A Good Photo Is A Good Photo

“A good photo is a good photo. Some answer questions, some question answers. Some break all the rules but still work. There is an audience for every photo ever made, even if it's an audience of one. The photojournalism community has it's own preset conventions and rules for what is a good photograph. A combination of moment. light, composition, color with a dash of newsworthiness. Over time, the standard changes. Go back and look at the majority of work produced in the 1980s and compare it to today. I think today's work is much more sophisticated but educators and editors tend to discourage photographers from being different. The newspaper business has lost a ton of great image-makers because of it's narrow interpretation of what is good. I think the strongest asset an image can have is universality. A resonance that connects with a wide range of tastes. But as you travel along your path of photographic discovery, don't let anyone discourage you. If you keep making images that mean something to you, they'll mean something to others as well.“ -- Scott Strazzante

16 May 2005 by Melissa Lyttle

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