Wednesday 21 September 2011

Photo Journalism Part 2

Robert Capa:  (October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954) was a Humgarian war photographer and photojournalist who had coverd five diffrent wars including World War II, The Spanish Civl War and First Indochina War. He was one of the most know war photographers around who made photojournalism intresting for people outside of the industry.


                                                     THE FALLEN SOLIDER PICTURE

Wednesday 14 September 2011

Photojoumaslim Part 1

Leica Camera:  The Leica camera was the first cmera of it's kind, it was first mass oroduced in 1925 and was known for it's quickness of capturing a photo and also how portable it was. One of the camera's most notable users was Henri Cartier-Brsson who is one of the most known photographers around the world..
                                    
Henri Cartier-Bresson (August 22, 1908 – August 3, 2004) is one of the most well known photographers around the globe and is considerd by many to be the godfather of modern photojounalism photogrphing things such as Ghandi's funeral and the last stages of the Chinese civil war.and  is most notable for starting what the world camt to know as "the decisive moment".
The Decisive Moment:  The decisive moment is when a picture is taken at a significant point in time of an incident, a photo that would not be the same if taken a second later or earlier. It is often stated that the first example of this kind of photo was the man jumping over a puddle in Paris which was taken by Henri Cartier-Bresson through the gap in a fence.