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Permalink Reply by Onnik Krikorian on February 15, 2011 at 22:55

Many photojournalists, including myself, will always photograph subjects we are drawn to regardless of the news agenda. In my opinion, that's a difference between photojournalism and news photography. Meanwhile, some of us don't even like cropping a photograph. In the olden days before digital we even used to print photographs with the neg frame still showing precisely in order to show that the photograph hadn't been cropped let alone altered in any way (although yes, we would still dodge and burn). Not possible now, but I really don't even like cropping, preferring instead to compose in the viewfinder and leaving it at that...

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Permalink Reply by Ana Ivkovic on February 20, 2011 at 17:36

often picture speaks more than any words ...

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Permalink Reply by Veronika Krupova on March 31, 2011 at 15:29

So true! Look at the photos of Japan after tsunami disaster!! Better than any article.

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Permalink Reply by Afnan Khan on February 23, 2011 at 2:34

yes a still photograph still remains a key attraction for the readers/viewers and the modern video technology could not completely replace this genre. I started my reporting career at the age of 19 and after around ten years of experience i could not resist my temptation to learn photojournalism, which has added another dimension in my professional capabilities. I have seen spell binding photographs taken by the senior guys in my country and believe me some of them will drive you to a mystic world. I agree with what Onnik has mentioned about the sanctity of photojournalism as some of the photographs say what no words can grasp.

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Permalink Reply by Eliana van de Craats Lima on February 25, 2011 at 12:16

Hi Laura, I think it is a very good question and it all depend of Ethics, the person who is responsible to publish those pictures, etc. I prefer to think that Journalists have Ethics and that they respect it, but just in case anyone forgets it, then here is the reminder. On the other hand, enhancing pictures to get a more accurate view of the situation might be necessary in order to tell a history. In that case, even scientists may use those technics to provide us a better view of the world. I think, we have to analyse each case in a different way. I mean sometimes if the Journalist gets an amateur picture of very bad quality from an anonym source, the Journalist has the right and perhaps even the duty to check the accuracy of the  picture and also to check if if it is a real picture or not. Therefore manipulation in those cases are legitim and should be done whenever possible and within those limits. However, this is my personal oppinion.

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Permalink Reply by Muhammad sibtain Jafri on February 25, 2011 at 14:20

yes ... photojournalism is very effective in the current era.

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Permalink Reply by Abdul Latif Bhat on February 27, 2011 at 0:05

Every FB a/c holder has turned as photojournalist.

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Permalink Reply by mustaque ahmed zahid on March 9, 2011 at 14:40

yes a still photograph still remains a key attraction for the readers/viewers and the modern video technology could not completely replace this genre. I started my reporting career at the age of 19 and after around ten years of experience i could not resist my temptation to learn photojournalism, which has added another dimension in my professional capabilities. I have seen spell binding photographs taken by the senior guys in my country and believe me some of them will drive you to a mystic world. I agree with what Onnik has mentioned about the sanctity of photojournalism as some of the photographs say what no words can grasp.cameraman with camera cant do any reporter do report on TV. so must need to make impotent TV cameraman. zahid . ETV. 

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Permalink Reply by Farhan Abdi Jama on March 10, 2011 at 6:30

yes photojournalism/photographs is intrestible when we are talking about news, i think news only can be only pictures when events are past known and also pictures remains historic and necessary to express past events  i hope photojournalism will give view every person.

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Permalink Reply by Junior Agyeman Owusu on March 23, 2011 at 14:18

interesting question. yes and no but it is heavily based upon content.

we live in a day and age whereby people have access to everything and everyone is a photographer, a photo retoucher and so forth. the one main aspect that sperates real photography or journalism in this case, from the rest is the images technical ability to capture a moment/ the story in the perfect moment.

everyone clicks but the best real journalistic images embody everything; as the photographer was in the right place, at the right time and was sensitive to the subject at hand. but the image itself, depending one content is not enough in many situations due to the access many people have to manipulation tools. Filming is at times a more anchoring source to consolidate worthy journalistic news. but again, its based upon content.

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Permalink Reply by Abu Zafar on March 30, 2011 at 16:06

photo journalism is to shoot something which is enough than hundreds of words

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Permalink Reply by Oerd Ulqini on April 8, 2011 at 19:13

Il fotogiornalismo secondo me e una cosa che non muore mai. Sempre un imagine puo restare indimenticabile nella nostra memoria, specialmente se quel tema rimane attuale. Nelle storie di miserie, drame, fame, ma anche nei momenti di grande gioia e l’imagine quello che trasmette le “5 famose domande W” del reporter. Fotogiornalismo dal mio parere e come i primi film di Clarlie Chaplin (che parlano tramite l’imagine). Secondo me non e vero che il fotogiornalismo diffetta nello Storytelling, ansi certe volte puo parlare piu di un intero articolo. Fotogiornalismo si trova in un metamorfosi profondo, dove e costretto sopravivere in un momento dove la media electronica ha fatto dei gigandi passi avanti, ma una cosa e certa questo tipo di giornalismo sopravivera e non verra consideratto un relitte del 20 secolo…

 

With kind regards Oerd Ulqini from Durres, Albania

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