Comments on: Photojournalists Are Getting Artsier — But Is That What Audiences Want? http://rising.blackstar.com/photojournalists-are-getting-artsier-but-is-that-what-audiences.html Professional Photography Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:56:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: CSAhttp://rising.blackstar.com/photojournalists-are-getting-artsier-but-is-that-what-audiences.html/comment-page-1#comment-235 CSA Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:38:41 +0000 #comment-235 I think that the artistic grammar of today will date the pictures hugely and that in another 5 years there will be another fashion fad on our news pages. I shoot 'now' pictures because I want to sell today but I cover my bets with straighter shots that won't date and will continue to sell over decades. I think that the artistic grammar of today will date the pictures hugely and that in another 5 years there will be another fashion fad on our news pages. I shoot 'now' pictures because I want to sell today but I cover my bets with straighter shots that won't date and will continue to sell over decades.

]]> By: JMhttp://rising.blackstar.com/photojournalists-are-getting-artsier-but-is-that-what-audiences.html/comment-page-1#comment-228 JM Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:58:35 +0000 #comment-228 I agree with this conclusion, but not the reasoning. I think what readers object to, as do I as a photojournalist, is when aesthetic choices make a news photo-- emphasis on news photo not features, portraits, etc -- too much like other media. The impact of a news photo is -- as the cliche says "the moment of truth. When that is missing, no amount of borrowing from art can make up for that."Therefore, when a news picture is treated as art in order to distinguish it from other media, the public may actually see the effort as a gimmick, or even worse, as a disingenuous attempt to sensationalize the news." I agree with this conclusion, but not the reasoning. I think what readers object to, as do I as a photojournalist, is when aesthetic choices make a news photo-- emphasis on news photo not features, portraits, etc -- too much like other media. The impact of a news photo is -- as the cliche says "the moment of truth. When that is missing, no amount of borrowing from art can make up for that.

"Therefore, when a news picture is treated as art in order to distinguish it from other media, the public may actually see the effort as a gimmick, or even worse, as a disingenuous attempt to sensationalize the news."

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