Photojournalism is one of the arts with the highest level of complexity that exists in the existing possibilities in the field of photography, in fact, it is necessary to have a constant critical and analytical look in situations where the time to react and get the best click can be extremely short.
Working with photojournalism requires a technique in a short time that makes professionals in the field truly privileged in the art of transmitting emotions, messages, ideas, in short, all this in a few clicks.
- Not for nothing are the great names of this art.
- Such a name are today recognized as true teachers whose teachings.
- Techniques and slogans end up being reproduced and used naturally as a guide to the evolution of any professional.
- Whether for the practice of photojournalism or even.
- Appropriately.
- Will be applied in another branch of photography.
Thinking about all this capacity and the importance of preserving the memory of the art world, the eMania Blog has gathered in this content five names absolutely worthy of record.
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Henri Cartier-Bresson
For many, Frenchman from the city of Chanteloup-en-Brie who did not decide to devote himself to photography until the age of 22 can be regarded as the true father of photojournalism.
Before being enchanted by noble art, Henri spent his entire childhood, adolescence and even part of his adult life wrapped in another way of representing the reality that surrounds him, painting.
Here we have already made an even more detailed text about this legend born in 1908, if you want to see more details click here.
Sebastian Salgado
One of the most exalted references in the world of photojournalism “made in Brazil”, born in the mining town of Aimoré in 1944, also discovered his passion for adult art, thanks, in addition, to a Leica camera that belonged to his wife, Lélia Deluiz Wanick, at which time she had already graduated in economics and served as secretary of the International Coffee Organization (ICO) , his last work before leaving the business world and investing exclusively in the artistic field.
Salgado became famous for covering extreme situations such as wars and humanitarian crises, bringing the ability to reproduce moments of extreme sadness with an artistic and clinical gaze of absolute precision.
It is no coincidence that the 75-year-old professional living in Paris, France, has already received several national, international and even transcending the issue, such as the Knight’s Diploma of the Legion of Honour awarded directly by the French. Government.
Alberto Korda
Born Alberto Daaz Gutiérrez (Korda came in homage to Hungarian filmmaker Zltan Korda), the Cuban originally from Havana in 1928 experienced a real revolution not only in his home country but also in his career as a photographer.
Installed in the world of fashion and photographing several models before 1959, after the event that put Fidel Castro in power, Alberto was for many years the professional in charge of representing the representative of the Caribbean country with his camera for 10 years. It is estimated that he took at least 12,000 photographs at the time.
However, even with thousands and thousands of brilliant works portraying the informative and shocking soul of photojournalism, the most famous photo attributed to Alberto Korda refers to the widely reproduced photography of another Cuban political leader and guerrilla: Che Guevara.
Robert Capa
To speak of photojournalism and not mention this true legend of the segment would be to not faithfully report a list that compromises quality.
The Hungarian of the capital, Budapest, with the first name endre Ern?Friedmann has an extreme responsibility in the photographic recordings of events that marked the history of the great wars that took place between the 1930s and 1950s. The environment, in fact, where he unfortunately ended up dying while walking on a mine during the Indochina War.
The blog has also conducted a more detailed survey on the cover article that you can see in this link.