Presented at Samford University's annual High School Journalism Workshop on Thursday, September 16, 2010.

1. Photojournalism is Not Dead
Lynsey Weatherspoon

2. What is a photographer?
• A person who takes photographs using a camera.
• A professional photographer uses photography to
earn money whilst amateur photographers take
photographs for pleasure and to record an event,
emotion, place or person.
• Are you a photographer?

3. What is photojournalism?
• Art or practice of communicating news by
photographs
• Newspapers, magazines, websites, weeklies,
etc.

4. Is photojournalism really dead?
• It’s evolving
• New technology
• New ways of advertising skills and
expertise
• Promising future

5. Portfolio? What’s that?
• Book with thought provoking, well
composed images
• Critiqued by art directors and creative
directors
• Make sure images have captions

6. Tony Messano, Art Director/Creative Director

7. How are you staying fresh and relevant?
• Read, read, read!
• Compose creative ideas, personal projects
• Refresh your style
• Create, practice, and visualize

8. Who is your inspiration?
• Richard Avedon
• Gordon Parks
• Henri Cartier-Bresson
• Annie Leibovitz
• Mustafah Abdulaziz
• Kendrick Brinson

9. Personal Projects

11. Contact Information
• Lynsey Weatherspoon,
hello@lynseyweatherspoon.com
• www.lynseyweatherspoon.com
• www.facebook.com/lynsey.weatherspoon
• @lnweatherspoon