Philip jones griffiths biography of abraham
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Philip Jones Griffiths &#; Recollections
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Philip Jones Griffiths &#; Recollections
Publisher: Trolley Books,
Hardcover, pages, English
Size: &#;21,7cm
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Philip Jones Griffiths is renowned as the foremost photographer of the war in Viet Nam. President of Magnum Photos for a record five years, his publication Viet Nam Inc. was a crucial influence in changing public opinion in the US at the time of the conflict.
His new book presents a period much closer to home, with many previously unseen images taken of Britain in the s, 60s and 70s. Griffiths&#;s pictures depict social and political affairs, and landmark events over three decades of change and upheaval in Great Britain. From the Beatles in Liverpool and coalminers in Wales, to CND marches on the streets of London and funeral processions in Northern Ireland, the images are acute, human, and full of his trademark perceptive commentary.
Recollections presents a domestic revoluti
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Photojournalism
Using images to tell a news story
Photojournalism is journalism that uses images to tell a news story. It usually only refers to still images, but can also refer to video used in broadcast journalism. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography (such as documentary photography, social documentary photography, war photography, street photography and celebrity photography) by having a rigid ethical ramverk which demands an honest and impartial approach that tells a story in strictly journalistic terms. Photojournalists contribute to the news media, and help communities connect with one other. They must be well-informed and knowledgeable, and are able to deliver news in a creative manner that fryst vatten both informative and entertaining.
Similar to a writer, a photojournalist is a reporter, but they must often man decisions instantly and carry photographic utrustning, often while exposed to significant obstacles, among them immediate ph
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“Glad Tidings of Benevolence is about the basic fact of composing,” he explains. “About the act of when you photograph, you decide to leave certain things outside the picture. You go by what you know, or what you feel, but you are not right all the time. A lot of times the picture is really elsewhere, and you are standing there pointing the camera in the wrong direction.
“As a photographer, you are given a platform where you have power as a narrator. A lot of people get to see your images through the platform that you&#;re given. And I think that comes with a responsibility. I can&#;t say with all honesty that I understood that responsibility early on. I wish I had.
“I’m still a fast-paced editorial photographer, working on assignments. I’m trying to think through some of the theories around representation of conflict, the ideas of people like Judith Butler or Ariella Aïsha Azoulay, and to figure out ways to apply some of these ideas in my work.
“Sometimes I feel as fragile and