PHOTOJOURNALISM

What is Photojournalism?
Photojournalism is a form of a collection,
a presentation of images in news for the
general public. Images create news all on
their own.

Power of Image
 Universal language
 Empowers the moment
 Narrative in an instant
 Can trump text

Difference Between
Photography and Photojournalism
Photography- Which image get used and
how images are constructed
Photojournalism- Adhere to ethics, images
of a story, reporting the images to public

Who is Photojournalist?
A photojournalist can send ripples across
the world with the publication of an iconic
photograph, an agent for social change

Qualities of Photojournalism
 Timeliness
 Objectivity
 Narrative

History
The beginnings of photojournalism occurred
in the middle of the 18th century
Possible by printing and photography
inventions that occurred between 1880 and
1897

First Photojournalist
Carol Szathmari
Romanian Photographer
(1812-1887)
Did pictures in the Crimean War (between
Russia and Turkey, 1853 to 1856).

Crimean War

First Photo Print
Entitled “ A Scene in ShantyTown”
First halftone photo printed in the Daily Graphic
(New York) March 4, 1880

Golden Age (1930 to 1950)
 Huge readerships and reputations largely on
use of photography
 Picture Post (London)
 Life (USA)
 Paris Match (Paris)
 The Daily Mirror (London)
 The Daily Graphic (N.Y)

World Famous Photojournalist
 Jacob August Riis
 Mathew B. Brady
 Margaret Bourke-White
 Charls Porter
 Robert Capa

 Harry Benson
 Chip Berlet
 Felice Beato
 Roger Fenton
 James Nachtwey
Contd..

Professional Organizations
 The Dennish Union of Press Photographers
1912
 Pressfotografernas Klubb, Sweden (1930)
 The National Press Photographers Association
(NPPA) 1946

Awards in Photojournalism
 Pulitzer Prizes, 1968
 World Press Photo
 Best of Photojournalism
 Pictures of the year
 The press photographers’Year

Impact of New Technology
 Box Camera 35 mm Leica camera
Digital Cameras
 Film negative Memory Card

Father of Modern
Photojournalism
Henri Cartier Bresson
French Photojournalist
(1908-2004)

Digitalization of Photojournalism
 Picture taking
 Picture processing

Picture Taking
 Photographer based technique
 Equipment based technique
 Subject based technique

Picture Processing
 Adobe Photoshop widely used

Photojournalism Standards
 Be accurate and comprehensive in the
representation of subjects
 Avoid own biasness
 Respect and dignity for all subjects
 Do not intentionally contribute to alter, or
seek to alter or influence events

Contd..
 Maintain the integrity of the photo-
graphic images’ content and context
Don’t give reward to sources or subjects
for participation or information
 Don’t accept gifts who influence the
coverage

Basic Responsibilities
 Trustee for the public
 Brain-storming with journalists
 Consulting with photo editors
 Developing film

 Editing photos
 Scheduling photo sessions
 Writing the photo caption
Contd..

Photojournalism in India
 Photography came to India in the 1840's
 By 1869 all the Presidencies of the
States of Bombay and Madras had
sponsored photographers for snapping
Indian views in the field

First Women Photojournalist
Homai Vyarawalla

India’s Photojournalists
 Manobina Roy
 Indira Dey
 Kulwant Roy
 Kishor Parekh
 Altaf Qadri
 Priyam Dhar

Photojournalist Says..
 “We should give the readers a truth of the
situation as being honest.” Flip Schulke
 “Our understanding both intellectually and
emotionally the person or situation not just
objective point of view, we are involved with
soul.”- Gary Hershorn

Photojournalism is our window
to the world around us

Thank You!
Ms. Megha Gupta
Ms. Rashi Walia
Mr. Sijin Varghese