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Photojournalism: 150 Years Of Great Press PhotographyStock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionThe events of the past few years, from 9/11 to the South Asian tsunami disaster, have once again shown us that despite round-the-clock news coverage, the Internet and multi-channel cable TV, the still image is as powerful as ever. Photography remains the ideal tool for capturing human emotion, drama and tragedy. "Photojournalism" features evocative and stirring images from the world's greatest photojournalists, providing a history of the medium. Starting with some of the first key figures such as Roger Fenton, who photographed the Crimean War with a bulky large-format camera, it moves on through the decades covering defining events in our history, from the Great Depression to space missions, the dismantling of the Berlin Wall and the war in Iraq. Author descriptionReuel Golden is senior editor of the world's biggest magazine for professional photographers, the New York-based Photo District News. Prior to this he was editor of the British Journal of Photography for six years. He has lectured on photography, appeared on television, judged many photographic competitions, including the John Kobal Photographic Portrait Award and Observer Hodge Photographic Award, and has written for British newspapers. He is the author of Masters of Photography (Carlton) and lives in New York. |