What is photo journalism?
Photojournalists document history with a camera, photographing newsworthy people, places and events for newspapers, journals or magazines.
Covering complex and emotionally challenging events, a photojournalist strives to capture the essence of the subject matter, relating the facts of a story through visuals.
Photojournalists must work with people to uncover information that may not be initially apparent. At the same time, they must maintain a nonbiased perspective and seek out more than one side of the story.
What makes a photojournalist different from a photographer?
Photographers take pictures of nouns (people, places and things). Photojournalists shoot action verbs (”kicks,” “explodes,” “cries,” etc.). Photojournalists do shoot some nouns. These nouns can be standard photos of people (portraits), places (proposed zoning areas or construction sites) and things (name it). However, the nouns we seek still must tell a story.
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