News+Photography+(Photojournalism)

 What is it? News Photography known as photojournalism is the collecting, editing and capture of photos that can be used to tell a news story. Photojournalists take these photos to contribute to the news media. News Photography captures images that are very striking. The viewer is usually able to get an instant feel of what the photo is about and what is happening. News Photography is considered a better medium than text because the message gets across right away. It is immediate unlike text which takes time to read.  Things that make a successful news photo: Compelling Subject matter   Things that make a successful news photo: Complexity   Things that make a successful news photo: Simplicity ISSUES News Photography can be dangerous when it comes to covering conflicts. The photographer can be in a dangerous place where his surroundings are unstable and he can be in immediate danger. The photographer puts their own life at risk when covering dangers stories in places of war. Another thing that is hard for photographers is coming across shocking things such as dead bodies. The photographers describe it as a price they have to pay. <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">  <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Famous Photographers <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">Eddie Adams is a very famous photographer who served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War as a combat photographer. He produced one of the most famous pictures of all time which won the pulitzer prize in 1969. The photo is of a police chief General who is about to execute a prisoner.
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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Journalist Malcom Wilde Browne captured the photo in June 1963. It is one of the most powerful photos of all time which captures a Vietnamese Buddhist monk who burned himself to death in protest of the prosecution of Buddhists by South Vietnam's Roman Catholic government.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">This photo was taken by journalist Steve McCurry. The picture is of an Afghan woman who was living as a refugee during the time of the Soviet occuptation of Afghanistan. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The beauty about photojournalism is that it has the ability to tell a story that words cannot fully tell. Sometimes text just isint enough. A photo makes true impact on a person.media type="youtube" key="XONXeUndHl8" width="425" height="350"