Photojournalism Document Your City What is Photojournalism •  A form of journalism that uses images to tell a story. Photojournalism Image Criteria •  Timeliness: the images have meaning in the context of a recently published record of events. •  Objectivity: the situation implied by the images is a fair and accurate representation of the events they depict in both content and tone. •  Narrative: the images combine with other news elements to make facts relatable to the viewer or reader on a cultural level. Ethics •  What pictures to show the public. “If it bleeds, it reads.” •  Peoples’ right to privacy and compensation. •  Photo manipulation…what degree is acceptable. History of Photojournalism •  Early photojournalism documented wars. •  Farm Security Administration documents the Great Depression to address rural poverty. •  Golden Age 1930’s – 50’s led by magazines and newspapers that use photographs. •  1970’s photojournalism photography is seen hung next to fine art prints in galleries. Carol Szathmari Dorothea Lange Henri Cartier Bresson Alfred Eisenstaedt Alfred Eisenstaedt EXAMPLES OF MODERN PHOTOJOURNALISM Photography Problem •  How would you document the city you live in? How would you communicate with others about what your life is like, where you hang out, things that are important to you using only photographs? Project Criteria •  Take 60 photojournalistic images of Arlington. •  Your images must tell a story or be relatable to your audience. •  You cannot document people. •  The final images will be black and white. •  You will select three final images to submit for the project. Wait…There Is More •  The County Manager for Arlington will be personally selecting images, from this project, to hang in her office. •  There many also be prizes…but you know how slow the government moves…so they haven’t decided what the prizes will be yet. You are Finished! Save your files as a jpg and place them in the Dropbox. •  lastname_firstname_pj1.jpg •  lastname_firstname_pj2.jpg •  lastname_firstname_pj3.jpg