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Sunday, April 26, 2015
Sunday, April 12, 2015
What motivates photojournalists
What motivates photojournalists
My motivational map:
Photojournalist's and their motivations:
Lynsey Addario
Darfur by Lynsey Addario
According to Zoë Dean "The motivation that drives Addario’s work is the importance of telling these stories of suffering to the American public, as well as the daily life that continues against the backdrop of conflict."
As a nursing student I strive to make my patients as comfortable as possible and I treat them with the utmost respect. After all that could be your relative in that bed. We both seem to want to make a difference in the lives of others. Addario wants to show the importance of the stories and the suffering to the American public.
Dith Pran
Dith pran was a Cambodian photojournalist who eventually joined the New York Times. According to Elizabeth Becker he is "motivated by courage, loyalty and love rather than a newspaper reporter's deadline or sense of righteous indignation." In a way myself and Dith are similar because he is loyal, and isn't doing the job for money or being a reporter but rather courage, and love. I am a nursing student and going to become a nurse. I'm not doing this for the money, yes I will make a good amount of money and I'm very happy with that but what makes me happy is being able to help someone, and change their lives. I love when I get someone to smile or open up to me.
photo by Dith Pran
Alfred Eisenstaedt
photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt
According to Lacayo "he was more than a friend to his subjects. He was a fan, as well"
He was motivated by what he saw, according to Louise Mooney Collin "he saw that happiness was every bit the worthy subject that sadness might have been to another photographer." Eisenstaedt and I both share happiness as a motivation. It helps me thrive in my career and schooling. All of these photojournalists I noticed did not mention money as a motivation as I did. Now I didn't mean to write money in a bad way. Money is how you get ahead these day's. Money buys what you need, but money does not buy happiness and love, those are achieved, I just believe you need money to survive and nursing will give me that but nursing also will give me my happiness, success and the ability to make a difference in someone's life.
Friday, April 3, 2015
Photojournalism and Bias
Photojournalism and Bias
photo by Ed Clark
Subjects expression: The subject of this photo appears to be saddened and teary eyed while the remaining subjects in the photo seem saddened but not as much he is.
obvious main subject: The main subject takes up most of the left side of the image, the right side of the image is a group of women that appear to be grieving as well. The subject appears to be on theouter portion of the photo.
what feelings does the image create: This image creates sorrow, just looking at this image made me feel for the subject, and how he felt at that moment.
In this image I see a black man in a naval uniform tearfully playing the accordion, and appears to be looking at something. Their are also a group of women gathered near him, which also appear to be grieving for some reason. This image mad me sad and I felt sorry for the subject because he seemed to be distraught. Professor Nordell said "yellow journalism, brought in big photographs and big articles to sell more papers" I believe this happens all the time especially with magazines such as Peoples or The National Enquirer. They wanna show a story that will sell money. How many people would have bought this magazine with that photo posted on the cover? It would've sparked a lot of curiosity.
TRUTH:
photo by John Kolesidis
keep it simple: The image just has the police officer and rioter as the main subjects, the background is almost blurred out and you're unable to really focus on anything else but the 2 subjects.
use of shadows: The image shows glare on the police officers face shield so you are unable to identity who the officer is, clever if you don't want to reveal the identity of the police officer, but wouldn't that be the point?
texture: This image just creates a very scary feeling, when you look at it over and over again. The image has blood pooling from the victims face and the officers arms, the blood is bright red and shines against the subjects body in the photograph.
I feel as if the police have gotten a bad rap lately with the news broadcasting several police shootings and beatings. I believe this is the truth because its happened police brutality is out there especially at riots. This specific riot occurred in Athens during the Greece economic crisis in 2011. Some police have abused their powers and many cases have risen in police brutality, so I know that this can not be a doctored image. I also found the quote by Vanya which said "Technique is integral to image-making (obviously), but it should service the story first and foremost; the type of image being produced should never dictate the story." After reading that quote I took another look at this image and thought did image really do what the photographer wanted it to show or is it just making the police look bad? What did that man do in order to be apprehended like that. Then i cam across another quote of Vanya that said: "A technically proficient image may trick the viewer into thinking he or she is seeing something of substance, of what is commonly referred to as truthful."
NOT THE TRUTH:
photo by unknown
abstraction: this photo is a doctored image of Oprah in the body of a famous actress. She is seen as this thin and beautiful woman sitting on a pile of fortune,when in fact that body does not belong to her.
exposure time: A slower exposure might have been used so that the diamonds and sparkles on Oprah's dress would shine in the photograph. Even her eyes are bright and shiny.
quality of light: The amount of light on this image makes Oprah seem remarkable, she is glowing while sitting on top of that pile of money.
I chose to write about this image because of what I mentioned above about the magazines and how they thrive to catch a story that will sell. Professor Nordell said " what might be the real truth of the situation" I don't believe that image is the truth because to me it looks very altered. In fact after doing some research I found out that this image in fact had been doctored with Oprah's' head. The original image is of a actress, Oprah's' head was doctored into it. Professor Nordell said "that they began to discover that photo's of non criminals would be of legitate news interest"
Saturday, March 28, 2015
The Ethics of Photojournalism
The Ethics of Photojournalism
my personal ethics map
I chose an image I found while browsing the websites given to us in the assignment. I found this image and the story behind it so unethical that I wanted to share it with the reader's.
Brian submitted this photo of a British Soldier in Basra to the Los Angeles Times where it appeared on the front cover. The British soldier was a digital composite placed into the photo with the Iraqi civilians.
This image was posted after the U.S invaded Iraq. According to FourandSix.com "Brian a staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times and a 30-year veteran of the news business, was fired after his editors discovered that he had combined two of his photographs to “improve” the composition."
Personally doing something such as what Brian did for personal gain is morally wrong. It goes against my personal ethics which included integrity, respect, and caring. You are a respected 30 year veteran in your field and you go a head and create a false "story" The soldier wasn't their gesturing to the civilian's he was edited into that picture to make a great story. It did make it on the front cover of the LA Times, but from dishonesty.
This goes against my personal ethics of integrity. When someone thinks more about the $ sign and not about the people they could offend their careless. I could never imagine myself doing something like this to make some money. It shows a soldier in the photo's who seems to be caring, he gestures to the citizens maybe to stop and be careful, or to be safe. Who know's, but we now know that, that never happened. He never was caring or being helpful the image was doctored.
my personal ethics map
photo by : Brian Walski
Brian submitted this photo of a British Soldier in Basra to the Los Angeles Times where it appeared on the front cover. The British soldier was a digital composite placed into the photo with the Iraqi civilians.
This image was posted after the U.S invaded Iraq. According to FourandSix.com "Brian a staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times and a 30-year veteran of the news business, was fired after his editors discovered that he had combined two of his photographs to “improve” the composition."
Personally doing something such as what Brian did for personal gain is morally wrong. It goes against my personal ethics which included integrity, respect, and caring. You are a respected 30 year veteran in your field and you go a head and create a false "story" The soldier wasn't their gesturing to the civilian's he was edited into that picture to make a great story. It did make it on the front cover of the LA Times, but from dishonesty.
This goes against my personal ethics of integrity. When someone thinks more about the $ sign and not about the people they could offend their careless. I could never imagine myself doing something like this to make some money. It shows a soldier in the photo's who seems to be caring, he gestures to the citizens maybe to stop and be careful, or to be safe. Who know's, but we now know that, that never happened. He never was caring or being helpful the image was doctored.
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Women Photojournalist
Eman Mohammed
photo by Karen Eng
Eman
is a 25-year-old Palestinian female photojournalist, mother and wife in the
Gaza Strip. In
the article Katie Wood mentioned, “At the age of 19, Mohammed worked multiple jobs to save enough money to buy her own photography equipment while studying journalism at a local university. But when she landed a job as a staff photographer her colleagues were not exactly welcoming. “I was harassed,threatened and abused by my colleagues, now I’m more independent in my workstyle and don’t mind the staring or the looks. I proved them wrong when I was nine months pregnant covering the second war on Gaza.”
According to the website TED “though openly shunned by many of her male
colleagues, she is given unprecedented access to areas denied to men.”
photo by Eman Mohammed
photo taken :2013
Use of shadows The shadows seen are of the family walking along side the beach in Gaza, with the help of the suns glare.Quality of Light: The light is from the sun, the subjects can not be made out but their shadows are colored by the rays of the sun.
Use of lines: the photo is taken infant of barbed wire along side the beach, the use of the barbed wire intrigued me, it looks almost like their imprisoned.
Why I chose? The sunlight and the wire intrigued me, and I really like photo's that use the sun to capture the subject's.
Mohammed explained during the interview that "iWar is about the long-term aftermath of war survivors and victims. It’s a series of portraits and a gentle, symbolic way to show that war has happened, and it’s still happening I tell them Show me your sadness, as though I don’t exist. Like I’m not even here.” I get them deep in the details, and then I get the shot. It’s energy consuming and emotionally draining, but it’s very powerful."
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| photo by Eman Mohammed year created: 2014 http://blog.ted.com/eman-mohammed/
Subject’s Expression: the subject appears sad, she is sitting on a burnt motorcycle once ridden by her father who she never met, Mohammed asks her subjects to look sad as if she's not their during the photo
Use of shadows : the photo shows the subject in light and the surrounding area around her is darkened, to me emphasizes the importance of the subject and nothing else
Depth of field : In this image the subject is in focus with the light that is on the subject. the rest of the image is darkened. Though we still can see what the image around the subject is the main subject which is the little girl is in focus
Why I chose: When i was doing the research this image just immediately stuck out to me, and i read the story behind it and it just touched me. This 2 year old girl is sitting on a burnt motorcycle that was once ridden by her father who was killed during an airstrike while riding this motorcycle , she never met him.Women who faced discrimination in history: |
photo by unknown
year taken 1941-45
KEEP IT SIMPLE This photo is simple, it shows 3 women dressed as welders in the workforce conversation.
Obvious main subject, about ¼ to 2/3 of image area. The 3 subjects take up the majority of the photo, showing their importance with a subtle background.
Background compliments or detracts from composition The background actually helps complete the photo. The machinery pictured helps the viewer realize they are working at a factory.
Why I chose: I chose this image because it just represents our country and how we developed over time from being a male run workforce to a gender equal workforce
During WW2 women were needed in the workforce due to men being at war.
According the History.com staff “Rosie the Riveter,” star of a government campaign aimed at recruiting female workers for the munitions industry, became perhaps the most iconic image of working women during the war."
Their pay was significiantly less then the men, and the men thought they weren't capable of doing a their job as good as they could. According to the staff at History.com "Between 1940 and 1945, the female percentage of the U.S. workforce increased from 27 percent to nearly 37 percent"
Saturday, March 7, 2015
Technology Timeline
History of Photojournalism Midterm Technology Timeline Powerpoint
here is the link for the video- https://youtu.be/mVOP_bvu41A
Friday, February 20, 2015
Working in the Digital Age
The SATELLITE PHONE
The satellite phone was used most recently in Afghanistan by photojournalists that were using digital cameras to take photos, using the phone to transmit the new photo. Some photojournalists used smaller satellite phones that took up to 3 hours to transmit a photo. Cheryl Meyer said “a good satellite phones not only necessary for transmitting photos, but also for research and reporting.”
Comparing and contrasting this to the black and white photography which I did for my last assignment. This is a step above that. Having now the capabilities to send an image once taken to a location is amazing. If it were black and white film the photographer would have to wait to go back to the lab to process the film and see what was on the roll before sending it.
The satellite phone was used most recently in Afghanistan by photojournalists that were using digital cameras to take photos, using the phone to transmit the new photo. Some photojournalists used smaller satellite phones that took up to 3 hours to transmit a photo. Cheryl Meyer said “a good satellite phones not only necessary for transmitting photos, but also for research and reporting.”
Comparing and contrasting this to the black and white photography which I did for my last assignment. This is a step above that. Having now the capabilities to send an image once taken to a location is amazing. If it were black and white film the photographer would have to wait to go back to the lab to process the film and see what was on the roll before sending it.
Comparing these 2 technologies, they are both older. Sending photos is much easier now with newer technology. Think about it your able to snap a photo in seconds on your iPhone and it can be all over the world with a single touch of a button. Professor Nordell wrote on the content area how "Photojournalists today sometimes use WiFi enabled cameras or cards to send images to either their cell phones or iPads." We went from running around trying to meet deadlines and developing photo's to simply pressing send.
According to Professor Nordell " photographers photographing Clements' trial couldn't use runners or leave the courtroom, One photographer used an early wireless transmitter to transmit the photo's once taken, to the editor for publishing."
In this photo a St. Louis Post-Dispatch photographer Andrew Cutraro transmitting photos via a satellite phone, According to Lawrence Charters "The Marines supplied the transportation, the food, the helmets and flak jackets, the camouflage uniforms, goggles and gloves (not to mention a heavily armed company for protection in a dangerous environment)"
A black and white 35mm example:
Someone like Robert Capa would appreciate the ability to transmit photo's via wifi or satellite phone. Instead of using a photo lab for processing. According to John Morris " A darkroom technician was almost as anxious to see the invasion images as Capa himself. In his haste, the technician dried the film too quickly, The excess heat melted the emulsion on all but 10 of the frames."
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According to Professor Nordell " photographers photographing Clements' trial couldn't use runners or leave the courtroom, One photographer used an early wireless transmitter to transmit the photo's once taken, to the editor for publishing."
In this photo a St. Louis Post-Dispatch photographer Andrew Cutraro transmitting photos via a satellite phone, According to Lawrence Charters "The Marines supplied the transportation, the food, the helmets and flak jackets, the camouflage uniforms, goggles and gloves (not to mention a heavily armed company for protection in a dangerous environment)"
photo by U.S Marine
A black and white 35mm example:
Someone like Robert Capa would appreciate the ability to transmit photo's via wifi or satellite phone. Instead of using a photo lab for processing. According to John Morris " A darkroom technician was almost as anxious to see the invasion images as Capa himself. In his haste, the technician dried the film too quickly, The excess heat melted the emulsion on all but 10 of the frames."
photo by Fred Lyon
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