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Photojournalism

 

This is the practice of communicating news through photography and is especially shown in magazines.

Gary Hershorn

 

Happiness

ecstatic

belief

motivated 

courageous

joyous

pride

 

Two people in background:

loss

sad

tired 

not given up 

 

 

Nick Ut

 

This Pulitzer Prize winning photo taken on June 8th 1972, depicts children fleeing from a napalm bombing during the Vietnam war. In the center of the page is a naked 9 year old girl, Phan Thị Kim Phúc also known as 'Napalm Girl'. This photo shows emotion and an actual sense of the phrase'run for your lives' as these children were actually doing this. The 'Napalm Girl', arms hanging, shows reality of war and the consequences of it.

The photograph is thought to be one of the most memorable photographs of the 20th century.

Photojournalsm photography are found in magazines such as 'Life Magazine'

Photojournalism photography is found on social network sites such as

Instagram.

Photojournalism photography is found on newspapers and news sites.

Photomontage

This is the practice of constructing a montage through photographic images, a combination of photographs joined together for artistic effect. It can also be to show more of a subject that can't be shown in a single photograph.

David Hockney

 

Desertion

Dirty 

stranded 

signs 

mixes of real and not real

Never ending

amplified 

 

Hannah Höch 

 

 

Hanna was a prominent female artist in Germany shortly after WW1. This montage named “Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada Through the Last Weimar Beer-Belly Cultural Epoch in Germany”was made in 1919 and 1920 and reflects Hannah's political views and social issues during this transitional time in German society. Shortly after Germany's loss in the war, Germany was experiencing political chaos. 

This Montage reflects those issues and portrays the significance of such issues. Hannah felt strongly about such events and this work was a way of showing her views.

Photomontages are found on websites.

Photomontages are found on social network sites such as Pinterest

Photomontages are found in books

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