What is Journalistic Photography?

"Journalistic Photography"

Journalistic photography is clearly different from other photography fields. Photojournalism is part of the world of journalism that uses visual language to convey a message to the public and remain bound by the code of journalistic ethics. Photo journalism is not just jeprat-just snap. There are ethics that are always upheld, there are messages and news to be conveyed, there are limitations that can not be broken, and there is momentum that must be displayed in a frame. The most important thing about journalistic photography is the values of honesty that are always based on objective fact alone.

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natural world of journalism, photo is a vital requirement. Because the photo is one of the enchant for the readers. In addition, the photo is a complement of the written news. The merging of both words and images, in addition to being more precise and in line with the reality of an event, also seems to include the reader as a witness of the event.

The essence of photojournalism is a photo or image that can tell or describe what happened in the photo.

The advantages of a photo as a visual communication medium make it easier to understand than writing that requires energy and mind.

Henri Cartier-Bersson, founder of the world's leading photo agency Magnum

"A photo of journalism is about a picture, reporting it with a camera, recording it in time, all of which takes place instantaneously when an image reveals a"

Prof. Mitchel V. Charnley :
“News is timely report a fact or opinion of either interest or important or both to a considerable number of people”

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