A journalist tells stories. A photographer takes pictures of nouns. A photojournalist takes the best of both and locks it into the most powerful medium – images.
Initially photos were used to enhance the text rather than to act as a medium of information
Originally it served print magazines and newspapers
Now photojournalism is a huge part of multimedia and even documentary filmmaking
7 Photojournalism tips by Reuters photographer Damir Sagolj:
1) Anticipate 2) Research 3) Reach out 4) Prioritise 5) Practise 6) Interact 7) Be invisible
The most emotionally crippling situation any photographer can find himself/herself in, is to make eye contact with the person you are photographing and realize that there is absolutely nothing you can do to help.
