What is Photojournalism?

Photojournalism is a type of journalism that aims to tell a story through a series of pictures. Unlike general picture taking, photojournalist have a specific agenda of what is needed to be captured in order to present the story. With photojournalism, truth and realism about an event, person, object, etc. is illustrated through pictures in an honest fashion. Even with tabloids, the photographer must refrain from manipulating and altering the picture, thus allowing the photograph to speak for itself. Words are powerful in representing a story, but images help reinforce and bring to life the words that are being displayed. Photojournalists are able to take the art of taking photographs and the ability to tell a story and bring it to life.

There are different aspects of photojournalism (examples included):

- [News (Spot/General)]

~Jay Janner~

Tony Park-Flowers and his 7-year-old son, Tyler Park Flowers, mourn during the burial of Tyler’s twin brother, Tevin, at Evergreen Cemetery on Saturday Feb. 9, 2008. Tevin died Feb. 1, two days after he was found hanging from a hook by his clothes at a North Austin charter school. The incident was ruled an accidental death.

- [Feature]

~Kuni Takahashi~

Zeborah Ball-Paul, right, and Theodora Beasley celebrate Sen. Barack Obama’s victory against Sen. John McCain in the U.S presidential election at Grant Park in Chicago on November 4, 2008.

- [Portraits]

~Tomasz Gudzowaty~

- [Illustrations]

~Kevin Vandivier~

- [Sports Action/Feature]

~Pailin Wedel~

A seven year-old boy gets water splashed on him after a near knock out in the last round at the Khao Lak boxing stadium in Khao Lak Thailand. Little boys train for Muay Thai to earn extra money for their families and to keep out of trouble.

(Pictures obtained by NPPA website)