Forum: Photography


Subject: An answer for Misha's question... Where are today's compelling photographs?

Alpha opened this issue on Nov 18, 2002 ยท 16 posts


ChuckEvans posted Tue, 19 November 2002 at 7:55 AM

Well, for certain the first photo maddens...not the content, but that it had to air before something was done. Reminds me of a few docudramas I've seen on TV where the insurance companys' policies was to deny ANYTHING that looked marginal and see if the claimants would just let it go. As to photojournalists, and speaking of maddening, I wonder what it feels like to spend your time trying to capture just the right moment as a person is dying when, perhaps, you could have put the camera down and rendered assistance. I wonder if photojournalism would be some sort of subcategory of photography. One thing is for sure...if a picture is worth (the proverbial) 1,000 words, then a correctly-done photo for journalism is probably worth 2,000 words. (reminds me of the question I posed to you in the chat a few days ago..."Was there much room for creativity in photojournalism?")