The Execution (Photojournalism)

Execution of a Vietcong Guerilla

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In this picture, taken by Eddie Adams. General Nguyen Ngoc Loan shoots a Veitcong prisoner in the head and this picture is taken just as the bullet penetrates his skull. This picture was sent around the world and shocked the Americans because of the reality of war and the sacrifice that people must go through.

I think this picture demonstrates the reality of war and how harsh it can be, no matter who the victim may be. It is said that Ngoc Loan was only interested in assassinating the prisoner because the AP press corps were there to capture the moment.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cdIvPzCvwBU

Compared to the in depth video. The photo gives you a lasting impression and is also a decisive moment. But the video gives you more of a insight in information about the whole situation, on why he shot the prisoner in the first place, shocking all of America and later the world.

Robert Capa and Tony Vaccaro (War Photography)

Tony Vaccaro.
Born December 20, 1922.

During his life Tony Vaccaro captured the most famous war photographers of the era, showing people at home the extent of war and the reality of death in different parts of the world.

but Tony Vaccaro was a soldier, a part of the war... not a photographer. so his works were not taken seriously until a few years after the war so was actually never thought of as a photographer during the war, juggling around a camera and a gun.

In one moment... even thinking about photography rather than survival. When taking a picture of a person on fire in front of a tank.

Robert Capa.

Robert Cappa was a Hungarian combat Photographer and he defined wartime journalism when he joined soldiers in World War II, documenting their battles in grim images of death close-up detail.
really shining a light on reality for people back home.

He documented many wars... The Spanish Civil war, The 1948 Arab-Israeli war and the first Indochina war.

He died in battle by stepping on a landmine.

Photo Journalism

• Photojournalism - Explain what it is

  
Henri Cartier Bresson -                                                    

Why is he famous?
Henri Cartier Bresson is famous for being one of the worlds leading photographers. he took great pictures like the one below with the Leica camera.

Why is his work significant in photojournalism?
His work is renowed across the world and his relationship and skills with the camera will remain a strong ambition to young people who want to be successful photographers.

These are some of his works:

His Camera Tecniques: 
Using his famous Leica camera, Henri used the technique  *the desicive moment* which is all about being in the right place at the right time finding the exact seconds where that picture is perfectly in place, all of this was done by his Leica camera. Made my the Germans who were a few years ahead in developing camera's than other countries.