Photojournalism presentation

Photojournalism is Not Dead

Lynsey Weatherspoon

What is a photographer?

•A person who takes photographs using a camera.

•A professional photographer uses photography to earn money whilst amateur photographers take photographs for pleasure and to record an event, emotion, place or person.

•Are you a photographer?

What is photojournalism?

•Art or practice of communicating news by photographs

•Newspapers, magazines, websites, weeklies, etc.

Is photojournalism really dead?

•It’s evolving

•New technology

•New ways of advertising skills and expertise

•Promising future

Portfolio? What’s that?

•Book with thought provoking, well composed images

•Critiqued by art directors and creative directors

•Make sure images have captions

Tony Messano, Art Director/Creative Director

How are you staying fresh and relevant?

•Read, read, read!

•Compose creative ideas, personal projects

•Refresh your style

•Create, practice, and visualize

Who is your inspiration?

•Richard Avedon

•Gordon Parks

•Henri Cartier-Bresson

•Annie Leibovitz

•Mustafah Abdulaziz

•Kendrick Brinson

Personal Projects

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Contact Information

•Lynsey Weatherspoon, hello@lynseyweatherspoon.com

•www.lynseyweatherspoon.com

•www.facebook.com/lynsey.weatherspoon

•@lnweatherspoon