My Image of Photojournalism

The pre-digital photographic technology I chose is the black and white roll film. Black and White films have been around for a good amount of time. "Black and White Cinema is the first study to consider the use of black-and-white as an art form in its own right, providing a comprehensive and global overview of the era when it flourished, from the 1900s to the 1960s." Depending on putting an image with color or black and white, it can effect the way the photo looks. In How-To Geek it says color can make it look "surreal" and black and white could make it "stand out more". There is 6 steps in order for the black and white roll film to work. The first step is turning off the lights, you need to make sure it is really dark in the room you will be in. Second step is to load the film into the tank. Third step mix the chemicals, that depends on which film roll you get they might need different chemicals. Fourth step is develop the film, this is when you add th...

     Can Photographs change the world? I think that photography has a big part in this world. If there weren't photographs people wouldn’t understand what they were reading. Photographs have been found not only in newspapers, magazines, books, but also on billboards, fast food places, restaurants, and so much more. This can help someone who is new to the country and doesn't know much of the language or they don’t know what the food is. A photo can educate them way more than just reading words. This photo below is a photo from 9/11. There are people running away from the pile of smoke coming from the twin towers. Even though I was very young at the time I couldn’t believe my eyes that something like this had happened. And every 9/11 everyone would remind each other of that horrible day. It was so sad and so many people passed away. I think that this really affected a lot of people. Not only people who were there but also the families, friends of those people. Just knowing ...

     What is photojournalism? Many people till this day don’t know the answer to this question. In John Nordell’s Video, What is Photojournalism? , he says “ Photographs created to be published in journals” and “Photojournalists they photograph verbs, people doing things”. . Photojournalist are always prepared to capture a moment, which means taking a picture of something as soon as it began. In the website, The Spruce Crafts , they say Photojournalists bring us the visual images of a story that back up a writer's words. "Photojournalism started to take shape when photographers could easily transport cameras into war zones."History of Photojournalism is important because learning about history is not only through words, it is through photos that have action in them which is called photojournalism. In the video, In Harms Way , it talks how these two people Zoriah and Alissa put themselves in danger in order to take photos that best tells a story of conflict. Photojournalis...

  Photo by Tiejun Wang