What photojournalism?
Photojournalism is where a photographer gets assigned to
take photos at a specific location to get the best shots and to try and capture
the hidden meaning of what is actually happening in the shot. Photojournalism
is both reliable and unreliable. I think it is reliable because the
photographer can capture shots that can show the world what is actually
happening in the shot. People may argue against this because they may think
there is more to the shot than meets the eye. I also find it unreliable because
the photographer could stand in a spot where the world cannot see half of the
story therefore injecting the wrong meaning of the shot to the world. People
may argue against this because they may be patriotic and think that the image
shown should be taken like that to help the country out (similar to
propaganda).
Henri Cartier Bresson is famous because he caught one of the
best shots in the twentieth century (1933). As being a rich boy he could afford
the newest revolutionary Leicus camera which was one of the best in its
day as it had the newest lens technology. The pictures he captured were
all about being in the right place at the right time. He started to get
called the godfather of photojournalism because he was capturing such
perfect photos. There was a wide range of things he had to do to get these
photos from pouncing to capture the split second the image would form to
stalking and waiting for the shot to happen this needed massive amounts of
patience.
Henri Cartier Bresson's work is significant because he
captured images that have a particular meaning but can also be hiding
a large chunk of the truth. The shot he took was not just one amazing picture;
he captured many other amazing shots that had hidden meanings which helped him
show his fame and become the photographer of the best twentieth
century photos.
The camera Henri Cartier Bresson used was a Leicus. One of
the best cameras at the time with the best lens technology. The techniques he
used were being in at the right place at the right time or just waiting around
being patience and waiting for the shot to happen in its own time.
