Video = Self-destruction of Photojournalism
I fear, yes, FEAR the day I lose my camera and am handed a video camera. It is happening in Texas, some of the photographers there are excited about it, I am not. I think video is intrusive, limited and doesn't have anything close to the power a still image has to tell the story and create change. Yes, I still subscribe to the thought that we can change the world with a photograph and I see it happen on a small scale in my communities all the time. There's a great thread over at SportsShooter started by Newport News photojournalist Heather Hughes where voices some very real concerns a lot of us our having in this ever-changing market. She ends by asking if anyone else sees this so-called "trend" the way she do: as the self-destruction of photojournalism.
25 August 2007 by Melissa Lyttle
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