As the end of the year comes the finals exams does as well and nothing better than have a place to study and keep the focus to have a good grade on finals. I took these pictures at the library of AIC college and show some students focusing and studying for their finals.

Nothing was planned I just asked them if I could take a picture while they are studying, and they accepted.



Photojournalism is something powerful but we need to know how to use it. If we use photojournalism for the good of the society we will make it very informative. Being very directly, photojournalism is the action to inform the society (people) what is happening around the world through real pictures. The pictures have the power to show the feeling of the people involved in the pictures.

The history of photojournalism is very long. People since 1800s trying to create new and different ways to record moments, special moments. They have tried everything until we get the digital cameras nowadays. It is kind of important to know the history of photojournalism because we can see what people have done, what they have been through and what methods they already use, so in my opinion is important to know the history of something before you try to innovate or implement something.

The last assignment made me think a lot and I tried to innovate and I got it. I did a research about Robert Capa, a great photojournalist. It made me use my creativity and I did a video on YouTube talking about his history.

Japanese kids playing in the snow during the Sino Japanese war. 

What feelings does the image create? I know they are in the war but it is not visible, for me they are in an any day playing like kids as they have anything to be worried about. This image shows me the purity of the kids.

Another Assignment that I had to think a lot was the technology timeline. This assignment was another one that I had to be creative and use good part of my brain. I did a power point presentation about the technologies which are around us (human being) since 1800s.





This was part of my presentation which I talk about William Henry, his camera and his most famous photo.

After I have been through this course I still do not change what I said when I was asked if photographs change the world. In my opinion photographs can change the world for either good way or bad way, it is up to us. We need to use the power of the photos to the good way. Pictures can save people, can make moments least forever and can help the society to be more helpful to each other.

I feel photojournalism today is a way easier. People can take pictures with one click (touch), is too easy, now if we talk about 200-100 years ago it was completely different. It is impossible to imagine how hard was for them. They had to hustle a lot. I feel more connected with the present photojournalists because I cannot compare myself with the old ones. They are legends, pioneers they started everything and today I have everything so easy, it would be very wrong of me compare my self with them. 

Reading my classmates work I learn some good things which made me stop to think about photojournalism. 

On Maria's blog post she said "People need to see the importance of what is going on, and try to trigger a way to want to do their part and help." It made me go back to my point which I say that photojournalism has two ways to be promoted the good one and the bad one. We choose which way we are going to use. She was talking about the ocean and the animals on it. From this one we as the population of the world we should WAKE UP before it be too late. 

Help

“I try to photograph honestly but with a sense of compassion so that a mass audience can make a human connection with the people in the pictures. If that happens, then change becomes possible.” I found this sentence on Leah's blog and it basically says to be connected, let's be connected, let's help each other because at the same time we are sitting eating something there is people starving in another place. 

Be connected

On Haley's blog one thing called my attention. "She did whatever it took to be sure that she was recognized. She strived to be the voice for those who were struggling and made sure that their stories were heard by the public." Do whatever it takes to make history, to be important and make sure people will listen you. A photo can change the world but not by itself.

Make history

Robert Capa, real name was Andre Friedman.

1 - Robert Capa started his career on Bulgaria. During the world war II he went to the United States and worked as a freelancer for two companies. One was called Life and the other one was Time both were good companies for that era. His photos were more about wars, for example he took photos in the world war II, Palestine war and some other events.

2 - He started his career around the 40s but he passed away early and his last jobs were around 50s. That was an era which the photojournalism was growing and starting to be relevant. Era of the apotheosis of the photojournalism.

3 - His motivation was not show the people in a war killing each other, it was show the survivors and how they looked when they were the survives. He always wanted to show how those survivors look like.

4 - He used Leica camera during the Spanish Civil war. Later he used the Contax camera.

5 - After my all researches none of his pictures or actions were considered an ethical dilema. He was a very good professional who got diverse awards with his pictures.

6 - He did not like to take pictures of people in action during the war. It was always after war. His happiness was on the survivors, people who were celebrating life. "He was a good-natured child, with no rudeness in him. Always the face smiled". A lot of websites say that him was a happy man, always positive, kind of incredible for someone that was always in wars seeing bad things most of the times.

7 -

Japanese kids playing in the snow during the Sino Japanese war. 

What feelings does the image create? I know they are in the war but it is not visible, for me they are in an any day playing like kids as they have anything to be worried about. This image shows me the purity of the kids.

Doctor taking care of a man in the WWII.

Is the image black & white or color? The image is black white and I believe this picture become very good because without color we can try to imagine another thing instead of blood on that man face. The black and white can help us to imagine what they are doing. 

German kid going to another state.

Subject's expresion: The subject expresses a feeling of reliaved, he looks tired but with hope. His face does not show sadness or happiness is a question face. He seems ready for what is coming. 

Girl from Austria moving during the WWII. 

Background compliments: This picture is completed because the main subject and the background. Both things help for the quality of the picture showing the little girl and probably her family stuffs in a hard moment leave their home. 

8 - His photos show images during the wars that he lived, but he choose the good way to take pictures. He showed on his pictures not the bad part of the war. He show sadness but he shows hope as well, happiness, rare moments where people on that time probably had once. In war we use to see blood, death, guns, scary things, he found something besides those options. That is why he is respected in the world of photojournalism so far. So, he make the population see the good things in the worst moments, I meant he see positivity where people do not see.

9-  I see the way that he takes his pictures a different way. He is not like everybody else, he has something different. He makes me think to be different, do something to change what people are tired to see. My major is communication and I want to talk about sports or write about it. The thing is, I have to do something that people are not use to see, ready to show something new and with good quality.

10 - Some people say he was courageous, he was always smiling, positive guy, he make history, he had a terrific death, very sad the way he leave. He was a good photographer and always taking the best for the people in the war. After some researches I found that he was a guy who communicates a lot with people and that made him get so many good pictures. “Like people and let them know it, that is what he always did."

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1J0p8PGrDI

http://totallyhistory.com/robert-capa/

https://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/guide-to-hungary-etiquette-customs-culture-business

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany

https://www.amazon.com/Country-Flags-E-G-Flag-France/dp/B000G2SYXM

https://www.christies.com/features/Henri-Cartier-Bresson-8466-1.aspx

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/08/did-religion-make-the-american-civil-war-worse/401633/

https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/objects/death-of-a-loyalist-militiaman-near-espejo-c%C3%B3rdoba-front-spain-1

http://www.howardgreenberg.com/artists/robert-capa

https://pro.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAX_5

https://www.slideshare.net/guimera/israel-through-the-lens-of-robert-capa

https://bquockhanh.livejournal.com/63642.html

Robert Capa, real name was Andre Friedman.

1 - Robert Capa started his career on Bulgaria. During the world war II he went to the United States and worked as a freelancer for two companies. One was called Life and the other one was Time both were good companies for that era. His photos were more about wars, for example he took photos in the world war II, Palestine war and some other events.

2 - He started his career around the 40s but he passed away early and his last jobs were around 50s. That was an era which the photojournalism was growing and starting to be relevant. Era of the apotheosis of the photojournalism.

3 - His motivation was not show the people in a war killing each other, it was show the survivors and how they looked when they were the survives. He always wanted to show how those survivors look like.

4 - He used Leica camera during the Spanish Civil war. The Spanish war was his first war as a photographer/photojournalist Later he used the Contax camera. A very famous camera used by a lot of photographers.

5 - After my all researches none of his pictures or actions were considered an ethical dilema. He was a very good professional who got diverse awards with his pictures. The most important award he got was around 50s which he got, the best picture in the war, a big award for that time.

6 - He did not like to take pictures of people in action during the war. It was always after war. "His happiness was on the survivors, people who were celebrating life." A lot of websites say that him was a happy man, always positive, kind of incredible for someone that was always in wars seeing bad things most of the times.

7 -

Japanese kids playing in the snow during the Sino Japanese war. 

What feelings does the image create? I know they are in the war but it is not visible, for me they are in an any day playing like kids as they have anything to be worried about. This image shows me the purity of the kids.

Doctor taking care of a man in the WWII.

Is the image black & white or color? The image is black white and I believe this picture become very good because without color we can try to imagine another thing instead of blood on that man face. The black and white can help us to imagine what they are doing. 

German kid going to another state.

Subject's expresion: The subject expresses a feeling of reliaved, he looks tired but with hope. His face does not show sadness or happiness is a question face. He seems ready for what is coming. 

Girl from Austria moving during the WWII. 

Background compliments: This picture is completed because the main subject and the background. Both things help for the quality of the picture showing the little girl and probably her family stuffs in a hard moment leave their home. 

8 - His photos show images during the wars that he lived, but he choose the good way to take pictures. He showed on his pictures not the bad part of the war. He show sadness but he shows hope as well, happiness, rare moments where people on that time probably had once. In war we use to see blood, death, guns, scary things, he found something besides those options. That is why he is respected in the world of photojournalism so far. So, he make the population see the good things in the worst moments, I meant he see positivity where people do not see.

9-  I see the way that he takes his pictures a different way. He is not like everybody else, he has something different. He makes me think to be different, do something to change what people are tired to see. My major is communication and I want to talk about sports or write about it. The thing is, I have to do something that people are not use to see, ready to show something new and with good quality.

10 - Some people say he was courageous, he was always smiling, positive guy, he make history, he had a terrific death, very sad the way he leave.


I will do a video on YouTube explaining all the question in a narrative way where at the meantime I will show the pictures about the wars that he was presented. The video will be no longer 5 minutes. I also go a little bit through about his history and etc...

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/phev/hd_phev.htm

http://iphf.org/inductees/robert-capa/

https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/robert-capa?all/all/all/all/0

http://bostonreview.net/susie-linfield-robert-capa-photography

                             

Sebastiao Salgado

Sebastiao Salgado is a Brazilian photojournalist known in the whole world. Different from many Brazilians at that time, Sebastiao had a good childhood. He graduated on college and after that he got married with a pianist. Sebastiao is known for his own style to take pictures.

Gold mine of Serra Pelada, state of Pará, Brazil, 1986.

What most motivated me about him is that he always going to poor areas to show people in worst conditions than anybody else. He is always helping them and his pictures promote a better way to these people get help from different areas of the world. 

His quote which most called my attention is on his book called Exodus. "More than ever, I feel that the human race is only one. There are differences in color, language, culture and opportunity, but people's feelings and reactions are similar. People flee wars to escape death, migrate to improve their luck."  This quote made me think how similar everybody is. We might have different characteristics but we always have the same goals. People always try to prove how good they are do not matter how they will always find a way to show that they are worthy.  

"People should be living like I". I got this quote from the video "Kenyan Journalist" Felix Masi was the man who said it. Both photojournalists have the same mind, help the others. I believe be a photojournalist can change people's live, mainly their own lives. 

His motivation was help people in my map I said that help is equals support. What I meant by that is if we all help someone, we are supporting them and this person will help someone as well, is like a circle, that we cannot break. 

                             

Steve Mccurry

Steve Mccurry is a brave man which is not afraid to get his job done. What most called me about his work is how to get so many photos in places with historical conflicts days after day, this kind of motivated me too because does not matter what you have to do to get your job done you gotta do it. "I don't think pictures are worth dying for, but I don't want to live knowing I was timid." He will always be remembered for his pictures, he was never timid. Also, is very easy to see the sadness look and fear in the people photographed by him. 

Afghan Girl

This photo was one his most successful works. He won diverse awards with this picture.  

"He told everyone that he believed his photographs would encourage people to exert the force to right wrongs."This quote came from the video "Lewis Hine - A Progressive Reformer". Another person who was not timid and face problems doing her best to stop it. She could change people's opinion with her photos facing whatever she had to deal with it.

His motivation was to show how much people suffer and try to help them sharing his pictures. People are in the war every day, sometimes they cannot do anything about it to stop it. Steven was trying to help them showing his photos to call people's attention, he was fighting for it, he was not timid and never stop until he gets what he wants.

Ansel Adams

Ansel different from the other photojournalists that I mentioned had a hard childhood. His father lost his fortune and after that his father did not spend time with him or with his family trying to get his fortune back. He had dyslexia and he was not very successful in school. 

I got motivation when I read story about Adam. Nothing in life will be easy, or sometimes it will never goes the way that you want to go but it does not matter, or focus and discipline has to be higher than our frustrations or fears. His motivation was the nature. He loved take pictures of the nature and see how beautiful it is. He did not care about his past or his personal problems, he face it, and he made history. 

Ask yourself: "Does this subject move me to feel, think and dream?" Photograph made him dream, and he left 12 years of piano to make this dream come true, when he did not even could be good at school and a lot of people did not believe on him he made it happen. 

Ansel was the guy which never give up. He motivation inspires me. He kept going and he became a good photojournalist, and after all he went through, he did not care he kept going. 

Cathedral Peer and Lake, 1938

Motivational Map

                                

 Going Home

I see an image of a Marine who lost someone very important. He is playing some music with his accordion while he is crying for his loss. He is surrounded by other people. Those people are sad as well some of them are crying but not like this Marine. This image shows me that the photographer got the right angle to transmit the real feelings of that image.

Graham W Jackson and President Franklin D Roosevelt were very close friends. It seems the death of President Roosevelt was something which most people felt sad about it. Mainly his friend Graham Jackson. According to the website time.com Roosevelt was a President love for most Americans, "The only man elected four times to the nation’s highest office (although he would die within months of being sworn in to his final term), Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s greatness can be measured, in one elemental sense, by the passions he still excites in both his supporters and detractors. To the former, he was a courageous and compassionate leader."

                                         

What feelings does the image create?  The image creates feelings of sadness, mourning and dejection. The main subject is crying and looking to the sky, maybe looking for something or thinking about someone. The people on background look very sad as well. 

Obvious main subject, about ¼ to 2/3 of image area: The main subject is kind of 1/2 of image area. He is in left side occupying a little bit of the middle in the picture. He is the main object but he is not in the middle of the picture.

Is the image black & white or color? The image is in black and white. I believe the black and white intensified the feeling of this picture it made the main subject looks better and more alive.

Mario Cruz

This photo represents truth to me because it shows the reality of a lot people from South America. The only problem is the media which do not show it at all. People think in South America everybody has a good life, they go to the beach, they look happy all the time, but is not like that. A lot of citizens do not have house, food or clothes and they are forgotten in the world.

People can even think that is not ethic to this picture be posted but, I see this picture more as an alert to everybody see what is the reality, what is going on South America. Storytellers may be interested in the periphery, but technical image makers (and the news feeds they keep buzzing) are not. People are more interest in things that suits them not other people, this is the problem in the world right now.

The way that I see for this image is the sense perception. I am from South America, I have seen people in the same conditions as the kid in the picture it is sad and horrible. The social inequality is so big. Some people have too much and other people have nothing the gap between them is ridiculous.

do Estadão

Around August and September the media was spreading fake news about the Amazonia. They were saying that was a big fire and nobody was caring about it. But they forgot to mention the fire always happen during that time of the year, is pretty normal. They were saying that nobody care to make the president Jair Bolsonaro look bad and put the whole world against him. The country is divided at the moment because of that, there is people on his side and people against him. 

People have the power to see the pictures and say whatever they want. Nowadays we want fast searches, we do not have the second look to see if it is truth or not. "We do not have time for it". One similar example is when Hillary Clinton. Based on wired.com "stumbled as she climbed the steps of an antebellum mansion in Charleston, It was really bizarre and dispiriting to see,” he says. “We’re always attuned to photographic manipulation, but what was more sinister in this situation was the misappropriation of a photo.” People have the power to decide what they are going to say about the picture is up to the viewer to see if the news is true or false.

For this picture the language/authority is the way which fits. After I only use the media (television), as my main source and after I look for more sources I could see different opinions which made me search about the Amazonia. My final research showed me that the fire always happen during August and September it is pretty normal. 

Photojournalism is a serious job which has a lot of rules to be follow as all the jobs do, as professional ethics. Every single job has its professional ethics which people show their "characteristics as workers when they use ethics. First of all, what is the job of a photojournalist and what is ethic? Based on jobdescriptionandresumeexamples.com, "Photojournalists capture images of events, incidents or people to create a press story. Their job description entails editing and preparing pictures taken in real life situations to obtain visual materials used to support news stories." They basically take pictures of real life and post on magazines, newspaper or other types of media. Based on Lexico.com, "Ethic is A set of moral principles, especially ones relating to or affirming a specified group, field, or form of conduct." Basically it is saying that there is a group of moral principles which is established for the group which you live, work or etc... 

Nowadays everyone can see what is happening around the world in only one click. A million of photos are posted everyday for different websites or social medias. Because of that the job of a photojournalist became harder and more judged. There are different ways to see a picture and with that the observations and criticism come to show what they want to say about it. Photojournalists try to do their jobs and get the best pictures. The only problem about this is what they do to get this pictures? 

Kevin Carter's picture 

I was looking this picture and thinking about how the photojournalist got this. For who do not know, this picture was taken by Kevin Carter and won the Pulitzer Prize, the world's largest consecration of journalism. On this picture we could see a starving kid which does not have any help or person to help her around, only the photographer and a vulture behind her. The photographer instead help that kid he preferred to take a picture and win that award. The thing is how worthy was that picture, he did what he could to win that award but he did not do the minimum to help that kid. The right thing would be save that kid and finish that opportunity she had to die not take a picture and make that kid be his "biggest award". 

Earthquake in 2011 Haiti

This other picture was taken in Haiti after a earthquake in 2011. The biggest mistake about this picture is that there is no respect about the girl. She is probably dead, there is no one calling the ambulance or asking for help, they just look at her and take pictures for their job. I know it is their job but my question comes up, what it takes to be the best, number one in your job, do you see limits to get what you want? It is sad but this is the truth.

  

Presentation1 from felipeaic11

This is my ethical map and I put all the words that I know I use and I will use for the rest of my life. I believe God comes first in anything. Family is the top of this scale. The other words are very important as well, but one that I think is the most important is respect. Nothing in this life can be earned without respect. If you earn something without respect and you did not win anything, you can check what you have done to get here because it looks not right. Respect anyone, does not matter if that person is white, black, short, tall, fat, skinny, just respect and the rest will come. 

Luisa Dorr, Brazilian, who photographed the cover about "women who are changing the world" for Time. She was born in Lajeado, a small neighborhood located in Rio Grande do Sul. After finishing school Luisa began to study graphic design in college, a course which she studied for three or four years. "I wasn't very happy and my aunt invited me to work with her, I believe it was in 2010." Her aunt had a photographic studio in which she performed photographing weddings and baptisms. At that time I had a certain hierarchy and she had to wait for her turn to be able to photograph, she could not shoot in the studio, despite having a camera from my childhood. Dorr to moved to New York to realize her dream, but it was not easy. She studied photography at Ulbra (university) at night and during the day she worked as an assistant in an advertising photography studio. She would do all the actions of an assistant, set up the light and set up the photo set, clean the studio and do everything an assistant does. She worked until she graduated.

Luisa found some difficulties in her journey it was not every time easier, mainly because your age, but she never gave up. She gave an interview to the website Time.com, and when asked if she was motivated by some woman she has pictured she said: "All of them went through a lot of struggle just to slowly consolidate a place in society. This positive fighting energy never giving up is what has inspired me the most." Luisa took a lot of pictures of important women such as, Oprah Winfrey , Hilary Clinton and Serena Williams.

Oprah Winfrey  This is one of Luisa jobs, made for the Time.

Like Luisa a lot of women are tying to get their space in the society. After some researches I could found one thing which women are always fighting for equality but they never get. I am talking about sports. In the XXI century women are looking for their equality. I took one example from soccer. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. Soccer makes billions of dollars, with publicity, sponsorship, and other things. Whatever, the difference between the most well payed soccer player (man) to woman soccer player is crazy. Lionel Messi, the best player in the world choose by FIFA, (International Federation of Association Football) earns 112 millions pounds per year. On the other side Ada Hergerberg makes 343,000 pounds per year. It is 326 times less than Messi. There is a huge spot between men and women in the world of sports. Data based on fourfourtwo.com. Messi beats Serena Williams, who is the most well payed woman athlete in the world ($29,2 million per year).

Hergerberg x Messi

I believe this not only happen in sports but in most of career that women have men as "opponent". As Luisa, or all the women who are fighting everyday to find their equality on the society, they should be treated as the same importance as men do. I am not saying to put them to train together or to work together I am just saying that they fight a lot for opportunities and they deserve more than now. In the video Women Photojournalist we could see how hard is to women be accepted in some areas of work. Even in some countries they suffer discrimination because they cannot work with this or that. It is time to make this separation a little bit more even and help the women to have courage to express their jobs without be fear of any discrimination.

Tsuneuko Sasamoto

Photo by: Suzanne Tanoue
Image Source: https://zupi.pixelshow.co/tsuneko-sasamoto-aos-101-anos-a-primeira-fotojornalista-do-japao-ainda-esta-em-acao/
Year created: 1950 (around)

What feelings this image create? This image creates a feeling of security. She has the camera in her hands like she knows what she is doing. Very focused on her job.

Rule of thirds:The main subject is located in the middle of the picture. The background is ignored. The attention is at the center of the picture which Sasamoto is holding her camera.

Quality of light: Picture taken in black and white which it is normal for that time. I can see the picture was taken during the day and she looked very lightly with no shadows around her.

This is Tsuneuko Sasamoto, considered the first female photojournalist in the world. She photographed the Japan after and before the WWII. She probably do not know but she motivated a lot of women in the world to do what she used to do.

Photo by: Alex Grimm
Image source:https://www.msn.com/pt-br/esportes/copa-do-mundo-feminina-da-fifa/marta-se-emociona-e-cobra-novas-jogadoras-do-brasil-chorem-no-come%C3%A7o-para-sorrir-no-fim-n%C3%A3o-vai-ter-marta-para-sempre/ar-AADjjUR
Year created: 2019

What feeling does the image create: It creates a feeling of worry. She looks worried about what is happening in the game. She is not even noticing that the picture is being taken. She looks focused in a problem.

Rule of thirds: The main subject is in focus. The main subject looks not totally centralized but it still a rule of thirds. If we divide the picture in three parts it gets all the three parts.

Shallow depth of field: The background is blurred and the main subject gets all the focus. Very nice picture getting all the attention for the subject. Nothing else is calling attention on the picture.

I picked this photo because this is Marta da Silva. The best woman soccer player in the world. Elected by FIFA for 6 times, the same number as Messi. She has more goals than anyone in World cups, more than the men as well. She was always fighting for her equality in the world. If you notice she was wearing make up in the game to call people attention saying that women can play soccer.

Photo by: Braga
Image Source: http://bragaruzzi.com.br/2016/08/22/discriminacao-das-mulheres-no-trabalho/
Year created: 2019

Background compliments: This image divides people's attention because the background. The background is not clearly as the subject in front, is a little blurred to be honest, but is shows that they are in a competition for something.

What feeling does the image create: It creates the feeling of  tension and focus. They look ready for this competition. Also for this angle shows the man in front of the women. I do not know if the person who took this picture tried to say something with this image, but it looks the man has advantage from the woman.

Quality of light: It looks the light is coming from the west part of the picture. As I said it looks a good photo the only thing is the background is a little blurred, and the man in front is totally visible. The photographer definitely tried to show something with this picture about the not equality between men and women.

I choose this photo because for me it shows how is the reality. Men are in front of women and if nobody gives them a chance it will never change. Women should at least have the same rights as men it would make them lose the fear of trying more.