For our next class assignment, you will play the role of a very important kind of photographer: the photojournalist. Photojournalists are at once photographers, and writers. They often collaborate with writers from newspapers and magazines to tell important stories, and illuminate important events that might otherwise go unnoticed. They are unbiased and truthful, but can sometimes also be loaded or sensationalized.
Over the next few days, we will look at works by many different photojournalists, and identify their mission. Where are they? What are they trying to tell us through their images? How do these images make us feel?
We will also look at photographers and artists who play the role of the photojournalist, and use elements of this role in their ideas and presentation of their work.
The TIMES photographic essay website
Lauren Greenfield
Bruce Davidson
Jan Sochor
Peter Menzel
James Nachtwey
Joachim Ladefoged
Lens: The New York Times Photo Essay Blog
And then check out the slideshow of artists and photographers who use a photojournalist approach to their work.
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