Jack Pearson - The History of Photographic

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Jack Pearson - The History of Photographic

journalism

My name is Jack Pearson and welcome to my photojournalism booklet. I am an 18 year olds old studying BSc (Hons) in Photographic Journalism at Leeds Metropolitan University. My aim is to go places and capturing a wide range of photographs that show situations and also to capture a strong photo story of breath-taking moments worldwide.

My ambition is to travel to di�erent parts of the world to photograph di�erent cultures and to understand them.

I am currently after more photographic experience so I can build up a stronger portfolio and CV, I am happy to photograph anything, contact my mobile 07801575517.

On this page are examples of the photographs I have taken over the years, some from my work experiences and some I have taken as part of my hobby.

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EVENTS

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CONTENTS

CONTENTSWhat is a MythThe MedusaThe MedusaHistory Of Image Acquisition TimelineHistory Of Image Acquisition TimelineManipulated ImagesManipulated ImagesThe Frozen Moment, Captured and ConstructedPropagandaPropagandaPropagandaSocial CommentSocial CommentSocial CommentOnce Upon A TimeOnce Upon A TimeA JourneyA JourneyA JourneyThe Impressions GalleryThe Impressions Gallery

WHAT IS A MYTH?Over a long period of time there have been many stories or ideas that explains the culture or customs of a people, these can also be de�ned as myths. Myths can de-scribe a range of traditional tales, such as, the history of a people, explanations of natural and social miracles, which some members of society will see as legendary. Myths have existed through every culture and are still well known to this day, the most common myth stories told are the heroes of Greek mythology, as each myth has an interconnection, once you explain one myth then others are then explained which are associated. The myth I will research and report on is the story of ‘Medusa’, a young beautiful woman who was turned into a creature with verminous snakes as her hair as a punishment.

THE MEDUSAAt the beginning of this tragic myth, Medusa was a young beautiful woman from the city of Athens, she cared a lot about her appearance and had so many men who possessed over her, but over some tragic events she transformed from the most beautiful woman of her time, to the most monstrous female in Greek mythology, a woman which all men would fear for their lives, becoming Greece’s most famous monster. The myth of Medusa has fascinated members of society for almost 3000 years and her image is still recognised to many people around the world till this date. To many people, myths are confusing, but they can make sense, as the history evidences that there was a story told, the images and paintings show strong points which have been perceived through time to this date. Medusa was often portrayed as a woman with a bore, tusks and snakes that would crawl around her face, the de�nition of evil.

Within the Greek society, the Medusa story teaches lessons, as men may feel that at some point during their life they could feel under the spell of a bewitching type of woman. Medusa would kill a man with just a glance of an eye, turning them to stone. One day Medusa had visited Athena’s temple, named the Parthenon. Athena was the goddess of war, also a virgin goddess; sex was not a part of her world, meaning the women who visited the temple must be a virgin. The turning point of this myth came at Athena’s temple, one myth say’s that Medusa’s curse was to do with her vanity, and gloating about her prettier she was than Athena, which would anger Athena, she would teach Medusa a lesson by taking away her beauty and turning her to a monster, the lesson been not to value beauty. Another myth says she was raped by Poseidon, the god of the seas, but Poseidon is a powerful god and much more superior, so Medusa would have been cursed for going against Athena’s morals, which was having intercourse in her temple, resulting in a curse which Athena would take away Medusa’s beauty and replacing it with beastly features, all because she was raped and had lost her innocence. Medusa could no longer have a life, she would be casted away from society as any eye contact made with her would kill a person, and she was now a monster. In the myth Medusa has become a type of monster called a Gorgon, an ancient Greek word for terrible. The Gorgon would then be banished to an island where she would be isolated from everyone for the rest of her life, losing her beauty, social life and the ability to look at someone without killing them.

This image shows a painting by Gian Carlo Menotti of the evil Medusa, this painting could be used to warn of us of the term evil. The image shows that this woman is hideous and would be a warning to all men.

A painting by Amanda Brinkley of Medusa before the curse looking beautiful and innocent, compared to the other image this image shows she is very attractive and would be very appealing towards men, and it would con-fuse a person to wonder how someone as beautiful could end up monstrous like the image to the left.

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This shows the head of Medusa, image done by Caravaggio (1595), this image is more elder than the other two. Compared to the Gorgon image with the tusks, this image does not look as evil, these images will give people di�erent interpretations of Medusa’s appearance and leave questions unan-swered, was she as scary as people made her out to be? Was she a bad person?

An image that shows the head of Medusa, this image looks more recent than the one above, as the photo looks more enhanced, making her look more terrifying. The snakes on her hair represent that she is evil and powerful.

Athena had created a monster with the so much power that would make her invincible, all warriors desired to own her head as weapon to �ght of there enemies, many would invade her lair in attempt to slay her for the head which would turn people to stone. Numerous amounts of men had failed and turned to stone, by all making the same mistake, looking directly at her, but one Greek hero in the myth had succeeded in killing the gorgon, a man called Perseus. Perseus went out on this quest to slay Medusa to protect his mother Danae, who would be forced into an unwanted marriage with the king of Seripos, the town where Perseus lived. In the myth, Perseus had no idea what he was coming up against, as nobody had made it out of Medusa’s lair alive. Perseus was supplied with weapons for his survival and to battle with Medusa, gifted the sword of Zeus, the shield of Athena and the helmet of Hades, who was the god of death. Perseus ha a clever tactic when it came to killing Medusa, he walked backwards and used his shield to locate Medusas re�ection to avoid straight eye contact. Once he had found her he closed his eyes and turned, and then in one cut Medusas head was o�. Perseus would return to Seripos and showed the king the head, which would turn him to stone, his mother was saved. Perseus was known as hero, a great legend among Greek mythology to this very date, he returned the head to the Parthenon, the temple of Athena who set the awful curse on Medusa; she would end up having the power right in her temple.

An image to show the hero Perseus holding the head of Medusa, showing a sign of power, and a hero amongst Greek mythology for putting an end to the curse that was one of the evilest in the history of mythology.

Myths are stories that to this date are still spoken about, they havebeen perceived through images and paintings through-out time, that are confusing because there are a wide range of myths that both tell di�erent stories on a topic. There is not enough evidence to show that this was reality, as people would �nd it hard to believe that such evil existed. The Medusa story will always remain a myth, which will be passed along from person to person.

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HISTORY OF IMAGE ACQUISITION TIMELINEAncient Times

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1816

1834

1837

Camera obsucra an optical phenomenon, that is simple to create but hard to believe. The device is shaped like a box with a hole in one side. A blacked out room with a small hole will allow a tight beam of light to pass through, showing the outside world coming through, displayed upside down on a surface and twice as natu-ral.

Camera lucida, patented by William Hyde Wollaston, is an optical phenomenon used as a drawing tool for artists. Camera lucida helps the artist get a better view upon the surface he/she would like to draw. The artist is able to see both scene and drawing surface at once, at times the artist is able to trace outlines of the objects they are intending to draw.

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, a French man, who was one of the inventors of photography had created his �rst photograph using a camera obsucra and photosensi-tive paper, he titled the image’ View from the Window at Le Gras’ which was the home of his family.

Henry Fox Talbot, an English man had announced processors that would �x the shadows. He had experimented using paper covered with silver salts and shoe box sized camera, nicknamed, mouse traps, resulting in the creation of photo-graphic negatives. Talbot’s paper negatives were beautiful, and were the break through to how modern photography would be found.

Louis Daguerre, a French man had also announced processors that would �x the shadows. He had his own experiment, the daguerreotype process. A daguerreo-type is a beautiful photographic process where a posi-tive image is produced on a thin copper plate with a high standard silver coating. Louis was an artist, the image above was the �rst ever photograph that included people.

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1900

Henry Fox Talbot is in competition with Louis Daguerre in �xing the shadows. Talbot named his process the ‘calotype’ process, which is a Greek term that de�nes the word ‘beautiful’.

Photographer Nadar opens up his own photographic studio in Paris, around this time photography could practically do anything, getting many people question-ing, if it is art and it was also becoming a business, where people were in it for the money.

Eadweard Muybridge visited San Francisco to prove to people that all four of houses hoovers leave the �oor, so at a private race-track, on a specially whited out section, he placed out a row of 24 cameras with electric shutters, which would trigger in sequence per second at the passing by horse, this would not just freeze a moment, but show an accurate sequence, proving that a camera can work faster than the human-eye-American man George Eastman takes interest in photography, and plays a big impact on the expansion of photography. The invents his own company ‘Eastman Kodak Company’, inventing Kodak cam-eras for any members of the public to use, allow with rolls of �lm that go along with it. Photography now used as mass produc-tion and people are seeing photography as an enjoyable moment.

The introduction of the Kodak brownie box roll-�lm camera

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1928

1934

1936

1948

1975

1987

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1999

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2005

The development of the �rst 35mm still camera, invented by Oscar Barnack of German Leica Camera, which was becoming the most powerful of all �lm cameras.

Andre Kertesz moves to Paris from his country Hungary to start an 11-year project on street life photography. In 1928 he visited the town of Meudon to take a photograph and returned at a later day to take more images, turning something ordinary into something extraordinary.

Fuji Photo Film was founded in addition Fuji is making lenses and a camera to go along with its �lm.

Eastman develops Kodachrome, which was the �rst ever �lm in colour, which was very useful when photographing images from the Second World War.

The invention of the Polaroid camera by Edwin Land, this was a big change in the history as the Polaroid SLR could take a picture and instantly print it out, therefore people would receive a photo straight away without it been taken away for processing.

This was the start of digital imaging technology, Kodak worker Steven Sasson invented a camera that was able to capture a black and white digital images.

The invention of the Canon EOS SLR, which included a new electronic lens, the EOS 650 was the �rst ever in Canon’s EOS system.

Adobe Photoshop was released, this is a software that enables people to edit there images to enhance it. People who own a digital SLR would need to transfer images from the camera to the PC, and then would need to open Photoshop, and open the image they would like to work on.

The new Nikon D1 digital SLR, invented by a leading manufacturer, the Nikon company are big rivals with the Canon company over there digital SLRS.

The new Canon EOS 5D digital SLR, the �rst consumer-priced-full-framed SLR.

The Polaroid go bankrupt

MANIPULATED IMAGESPhoto Manipulation:

Manipulated images are images that have being edited using digital technologies which create some sort of illusion. The art of photo manipulation is using your own imagination that makes an unreal image look realistic, being creative is key to bring your thoughts to live. This is a combination of photogra-phy, art and graphic design.

Surrealism:

This is a movement that began in the 20th century, allowing artists and photographers to use their own imagination to express their thoughts and dreams in their work. Surrealist paintings will include objects that look odd; these objects will be altered in ways that they can’t be seen in reality. The word 'surreal' is making something that doesn't exist in the real world, look realistic, weather it is by a painting, photo-graph, or graphic design.

"Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision" - Salvador Dali

Erik Johnasson Erik Johnasson is a Swedish surrealist photographer, who is based in Berlin, Germany. Erik see's photography as a tool for not just capturing a moment, but capturing ideas. Erik started showing interest in photography at the age of 15 years old when he was given his �rst digital camera, he had a theory that there was more to photography than just taking a picture, he wanted to create a process, a process where something starts when you pull the trigger. In this theory Erik would start o� by sketching an idea, he will then take three di�erent objects (ideas) and like a puzzle, would put it together to create a phenomenon surrealist

MANIPULATED IMAGES The image shows a giant pair of scissors that have cut through a house on what looks a miserable dark day

To me this image shows that there are disagreements between a couple or a family that are struggling to stay together, and the giant scissors that cut through the house in suggest that the couple or family are seperating. The image also shows a woman that is stood with her hands on her hips two, this suggest she is in power and claims that majority of the household be-longs to her, hence why she is placed in the part that is the biggest, she seems to be looking towards the smaller side, to her husband or partener could be placed, but this is the illusion, because who really knows what story lies within the household, which is the greatest tool that photo manipulations show.

Tomasz-Alen-KoperaTomasz Alen Kopera was born in Kozuchow, Poland in 1976 and in his early life he attended the University of Technology in Wroclaw, where he graduated and picked up a degree in Engineering. Tomasz painted in oil and canvas, his inspiration is to combine Human Nature with the mysteries within the Universe, which his surreal images show signs of magical surrealism in his paintings that would make it challenging for the initial response of the viewer, as he seeks to act on a thoughtful discussion about the interpretations of his work

My interpretation of this painting shows two objects that are human looking, but are incorporated with nature, such as the branches that grow out of both their backs, like wings of an angel, but instead of feathers, shows the nature side and the cracks around the body’s, that look like rock and not skin. The title of this painting is called Eternity, which in other words means forever, these two objects look like they are in love and are meant for each other for eternity. The fact they only have one wing each shows that they are together as one, which is the illusion.

THE FROZEN MOMENT, CAPTURED AND CONSTRUCTED

The Fire at Malborough Street 1975

This photograph was taken by Stanley. J. Forman of the Marlborough Street �re in Massachusetts, Boston on July 22nd 1975. The photograph shows two females, a mother and her child collapsing helplessly from the burned down �re escape of their home. The mother had passed away during the fall, whereas, the young girl survived. The photographer Stanley. J. Forman was in the right place at the right time to capture this moment, that won him the Pulitzer Prize in 1976. Some people will praise Forman for capturing this image, as this represents what pho-tojournalism is all about as the image itself tells the story, however, some others will question how Forman had the desire to capture this photo instead of trying to help the innocent victims.

My interpretation

This photograph shows just how severe the �re was, the photograph shows other objects such as the ladder and plant pots which are also falling helplessly like the woman and girl. I think this is the perfect photograph, and you can see as it immediately indicates what is currently happening and makes me feel the situation taking place.

The Pulitzer Price winner of 1976. Stanley.J.Forman

DO I BELIEVE WHAT I SEE - PROPAGANDA

What is Propaganda?Propaganda is a form of communication that is used in particularly by the media, to convince members of society about a point of view over a key event, which will only show one side to this cause without argument; they want people to believe it. Propaganda was a key tool used in the wars, such as, World War’s 1 & 2 , The Cold War and The Vietnam War. Propaganda is also used in the modern world, Such as advertisements, British television, �lms, books and politics. Many media businesses will use propaganda to in�uence audiences to do or believe something, even if it’s not something they would normally believe or do. Propaganda is used to deceive people into believing a wide range of truths or rumours, and people don’t realise how useful this technique is and how much of a powerful impact it plays in the world.

Poster created by James Montgomery Flag in 1917. This propaganda poster is in�uencing the audience to join the US Army. The word ‘You’ stands out the most in the text as the font size is slightly larger and has a di�erent colour. The man in the image is known as Uncle Sam and he is pointing towards the viewer who looks at this poster, and the technique is useful as it makes the audience feel involved, it makes them feel wanted by him, the message suggests that they must join, as Uncle Sam wants you, this in�uences people to do something they wouldn’t usually do.

Another poster created by James Montgomery Flag in 1917. This propaganda poster tries to in-�uence the people of America to enter the war to help out the other nations, because at this time the Americans were not eager to enter the war. This poster quotes ‘Wake Up, America’ in bold, capital letters and an explanation mark, showing this is a serious matter, the image of a woman is asleep and her clothing has the stars and stripes which represent the American com-munity. People of American will look at this poster and think that there country are lazy and care-less, which will give them a bad reputation and not liked by many nations. The message will also try to in�uence people into joining the army to create world peace and to help the other coun-tries with their problems. The government wants to see his country as the greatest and to inspire other nations, and not to be lazy and careless.

Poster created by Vojtech Preissig in 1917. This poster was also created to in�uence the Americans to join the US army. Back in this era the United States army wasn’t at its peak and needed the extra numbers, hence these propaganda posters to manipulate the minds of the American community. The military man riding his horse and the big words ‘Your Duty’ suggests that every American person who sees this poster, that it’s their job, to enlist for the role. Again this will in�uence people into enlisting for the job, and that they had no choice about it as this message is manipulative.

Poster created by Howard Chandler Christy in 1917. This is another poster from the same era with the same message, in�uencing men to join the US army. This message has a di�erent approach, with the use of a military woman, who is plucking up the courage to join the army. This will anger men and out of anger they will force themselves to join up, as this propaganda poster represents women as the most powerful and the strongest, which the men would hate. However the message could also have a di�erentmeaning. It looks like the woman wants men to join, as she is displayed with the text ‘I want you for the navy’ this could show a di�erent meaning, The use of pretty women in the military maybe the answer to convince the men to join up, as they will think they have the chance of been in the army along-side women.

In our generation today, propaganda is still a useful technique but has changed so much. Due to the great impact and change in technology over the years people use social networks, such as Twitter and Facebook to voice their point of views on any matters or events. In today’s world social networking is the biggest tool for communication, sharing ideas, opinions and gathering. There are now fast ways of gathering news and information, for example, a major event could take place on television, such as on reality shows or sporting events, people could miss watching this on television but still have ways of �nding out information, such as status updates on Facebook and tweets on Twitter, which just goes to show the signi�cant growth of Social Media Propaganda.

Social Media Propaganda

SOCIAL COMMENTSocial commentary is an act of uprising towards a group or individual that is based on commentary and social issues in society. The act can be either written or spoken.Social commentary is used to express an individual’s opinion towards an issue, demanding a change in revolution by getting their message across society. Social commentary can be found on a wide range of communication areas, such as, public speaking, radio, television, books and public speaking. Everyone is entitled to their own freedom of speech, some people will agree on the same levels, some people will disagree, it's all down to our own opinions, and the more people who agree on one issue, the more likely the message will get across to make a big impact, depending how passionate they the people are about change.

Social commentary is a great tool used to have an in�uence on someone over something.

I have done my social comment research on the English gra�ti artist ‘Banksy’, who is also a �lm director, painter and political activist. Banksy comes from Bristol, south-west of England, his work is combined with dark humour and a stenciling technique which is used for his gra�ti work. Banksy’s works are scattered all over the world, to which are usually located on street walls and buildings.

ONCE UPON A TIME....The Story:Storytelling is the conveying of events that can be told by di�erent methods, such as, words, images, �lms and sound. Often by improvisation or embellishment stories or narratives have been shared in every culture. There are plenty of stories that can be told, even through nursery rhymes where children will constantly sing them, but they have something to them, which is a story. There are other ways stories are also told. John Tenniel, a British illustrator and political cartoonist drew ninety-two drawings for Lewis Carrol’s cartoon ‘Alice in Wonderland’, that show di�erent parts of the story showing what Alice found on her adventure in wonderland. In photography, it says that one photo can tell a thousand stories, and it’s all about the frame that you put around the image, what comes in and what is cut o�, but the story doesn’t end, and it is told beyond the frame through some kind of intuition.

I have done my research by looking into an image based on the Rwanda Genocide, a mass murder slaughter in the region of 800,000 people in the East Africa state Rwanda that took place in 1994. Photographer James Nachtwey took this photograph of a Hutu man who had been mutilated by the Interahamwe who are a terrorist organization in quest of overthrowing the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again. This photograph of the Hutu man was taken at a Red Cross hospital and was brutally attacked by the Interahamwe group for apparently pitying with the Tutsi rebels. The Hutu and Tutsi were evil towards one another during this civil war which had all started from the death of Hutu president Habyarimana due to a plane crash near the capital of Kigali, leading to murderous attacks on the Tutsi people by the Hutu’s. The situation become more out of hand when the Tutsi rebels of the RDF (Rwanda Patriotic Front) marched down south from north Rwanda, to which excessive violence broke up, resulting in many casualties.

...The Rwanda

Genocide

My Interpretation

The Rwanda Genocide was a vicious battle, that resulted in many casualties and the image of the Hutu man explains this, the story to the image sums up what the circumstances were like out there. The majority of his face is covered in large scars that will be marked on him for the rest of his life, the look on his face shows that he himself is shocked about the events that took place, he looks as if he is left speechless, a big grey cloud over his head. The photographer for the image James Nachtwey stated that photography is needed for the people, that helps them understand what’s going on in the world and believes that images, like the Hutu man, will be of great in�uence to public opinions and assembling protests, speaking out for human rights.

A JOURNEY...“To get through the hardest journey we need take only one step at a time, but

we must keep on stepping”

- Chinese Proverbs Quote

The de�nition of a journey is the process of travelling from one place to another, a passage or progress from one stage to another, taking an adventurous trip over a long period of time. The hardest part of any journey is taking the �rst step. A journey takes place in every persons day-to-day life, a journey can be as simple as taking a trip to the supermarket shopping for groceries, as this would involve taking a step out of the house, a walk to the car or bus and travelling via the chosen transport to the chosen destination. A journey can be shown by a variety of media mediums, such as, photographs, movies and books, which could encourage people into taking that journey of a life-time. People will mainly put there cameras to good use for a special occasion, such as going abroad, ‘on a journey’, once on a life time opportunity, whereas, people will not use their cameras to photograph places they live in as they are use to the surroundings.

Great stories such as ‘Pilgrims Progress’ and ‘Gulliver’s Travel’ are brilliant examples of journeys of imagination:

The Pilgrims Progress is a religious story written by John Bunyan in 1678 which was viewed as the most successful piece of religious English literature. In this story, a character named Christian �ees from his hometown ‘the City of Destruction (the real world) to the Celestial City (heaven) to escape from a great burden, the knowledge of his sin, that came to haunt him from reading a book, called the bible. His journey would start by abandoning his family in pursue to save himself from the burden.

Gulliver’s Travel is a written novel by Irish man Jonathan Swift, in this story the character Lemuel Gulliver is very passionate about travelling, he was �rst a surgeon before he became a captain of several ships, however there was a twist to the story, Lemuel took to sea to �nd himself shipwrecked to an island where he was imprisoned by an army of tiny people, named the Lilliput’s. Stories like these show journeys of living in the fantasy lands, such as Lemuel Gulliver stranded on land with an army of strangle little people.

Mitchell Kanashkevich – Journey through rural Romania

A travel and documentary photographer whos motivation is looking into human element and capturing the disappearing cultures in a range of challenging situations. On his journey in Romania, Mitchell took photographs that showed the rich culture and traditions in the Romanian countryside, with the close bonds people have with their animals, land, nature around them and each other. The Romanian countryside is on a downfall as it is started to be isolated from the real world due to the development of the cities and towns, whereas in the countryside there are big issues, such as high unemployment and alcoholism, the images from his journey show his discoveries.

... TO RURAL ROMANIAMitchell Kanashkevich discoveries... The Road To Wigan Pier

The Impressions GalleryThe Road To Wigan Pier

What is the name of the work and who is the photographer?

Photographer: Tim Smith

Work: High rise of estates in She�eld

Describe what you can see?

I can see a demolishing worker who appears to be on his own, he looks like he is on a quest to demolish the building to which was once the largest steel works in the world. The black and white contrast shows to me that it’s an end of an era.

Do you like the image? Explain your answer

Yes because the image tells me a story, as this building was once the largest steel works in the world and seeing a big company like this been demolished into nothing shows there must have been a variety of problems in the steel industry. The image shows to me there is a story behind the image, and I �nd it a bit mysterious that there only seems to be one worker at the scene, that implies to me that he is at it alone.

Consider the composition – where are things placed within the image? What e�ect does that have?

The composition of this image is very interesting, the worker is pulling a giant cable and is heading towards the light, it gives me the impression that he has conquered something as heading to the light implies he is walking from hell (which is the work) to heaven (the light) implying that he has done his bit. I can also see dismantled parts of the building that are all other the places, that show work has been done.

What is the point of view – where was the camera positioned? Close up or far away? What does this imply?

Looking at this image I can not decide whether this photo was taken from high up or ground level, with it been a demolished building its hard to tell. I reckon this was a Close up shot as the camera is focused on the dismantled building parts and the camera also focuses on a pathway which would lead the viewer to the worker heading for the light, so to shoot this image I reckon Tim must have been fairly close to capture this image.

What has been included and what has been left out of the image?

In this image the camera mainly focuses on a pathway that leads you to the man and I reckon this was the main area added to the photograph and as the image shows just one worker, I reckon there were other workers on the scene close by that have possibly been cut away from the image to build tension for this photograph, as I have already mentioned, one man at it alone.

What type of light is present within the image? Is it natural or arti�cial? What atmosphere/mood does this create?

Seen as this photograph is in black and white it can be di�cult to tell what the lighting e�ects are like, I think natural light is used, as it looks to appear in the far distance. The black and white contrast makes the image look depressing and all doom and gloom. It shows an end of an era to the worlds biggest steel company, which will lead to further more unemployment in the area, these are bad times.

Are any relationships formed between the image and other works in the exhibition? Is it part of a series? How does this e�ect its meaning?

The set of images that Tim has taken all relate to something, which is unemployment, showing the bad times in the She�eld area, especially in the industrial business, with the collapse of Had�elds Ltd, this will mean plenty of redundancies and more people out of work, and this looks set to continue, a grey cloud lingering over the city.

What associations does the work have on you? What does it make you think about, how does it make you feel?

It makes me wonder what happened to such an incredible business, that was once the largest steel works in the world, and to come crashing down the way it has, I question how the downfall arises, and I feel for the unemployed workers who are not having any luck in the area, cause this is happening across the country, more and more people looking for work but not �nding any, especially for the younger people around my age. I can connect with images like these as it shows the bad times that are happening all over, �rms closing down, not competing, resulting in many people losing jobs and be-coming unemployed

You will �nd all my research and image references on my wordpress blog:

http://jackpearsonphotojournalist.wordpress.com/category/history-of-photojournalism/

SummaryThe challenges I have researched in my booklet have given me a better understanding of how useful photography and journalism really is. The �rst challenge on myths was the tricky one, as I didn’t know what to expect with the outcome and the pressure was on myself as this was my �rst challenge given to me at university, however I was happy with the outcome and it helped me progress with the rest of them. My second challenge was looking back at this history of image acquisition, so I was able to look back at how photography �rst came about and how it developed over the years, this was probably one of the most exciting challenges, it helped develop my knowledge of photography, looking at all the processes an image can go through. My third challenge was based on Manipulated images, choosing to artists and looking into the extraordinary works, this challenge showed me just how powerful images can be, however I didn’t look into surrealism paintings which could have being useful to help support the meaning of the text. The next challenge was based on The Frozen Moment, again this challenge showed me just how powerful an image is, capturing an image at the right place at the right time, it also tells you the story of what happened, there would be no need for an explanation. The following challenge was based on propaganda, this was a very interesting challenge and I enjoyed looking into the set of in�uential images, showing that images can also in�uence the mind of a person. The next challenge was based on Social Comment, this challenge I didn’t particularly enjoy but it was useful to understanding how in�uential they are at getting a message across. The Once Upon a time challenge was an enjoyable task, looking into an image and the story behind it made me feel emotions towards the victims who su�ered back there, again this showed me just how powerful an image is. The �nal challenge was based on a Journey, and to me the best was saved till last, because one day I plan to go travelling looking for my own discoveries, the travel photographer Mitchell Kanashkevich journey to Rural Romania inspirited me so I looked into his journey as he is the type of person I one day, wish to be like. So overall these challenges have bettered my understanding of photojournalism.