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Monday, September 23, 2013

Photojournalism project idea


Because I love photography, I think a project based around photographing the news could be interesting. Though I’ve take a ton of pictures over time, I rarely set out in an attempt to do so in a photojournalistic manner.  For the project, I would pick an area, like Portsmouth or campus, and spend a few days photographing everything newsworthy. I would post them all on a blogger or word press site. I wouldn’t include captions or any background. I would rely completely on a series of carefully composed pictures to tell the stories. I can’t think of a publication that does anything exactly like this and if done well, I think it could turn out to be another way to successfully portray news. There would be an area for viewers to post comments and feedback on anything posted, and as the reporter, I could clear up anything that wasn’t made clear enough through pictures. A project like this would be great practice on taking the clear, effective pictures.

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