Photojournalism
Photojournalism [Oxford Dictionary]: The practice of communicating news by photographs, especially in magazines
Photojournalism is a type of photographic style in which photos are used as a story telling tool, portraying the narrative to the reader throughout the images used and not so heavily relying on a written article.
- After the South Asian earthquake of 2005 (x)
It is most commonly used in magazines as it is more appealing to a buyer to look at lots of images compared to lots of text.
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Photojournalism breaks most of the existing barriers that exist in journalism, by taking both words and images, using the best of both and making it the most powerful medium available.
It is said to capture verbs. Actions and stories are seeked to be shown throughout a photojournalistic shot.
A cutline is also commonly used, like a caption, to explain the basic elements of the shot. To word it simply and state exactly what can be seen.
- Tyler Wirken.
In this example, Tyler Wirken was asked to photograph this baby's birth.
Tyler was unable to be in the room for the operation as the mother, Danielle, was having a C-Section, so instead he was able to photograph the before and after, as well as the soon-to-be grandparents waited eagerly. The story told throughout his pictures is a wonderful representation of how photojournalism can tell a whole story through a few "simple" photographs.
As well as births, the style of photojournalism is also used to retell such events as weddings. This example is of a couple getting married. The bride preparing for the ready, a shoot of sorts outside the St Michaels Church and then the shots of the ceremony and reception.
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