Photojournalism

It is said that an image can tell more than a thousand words. The use of photographs as a way of spreading news started by the end of the 19th century and saw an immense growth at the beginning of the 20th century with the invention of a new type of lenses and the two great wars. Later, the use of photographs also extended to the marketing arena. However, when it comes to this type of communication photojournalist are not involved but artists instead.

Although some adverts use history and news the majority are not interested in what is happening in the world but to increase brand interest and sale number. Thus what is the difference of a photojournalist to a photographer? A photojournalist as the name says is also a journalist and has to carry its equipments under any kind of circumstances. Differently from a photographer, a photojournalist sells images (stories) not the art, or artist name. A photojournalist does not choose where to take pictures he/she is taken to the places that need to be shown to the public.

Nevertheless, photojournalism in the 21st century involves not only photos but also videos and broadcasting. One of the greatest areas of growth when it comes to news is the use of videos. This change is happening due to the development of the internet and the easy accessibility to computers. The inclusion of videos became extremely important. And in the same way news releases without pictures wasn’t considered interesting in the past it can be assume to videos today.

The interest and use of photojournalism has involved because it proved to have the qualities of narratives without bias as to be objective with an accurate representation of the event. Yet the question if news can be presented only by a visual work and no texts involved is still alive and generating different opinions.