Final Project 2
During the fall semester, in the online course "The History of Photojournalism" I have learned so much about the different types of photojournalists and what drives them to do what they do. I have a revised definition of photojournalism. I still agree with what I first mentioned in the beginning of the semester. My definition of a photojournalist was that they basically communicate by using images to tell different stories, and I still completely agree. I learned about the different path ways photojournalists take, such as: photojournalists at war, others in a city capturing social problems, etc.. These are very different environments and different views in images. In the image below, I captured my family in the middle of them talking and taking pictures of a show we went to. As I mentioned, there are many different environments for different photojournalist that can have a personal meaning behind it for them. People may not understand the feeling behind the image but others do or at least you are aware what it meant to you.
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| Photo By: Nahiomy Martinez |
It is important to know the importance of the History of Photojournalism mainly because you are able to see the differences between Technologies. Something that happened and was captured back in the early 1800 isn't as clear or show as much great content as it could today. In the article,
The History of Photojournalism. How Photography Changed the Way We Receive News, it states,
photojournalists are adapting, using new technology and outlets to continue telling the important stories of contemporary society." Back then, many of the technology was very hard to own, today there not as expensive, and in many cases everyone uses their phones in whcih may have very great quality. With today's technology, I used the iPhone XR camera quality and took an image this morning to show my mother how foggy it was. In this case, photographs come in handy because we are able to communicate and show others what's going on outside, specially if they are inside at the moment or they're not in the same state as you, you can show others how it looks outside were you live.
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| Photo By: Nahiomy Martinez |
A big "Ah-ha" moment for me would be understanding photojournalists when trying to capture images when the person or in my case also my dog trying to get them to look at the image. Sometimes it's hard to capture the moment when they are not paying attention. But at the moment it was a very happy and comforting moment. I realized that I have to catch their attention in order to have them face the camera.
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| Photo By: Nahiomy Martinez |
Photographs do change the world. I say this because many of us wouldn't understand or wouldn't be able to see what is going on around the world if it wast for photographers and news. When something tragic happens, someone captures an image some how this quickly makes it to the news or social media in which this is when everyone realizes what going on, and then everyone decides to make a story for themselves unless there is an actual caption to the images about it. In other cases something can be happening and people may not believe it until they see a photograph proving what actually happened. Everyone has their own opinions to different pictures. But in my opinion, photographs do change the world positively and negatively.
Knowledge Gained From Classmates
After reading my classmates posts throughout the semester, I learned about different photojournalists, and what they do. One of the blogs I really enjoyed was "Strength of a Woman: A Photojournalistic View" By Jannah Esa. In this blog, Jannah talks about how woman face discrimination. Jannah states,
"Many men all over the world have little to no respect for women." I agree with this. Like she said, not all men are like this but many of them treat women as if they aren't worth anything in the job industries. In my opinion, the topic about gender discrimination is so broad. Many people have different opinions. Second blog that I enjoyed reading and learning about was "What Motivates Photojournalists" By Mechealea Giordano. In this blog, Mechealea talks about a photojournalist called Edward Echwalu, and he basically talks about the issue in the community and his friends. Edward states,
"I am in a privilege position visually to talk about issues with my friends and community to use my pictures to communicate a message that is diverse and to inform and change someone's perspective." I liked reading about that because this male is talking about the diverse that's being seeing and how he wants to communicate that through images. Lastly, the other blog I enjoyed reading was "Ethics in Photojournalism" By Ariyon Mickle. In this blog, Ariyon talks about the ethics in photojournalism and she has some very good points. Ariyon states,
"We shouldn’t capture soldiers in war who have died or tortured by the enemy. I believe that crosses the lines because one, the families shouldn’t see their loved ones like that, and it likely makes people not want to join the war." I completely agree, nobody should see their family suffer or see them death in an image that could be public to the whole world t see. It's not right. When it comes to images like this photographers should be aware of the feelings of others.
