Activity 6.1.2 – Documentary and News Photojournalism

Opened: Monday, 7 October 2024, 11:45 PM
Due: Tuesday, 8 October 2024, 3:00 AM
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Photojournalism is journalism that uses images to tell a news story. It usually only refers to still images 

Go online to research this topic using the word  PHOTOJOURNALISM this will lead you to news stories that have photographs to help tell the story.  

Choose a strong news story (war, storm, global warming, homelessness, crime, politics, etc.)  that you are familiar with and copy and paste two (2) very different still photographs that tell that news story visually. 

Copy the first paragraph of the news story and put it above your photographs so I know what narrative you are trying to tell with the two photographs.

You may have to go to several Internet sources and sites to find a variety of photographs that satisfy these requirements. ONLY choose photographs that have a clear use of the Rule of Thirds, Lead-in Lines (also called Leading Lines), Colour and Monochrome Contrasts, and other principles of photography that you have learned in class. You should mark Rule of Thirds and Lead-in lines on the photograph as evidence. Mark your photos with arrows and circle elements in the photograph to show what you think are important visual parts.

  • Beside each photograph write a brief (25-50 words) analysis with any evidence of the 

Post your work here. 

Submission: PDF format. (file size can't be more than 20 MB)