Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 11/10/02 5:06 PM, "Dan C" <leicaman@sympatico.ca> wrote: > In a simplistic way, I've always considered photojournalism to be different > than documentary photography in the sense that a pj covers a story > regardless of how it is playing out (like a newspaper or sports > photographer), whereas a documentary photographer starts out with a > specific agenda, or thesis, and illustrates it with photographs. Simplistic is the word Many PJs are on very specific assignments to provide pictures that fulfil a particular remit which may or may not be explicit. Rioters riot, bereaved mothers weep, bad guys scowl, fireman are heroes etc. Many documentary photographers deliberately do not do much research and turn up on location without a shotlist so they can, in their eyes, be true to what they find. - -- Johnny Deadman http://www.pinkheadedbug.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html