Photo's summarise what has been written in an article. By doing so newspaper reading and news watching becomes more effective as this makes the reader relate better to real life situations and understand completely what ur reading. it is also good for people who do not have time or find it difficult to read a magazine cover by cover. Photo's speak louder than words.
Furthermore, photo's are unbiased and readers are left to make their own decisions on what the truth is. A photojournalist's job is o tell a story with photos and the goal is to tell the truth through the images the artist captures with the camera. A photographer doesn't just capture a news event or a few photos, they highlight the important issues and the most effective things.
Positives of photojournalism-
- The photographers see something different every single day
- You can be creative and do what you love as job
- Photojournalism is full of supportive and wonderful people
- You get to make a difference in peoples lives
Negatives of photojournalism-
- Carrying a lot of equipment is hard
- Sometimes the footage is shocking and horrific
- Its a very competitive field meaning you have to capture the best photo
Don McCullin
He is a war photographer and is known worldwide for his fantastic works of art.
From watching the documentary (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILB2ALJbd6c)
i have gathered that by photographing graphic events it can be very emotional and hard at times as you have to see and capture the hardest moments of the events and they can be extremely shocking and touching sometimes. It can make artists become schizophrenia and it risks their lives trying to catch the events of dead people, massive graphic events. I think people should have the right to photograph historical and graphic events because it doesn't necessarily mean they agree with whats happening or what they see, yet it makes awareness and it shows the world what is actually happening before its too late and if nothing was captured and kept for history the next generations would not be aware of what graphic events have previously happened and how the world can be disgraceful, horrifying and shameful. I don't think theirs a right or wrong thing to be photographed as you cant really tell, it depends on the situation and how the photographer feels is appropriate to be filmed. For example, if a person got run over and a photographer noticed and decides to take a photo of it to show this event for the media instead of think to get involved and help then in my opinion the photographer is wrong and it i not an appropriate time to take a photo. However if there are children in Africa being starved and the results of those children are destroying then the photographer has a right to capture the events of these children to raise awareness and show the world what is happening to try and stop these terrible things. From the documentary you can hear that McCulin got accused of taking terrible photographs and people accusing him of not helping anyone however he says he did help a lot of the time but he just dint brag about it, it was something he naturally did to help him clear his own conscious and make himself feel less guilty. Photographers sometimes find it hard to see and capture deaths and people injured that they break down and it is draining and extremely hard for them. It got to a point where it wasn't about Photography anymore, it was about humanity. However, it can be hard, photographers get inspired by some people they photograph and they help and get to know them really well. Don became almost paralysed by the shock of children being starved and struggling to stand and some dying in front of him. Being a photographer off graphic events put you through it and lets you see everything people go through, some being the last minutes of their lives.
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