or great photographs

Haunted house, what the world eats,

Taking Good Photos

Don’t put the person or the object in the middle. Know the rule of “thirds”

Lower third

Proper composition makes these

photos interesting

Close, closer, closest

Try some creative photos over Thanksgiving!