History of Photojournalism

  Margaret Bourke-White: A Trailblazing Photojournalist   Photo by  Alfred Eisenstaedt A female photojournalist I recently did some research on is a woman named Margaret Bourke-White. Born in New York in 1904, she was always fascinated with photography, and she became a female pioneer who was able to defy gender norms and capture history through her camera lens. She was extremely talented and determined, which helped in her journey to break into a male-dominated field.   The 1920’s were when her career really started to take off. She started working as an industrial photographer where she would document what was happening inside factories and power plants. Th e photos she took of the American workplace at the time caught the eye of Fortune magazine, and so they hired her, and she became the first female photographer to have her work on the front cover . Bourke-White then joined Life magazine in the 1930’s, where she was able to capture photos of the Great Depressi...

Christian Torres For my midterm project, I’ll focus on photojournalism and the climate crisis, specifically examining how environmental issues like wildfires, floods, and hurricanes are portrayed using   media. I’ll touch on the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill and how photographs of oil soaked coastlines shocked the world. I’ll also examine the California wildfires, where photojournalists captured the intensity of the flames. The ongoing deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest will be another thing I’ll focus on , s howing images of huge areas of empty tree space . And finally , the coverage of Hurricane Katrina, where photojournalism exposed the human toll and infrastructure failures. By looking at these events, my goal is  to show how photojournalism shapes public pe rception a nd influences policies related to climate change.   Photo by  Harley Soltes/The Seattle Times Photo by  WUSA The photos of the Exxon Valdez oil spill showed the devastation that happe...

  Photo by  George Norman Barnard Photo Taken in 1860 Principle #1: KEEP IT SIMPLE: The composition of the image is simple. The people in the image are positioned in a line that we can follow. We know which direction they're going in.  Principle #2: USE OF LINES: The people are in a curved line that we can follow with our eyes. The line allows us to create a story in our head, an imagined image of them walking. It brings some life to the image.  Principle #3: BLACK AND WHITE: The image is in black and white because that is the only color the photographer was able to capture with their camera. It gives us an idea of the time period and the limited technology of the time. It maybe helps the viewer understand certain struggles of the era and puts them in the shoes of the people in the image. I chose this image because of the description it had under it. It said that the people in the image were slaves carrying cotton. This surprised me because of the clothes they have o...