My Take on Photojournalism

Photojournalist #1: Susan Meiselas Everyone's interpretation of motivation is different. People find motivation in many areas of their life, while others might have one specific thing that motivates them. The photojournalist, Susan Meiselas, connected motivation to knowing where she wants to go in life. In an article, Susan Meiselas: On Motivation, Her Legacy and the Future of Photojournalism , she stated “Finding the place from which you work is a key thing that only you can do, it’s the deep motivation of life. It takes time and you explore it as deeply as you can, and you learn from your own process.” This means that if you don’t know what you want or where you want to go in life, how could you actually be motivated. You have to have a goal you want to accomplish in order to get motivated to get there. Susan is saying she gets here motivations from making her own decision and focusing on the place she wants to work. In the video, Lynn Johnson Women in Photojournalism , she ...

Image by Ed Clark  In this photograph, I see an African American Navy officer playing an accordion. He has tears rolling down his face and is under a lot of distress. In the image, he is also the only African American present and is surround by white people, majority white women. The people in the background look upset and some are even staring at the man. They look as if they have no sympathy for the man and are even wondering why he is so upset. In Professor Nordell’s video on Photojournalism and bias, he stated “People who were fed a diet of pictures might forget important things like reading and writing”. Connecting this quote to the image, I don’t think this picture takes anything away from people. It displays the raw emotions that people need to see in order to have a better understanding of the situation. I think this picture makes people want to actually read into what the story behind this image is. Principle #1: Subject’s Expression The su...