from Photojournalism
to photography activism
The Beginning
roots in war photography
Roger Fenton was the first
London News, bringing these images to a large audience
The Golden Age
From the 1930s through out the 1970s
photographers used the photo to spread news.
Women became well known in the field, Dorothea Lange
Migrant mother :
From reality-to-emotions.
photographers
before try to capture an image of daily life
now to capture emotions
photos have become powerful tools to mae light on poverty, pollution,or the far-away wars
Everybody is a photojournalist
everybody has cameras and can record what is going on in the world
GREAT PHOTOGRAPHERS
Nature
Ansel Adams
His images describe the beauty of nature.
Yosemite National Park, in California, is his most iconic work.
Street photography
Henri Cartier-Bresson
coining the term "decisive moment"
there is a fraction of a second when a photographer takes a picture, and he must be able to capture it; otherwise, it is gone forever.
Fashion and portrait
Richard Avedon
started as a photographer and then worked for Vogue. He always tried to capture the personality in his photos
Photojournalism
Robert Capa
His most remarkable work was his reportage of the Spanish civil war. He also documented D-Day
Sir Donald McCullin
well known for his war photography, especially in Africa, Asia, or the Middle East.
Steve McCurry
a freelancer, whose most famous photo is the "Afghan Girl,"