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Photojournalism. History and WHAT IS IT???. Foundations. 1880 and 1897. Crimean War (1853 to 1856) William Simpson of the Illustrated London News and Roger Fenton American Civil War : Mathew Brady. On March 4, 1880, The Daily Graphic (New York). 1887 Flash powder was invented
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Photojournalism History and WHAT IS IT???
Foundations • 1880 and 1897. • Crimean War (1853 to 1856) William Simpson of the Illustrated London News and Roger Fenton • American Civil War : Mathew Brady. • On March 4, 1880, The Daily Graphic (New York). • 1887 Flash powder was invented • 1927 and 1930 elements in place for a "golden age" of photojournalism.
The Golden Age • Magazines :::Robert Capa, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Margaret Bourke-White and W. Eugene Smith • Migrant Mother::: Dorothea Lange • Magazine photographers achieved near-celebrity status. • Newspaper photographers not successful
Acceptance by the art worldLuc Delahaye, and Chien-Chi Chang are among many who regularly exhibit in galleries.
Ethical and legal considerations • Objectivity • What to shoot, how to frame and how to edit are constant considerations. • The photojournalist often has no control as to how images are ultimately used. • The emergence of digital photography offers whole new realms of opportunity for the manipulation, reproduction, and transmission of images. It has inevitably complicated many of the ethical issues involved. • The U.S. National Press Photographers Association • Ethical Laws
Sources • www.wikipedia.org • http://www.photojournal.co.uk/ • http://www.altafqadri.com/gal/index.php • London, Barbara, and John Upton. Photography. Scott, Foresman and Company,1989.