Photojournalism

• Photographs support a story. Words + pictures.

• Photographs tell the story on their own.

• The best photojournalism captures a moment in time.

• Good photos make you feel something.

Indelible images of Kennedy assassination

Behind the photo:

John Carlos and Tommie Smith were banned from further competition by Avery Brundage.

Carlos had his tracksuit top unzipped to show solidarity with all blue collar workers in the U.S. and wore a necklace of beads which he described "were for those individuals that were lynched, or killed and that no-one said a prayer for, that were hung and tarred. It was for those thrown off the side of the boats in the middle passage.”

Smith later said, "If I win, I am American, not a black American. But if I did something bad, then they would say I am a Negro. We are black and we are proud of being black. Black America will understand what we did tonight.”

Photo ran in NY Times in March 1993 by Kevin Carter of South Africa; won the Pulitzer Prize for

photography.

Kim Phuc, the Napalm girl, at 40

Helen Gurley Brown obit. Haunted house, what america eats, avalanche video,

Taking Good Photos

Don’t put the person or the object in the middle. Know the rule of “thirds”

Proper composition makes these

photos interesting

For websites, you’ll need to take horizontal photos. That’s what most sites demand. Like this one:

Close, closer, closest

What’s Due?• Please email me the final version of your Q&A profile on

Thursday April 10. • It is due by 11:59 PM (1 minute before midnight). Even one

second late and your grade drops one level. It will continue to drop one level every 24 hours.

• Send it to THIS email address: lindavillarosa19@gmail.com. Put your name and “profile” in the subject line.

• If you include a photograph of your subject, you will receive extra credit.

• No class Thursday April 10, though I will be in my office if you’d like to talk.