Photojournalism
Application:
- In 1933, Henri Cartier-Bresson took a photograph - Photojournalism. 'Right place, right time'. (Referred to as the 'Godfather of photography'). This particular photograph was taken in a 'decisive moment', This photo captured someone jumping through a puddle, now Cartier-Bresson had no idea that this person was even going to appear, he just got his camera out at the right time and snapped an amazing image which became very famous.
- In 1936, Robert Capa took a photograph - 'To get close and closer'. Robert Capa was a combat photographer. Capa was involved in 5 wars - the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sion-Japanese War, World War II across Europe, the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and the First Indochina War. In 1947, Capa co-founded Magnum Photos with David Seymour, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger and William Vandivert, this organisation was the first cooperative agency for worldwide freelance photographers.
- Tony Vacarro - Soldier photographer, is known best for taking photos in Europe during 1944 and 1945 and in Germany immediately after WW2. He then became a fashion and lifestyle photographer for US magazines.
Context:
- Paradox - 11 frames survived after taking over 100.
- Life magazine destroyed photos after 48 hours.
- Dead American photos were also destroyed.
Techniques:
- Henri Cartier-Bresson = Decisive moment. He was a surrealist. 'wait for things to happen'. 'into this space, life will come' (used for Argus C3)
- Leica camera - produced in 1925 (German model) 'See whats going on around you'.
- Tony Vacarro - Speed graphic (camera) was used when he was a Soldier photographer.
Define Photojournalism:
- Photojournalism is a piece of art or practice of communicating news by photographs, in things such as newspapers, magazines.
Context:
Sophie you need to write these notes into sentences and as well as your profiles on the photographers. you will need to add a couple of chapters. One that talks about photojournalism (what makes this type of picture). The 2nd chapter will be about the idea of documenting real events, does the photograph achieve this?
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