Photojournalism Part 2 - War Photography

War photography was a form of taking real life images of what was considered "real life" representations of life on the front lines.

 This form of photography shocked the whole world as it took away everything they believed in when it came to the justifications of war. The propaganda which brainwashed ordinary civillians into a dream like state where they were told "war was a good thing" was shattered as reality suddenly settled in.



 The photograph was taken by eddie adams, seconds before the vietcong operative was mercilessly executed in public. This snapshot was very quite notorious as it stirred up many emotions in people because most individuals interpret images like this in a very unique manner but this photograph had only left sympathy for the reason that unless you were there and had understood the very context of this image you cant help but feel sorry for the vietnamese as he appeared very innocent in the picture and looked like he was pleading for mercy whilst the executioner looked very cold and heartless whic h caused a biased analysis.
Robert capa a now known famous photojournalist, had taken some of the most controversial photographs of various wars and had captured shocking images of fallen soldiers and the battlefield.

His most famous work occured

Photojournalism Part 1 - Genius of Photography

Henri cartier bresson was a street photographer that had changed photgraphy by taking some of the stunning pictures by using the Leica camera, a tool that was ahead of its time and very revolutionary in the photography industry. Bresson was so influential that he was considered the "Father of modern photojournalism".

Bresson came from a prosperous and wealthy background given that his father was a very successful textile manufacturer, this meant that he was lucky enough to have enough money to financially support his interests in photography. The amount of funding he got from his parents meant that he had the oppourtunity to purchase a Leica camera something that most photographers didn't have the opportuniy to obtain seeing as the Leica camera was an up-to-the-minute instrument presented to the photography industry meaning that it was probably very expensive and and only a limited amount were made, resulting in it being very exclusive.

Decisive moment - "A candid photograph taken at the precise moment which defines or illustrates the entire story or action."


The leica camera was the tool used to change the world through photography because it now allowed ambitious photographers to take pictures almost instantaneously permitting them to take photos of such spontaneity that would otherwise be near impossible.
They used 35mm cine film which meant that journalist could send their unexposed images, in a film cassette, by mail.
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