Wednesday, 2 October 2013

Task 2 - Artist Research and Photographic Genres

Photojournalism Photography

pho·to·jour·nal·ism 


n. Journalism in which a news story is presented primarily through photographs with supplementary written copy


Photojournalism is a form of photography that is used in the media such as newspapers, magazines and books to give a visual reference to a media story, such as a cover photo. the photographs used help to tell the story

Stuart Franklin 





















Jean Gaumy 



Editorial Photography

editorial photography denotes images in article such in magazines that is generally used to make an article more interesting.



Dan Budnik













Boris Chaliaipin











Gregory Heisler 





















Commercial/Advertisement Photography

commercial and advertisement photography, it does what it says on the tin, used for advertise products, places, event or people used in a varied mediums such as magazines, newspapers and others.





Portrait Photography

por·trait

n. 1. A likeness of a person, especially one showing the face, that is created by a painter or photographer, for example.

2. A verbal picture or description, especially of a person.

David Bailey 


















e portraiture photography is based around the human form, used to capture the atmosphere, emotion or  scenario, this genre can be used in any form like, magazines, public display. 



  


sources:
http://www.artspan.co.uk/photojournalism#.UkvYixZl_jg
http://content.time.com/time/coversearch
http://www.magnumphotos.com
http://jknowles.co.uk