Friday, August 12, 2005

Grazia Neri Delivers a Powerful Post

...on the death of photojournalism. Whether it's dead, dying or just really ill, read a post that will make you think long and hard about where we are and where we may be going.

Is it too late? Can it be saved? Grazia gives an indepth view of the working photographer.

Photojournalism on Life Support by Grazia Neri - The Digital Journalist: "Photojournalism on Life Support

by Grazia Neri

I no longer want to hear about whether photojournalism is dead or not. Twenty years ago the legendary Howard Chapnick said that it was a 'dying business' but at the same time it produced outstanding photographers: James Nachtwey, Chris Morris, James Baalog, Tony Suau, Steve McCurry, Donna Ferrato and many more. In 1994 after the Gulf War and after a seminar in Milan in 1989, I realized that new technologies would take up 80% of a photographic agency's creativity and time at the expense of content. But I also understood that this was the right road for photojournalism to take, as it has done from its difficult beginnings."

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