Opening Work

What is photojournalism? Photojournalism is several photographs from one event which helps report the news that are put in magazines, newspapers, or media.

Why is photojournalism so important? Without photographs people feel like they are only getting half of the story. By photographers taking these photos people feel like they can connect to things that are happening far away, possibly in a different country.

How is it different from other forms of photography? Photojournalism is different from other forms of photography because photojournalism is a representation of events that others might not want to see and is an accurate image of what truly happened at that moment. However, when a photographer is taking pictures for a wedding or for a sweet sixteen they are capturing events that the host would like to see unlike photojournalism is more about showing and telling the audience a story about an event that might not be the happiest story to learn about.

How has photojournalism changed/evolved in your lifetime? Photojournalism has changed in my lifetime because back then it was difficult to capture moving objects in an event and the digital camera was not around in the early and mid 1900’s, so photographers were not able to share many images with the public. We also did have media back then, which means it took longer for news to spread. However, now photographers could post something and 30 seconds later, thousands of people have already seen it. Also, many photojournalists have gotten more recognition over the past few years for their work and the photographs they have captured.

Events that happened during my lifetime: 

Going to Williamsport for my brothers challenger league baseball game was really important to me because it gave my brother an amazing once in a lifetime opportunity. This was probably one of his happiest moments in his life and it was amazing watching him being able to play baseball on one of the little league fields. My dad was also featured on ESPN for an interview about the challenger league baseball team. I always look back at those days we were there and I’ll never forget how amazing this experience was.

 The Capitals winning the Stanley Cup was really important to me because they have never won the Stanley Cup until 2018 and I remember exactly where I was when this happened. I was about to go to bed and I walked into my parents room while they were still up watching the game and we were at the last ten seconds of the game and I remember my dad stood up with his arms up in the air and screamed, “We finally did it!” Then I hugged him and then my whole family celebrated together.

When my grandparents dog, Boots, running away is something I will always remember because as soon as she ran out the door I was still in my pajamas and I chased her with just having socks and no shoes on running throughout the neighborhood. I remember I chased Boots and screaming louder than I ever had. I kept track of her until my Grandpa got there and then she ran right to him as soon as he got out of the car. This was probably one of the scariest moments in my life.