Comments on: The death of photo journalism http://photocritic.org/photo-journalism/ The Photocritic DIY photography projects blog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:17:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Scott Fillmer http://photocritic.org/photo-journalism/#comment-284288 Scott Fillmer Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:58:37 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2008/photo-journalism/#comment-284288 I think part of the issue is the traditional paper media were so slow to adapt to the digital age... you can see every time someone or something does not embrace or at least try to work with the new technology, you get left behind. Not saying photojournalism went this way, but the medium photojournalist use to tell their stories may have. I run into the local newspaper photographers in town shooting for the same stories I am doing on my blog, but they are using a 10 year old 2mp camera and like equipment... I never get that. He is probably a much better photog than I am, but if we are shooting the exact same thing, I think I have an advantage when using my more updated equipment (IMO). Nice article post here, thanks. I think part of the issue is the traditional paper media were so slow to adapt to the digital age… you can see every time someone or something does not embrace or at least try to work with the new technology, you get left behind. Not saying photojournalism went this way, but the medium photojournalist use to tell their stories may have.

I run into the local newspaper photographers in town shooting for the same stories I am doing on my blog, but they are using a 10 year old 2mp camera and like equipment… I never get that. He is probably a much better photog than I am, but if we are shooting the exact same thing, I think I have an advantage when using my more updated equipment (IMO). Nice article post here, thanks.

]]> By: SimonC http://photocritic.org/photo-journalism/#comment-232538 SimonC Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:39:07 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2008/photo-journalism/#comment-232538 Bearing in mind the medium that we are reading this in, I would have thought that this would give us SOME hope?! Bearing in mind the medium that we are reading this in, I would have thought that this would give us SOME hope?!

]]> By: Chelsea http://photocritic.org/photo-journalism/#comment-228589 Chelsea Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:23:28 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2008/photo-journalism/#comment-228589 very well written. Sad thing to believe tho. photojournalism is an amazing art that can be moving, emotionally, and to think that it will be dead is just rediculous. can't allow it to happen. very well written. Sad thing to believe tho. photojournalism is an amazing art that can be moving, emotionally, and to think that it will be dead is just rediculous. can’t allow it to happen.

]]> By: yani http://photocritic.org/photo-journalism/#comment-215683 yani Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:28:28 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2008/photo-journalism/#comment-215683 Well written article, its even more dire when you see news agencies using poor quality images taken from the public with mobile phones. Well written article, its even more dire when you see news agencies using poor quality images taken from the public with mobile phones.

]]> By: Sam (Stock photo review) http://photocritic.org/photo-journalism/#comment-213112 Sam (Stock photo review) Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:00:39 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2008/photo-journalism/#comment-213112 Just like everything in the media these days, everything is becoming more shallow and of mediocre quality... sad.... Just like everything in the media these days, everything is becoming more shallow and of mediocre quality… sad….

]]> By: Gideon Wells http://photocritic.org/photo-journalism/#comment-212948 Gideon Wells Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:18:49 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2008/photo-journalism/#comment-212948 I went to school mostly for photojournalism. Four years, roughly $30k spent. Halfway through my last semester my photojournalism teacher accidentally lets it slip that in five years the art as we were taught will be dead, and the courses for the next generation won't begin till next semester. Videos, ripping single frames from videos, etc. His consolation, he was confident enough in our work that we could become wedding photographers. I went to school mostly for photojournalism. Four years, roughly $30k spent. Halfway through my last semester my photojournalism teacher accidentally lets it slip that in five years the art as we were taught will be dead, and the courses for the next generation won’t begin till next semester. Videos, ripping single frames from videos, etc.

His consolation, he was confident enough in our work that we could become wedding photographers.

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