Photojournalism

Photojournalism is a form of journalism which tells a news story through images created; this contributes to the news media. Photojournalism is usually only referred to still images, however, in some cases it also refers to video used in broadcast journalism. Photojournalism is mostly known from other applications of photography (documentary, social, street and celebrity photography, all work done for through photojournalism must be honest and impartial but still making sure the story is told. There are 3 points that have to be remembered when it comes to photojournalism;

1.    Timeliness- the images have to have a meaning in the context of a recently published record of event.

2.    Objectivity- the situation implied by the images is a fair and accurate representation of the events they show in both content and tone.

3.    Narrative- the images merge with other news elements to make facts relatable to audiences on a cultural level.

 

Eddie Adams was an American photographer and photojournalist, who was mostly known for his prize winning photograph of a police chief executing a prisoner in the Vietnam War. Mr. Adams said ‘I wasn’t out to save the world. I was out to get a story’. This is exactly what he did by taking pictures of coverage from 13 wars, politicians and later portraits of celebrities. His photographs from the Vietnam War and poverty in American captured the moments of those there by photographing every detail. For example, the famous picture from the Vietnam War saw a man ben executed right in the middle road; it also saw the emotion and expressions of the people in the photograph so it makes you feel for the prisoner. You could associate Eddie Adams as a documentary photographer as he is showing moments from history with a story, however documentary has to be planned and Adams just took photographs from at different places of people and their surroundings.