subject: Photojournalism Down The History That Has Moved The World! [print this page] Journalism is a field in which facts are collected from events, happening, issues or latest trends and presented to the targeted audience or a particular group. When we hear the word journalism, the few things that comes to our mind is television journalism, investigative journalism, paper journalism, yellow journalism. But how many of us consider the photos that accompany news as part of journalism? There is a separate branch of journalism called photo journalism. Many of you would have heard the phrase, A picture talks louder than words. The news is relayed better at times with a photo rather than the report that is printed along with it. Actions are louder than words and when these actions are captured in the form of a photo, they can be very effective.
There are quite a few news photos that have created a stir in the history of journalism. One of the most popular pictures is the photo that came out during the Napalm attack. It shows a child minus clothes crying profusely and running with her hands spread out. She had serious burns on her back. It is one of the photographs that moved the world as it shows the sufferings of people. Another photo that became quite popular is a student standing in front of Chinese tanks that were coming in to the square in the year 1989. There are rumors that no one saw that person after he survived the incident.
Neil Armstrongs foot print picture is another famous photo. He is the first human to go to the moon. The picture is of his left foot on the surface of the moon and is the first human print. This print on the moon is believed to be there for a million years and was taken in the year 1969. Many of us have wondered often how we would feel a few seconds before dying. There is a famous photo that has captures the moment and shown the expression of a person before he dies. A police of South Vietnam is points the gun towards the skull of a Viet Cong Captain. The picture was taken a few seconds before he pulled the trigger. We all know that Che Guevara was assassinated, but how many of us have seen the picture of him after the assassination? The Bolivian army submitted a picture as proof to show that hes killed. His death was a big blow to Latin America.
Though we have learned history in our school days, very few of us have taken active interest in the happenings of the history. The world is filled with rich history that still needs to be dug out. There are still quite a lot of mysteries surrounding various happenings down the history. We dont know if any aliens have come to our world, we dont know who Robin Hood really is; there are so many unsolved mysteries around every religion. News and photos accompanying them are living proofs to many historical incidents.
There are so many historical channels available with network providers. These can be subscribed through the channel deals that they have like the Cox deals. Many programs dont stop with just providing information and facts. They also delve in to the mysteries that are surrounding a few events and talk about the maybes. History is not just about wars and Kings who ruled, it is also about the various inventions and people. There have been many cultures and lifestyles that have been changing from the early man period and history helps us in learning about them. Today we are news; tomorrow we would be history and become interesting subjects to many!
