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Photojournalism. English Subject Curriculum. Culture, society and literature The aims of the studies are to enable pupils to analyse and assess the role of some English-language media in international society. Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism
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English Subject Curriculum Culture, society and literature • The aims of the studies are to enable pupils to • analyse and assess the role of some English-language media in international society
Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism Photojournalism uses still images to tell a news story Photojournalism differs from documentary photography, street photography or celebrity photography in that it shows current affairs of public interest Shots must be natural Photojournalism must give viewers insight into a public event, situation or person Like a writer, a photojournalist is a reporter but he or she must often make decisions instantly and carry photographic equipment, often while exposed to significant obstacles (physical danger, weather, crowds). What Is Photojournalism?
Examples of Photojournalism • A starving African girl – a victim of the Nigerian-Biafran War in 1960
Homeless American Mother with Her Children during the Depression (1930s)
American Soldier Landing on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, 1944 (WWII)Photo by Robert Capa
The Gate of Heavenly Peace • This famous photo, taken on 5 June 1989 by photographer Jeff Widener, depicts an unknown student attempting to halt the PLA's (The People's Liberation Army) advancing tanks near Tiananmen Square. The Gate of Heavenly Peace.
Protesting Government Religious Persecution in South Vietnam 1963 • 1963: While working for the Associated Press, photographer Malcolm Browne was in Saigon, South Vietnam, when Thich Quang Duc dramatically protested against alleged religious persecution by the government. Browne was overcome at the horror and smell of burning flesh.
Loss of Husband • 1964: Don McCullin was covering the conflict in Cyprus for The Observer newspaper when he took this picture of a Turkish woman who has discovered her husband’s body.
“While her screams pierced my heart, it seemed like she thought her love could will them back to life." • 1983: After an earthquake in Turkey, photographer Mustafa Bozdemir photographed Kezban Özer who found her five children dead, having been buried alive. Bozdemir says: "While her screams pierced my heart, it seemed like she thought her love could will them back to life."
Child Killed by Poisonous Gas • 1984: Pablo Bartholomew’s photo of a child killed by the poisonous gas leak at the Union Carbide chemical plant in Bhopal became "an icon of grief and greed in the face of industrial disaster".
Aids Victim • 1986: At this time Alon Reininger of Contact Press fought to ensure that Aids remained in the news. His photo of Ken Meeks, whose skin is marked with lesions caused by Aids-related Kaposi's Sarcoma, helped him achieve this.
Somalia: A Famine Victim • 1992: In Somalia, a mother lifts the body of her child - a famine victim - and carries it to its grave. This was the first of two awards in three years for James Nachtwey, who at the time was with Magnum Photos. Subsequently he formed a new photo agency, VII.
Land Mine Victims in Angola • 1996: Francesco Zizola photographed landmine victims in Kuito, Angola. He says, "the civil war left scars on the local population, the least of which were the physical ones". Despite this, Zizola was struck by the children's desire to return to life and to play.
2004: Tsunami in India:Woman Mourning the Death of a Relative • 2004: Arko Datta of Reuters portrays a woman mourning the death of a relative after the tsunami in India. His decision to include just the hand ensured the horror of the story could be told, but was not as distracting as showing the entire bloated body.
The Photographic Essay • A series of photos with very little text (if any) • Telling a story
By Nina Sandström Angelsen Selbu videregående skole
