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Photography – Representation in Media
Photography is a hobby for many people and a professional
for many others. Some people invest their time, energy and
career in nature photography while some others do it for
capturing the faces of injustice in a war torn country.
Either ways photography plays a bigger role in bringing us
closer to the world through pictures. Photojournalism is one
such career that many people opt for as it fulfills the dual
need of journalism and photography.
Photojournalism is referred as still photography though news
channels and television journalists like to shoot a video,
which is a technologically advanced form of photography.
New
breeds of photographers have started experimenting with
candid photography, which for all its commercial purpose has
been a success. Photography has indeed branched out in so
many niche applications that it can now be seen as a
full-fledged career option.
The
credit goes to photojournalism, as this was the starting
career option until it branched out into various other
forms. The first event related photography can be dated back
to the 1850’s and they were being printed as engravings.
Some of the famous events like the Crimean War from 1853 to
1856 led to some pioneering works in photography by Roger
Fenton and William Simpson. The latter worked with the
Illustrated London News. Their photographs of the War were
engraved before they were published. The same was the case
with Matthew Brady who took photographs of the American
Civil War as they were engraved first before being printed
in Harper’s Weekly. Some of the most acclaimed photographs
were also displayed in Museums like the Fratelli Alinari -
Archivi Alinari, George Eastman House, German Historical
Museum, Helios, Museum Of Modern Art, New York and many
more.
The
Daily Graphic, New York published the first half tone
photograph on March 4, 1880. This also meant that
photographs don’t have to be engraved anymore before being
published. Through progressive innovations, by 1897 it was
possible to print a halftone photograph on the printing
press. Many innovations later, with the dawn of 1930 started
the Golden age of photojournalism. The commercial 35mm Leica
camera was developed in 1925, and the flash bulbs followed
between 1927 and 1930 to mark the start of the Golden era.
The Golden age between 1930 and 1950 helped magazines and
newspapers build their reputation and readership through
news articles with photographs. This was also the time when
Mother Dorothea Lange brought out seminal photos of the
Great Depression.
After
the Golden age, in 1960 many other innovations took
photography to a new level. The camera’s now had electronic
flash, auto-focus, motor drives, good lenses and other
enhancements that made it easier to take pictures of
objects, people and motion. Then the micro-drive was
introduced and it helped photographers store hundreds of
positives on a single chip. Today, technology has gone many
steps ahead by bringing in digital cameras through which
photographers can not only take hundreds of picture and save
it but they can also change the background or improve the
color with the help of computer software. We are truly in a
digital world today where photography has adorned a three
dimensional change.
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