Women Photojournalists

Women Photojournalists

Susan Meiselas spoke at the Library of Congress on March 4^th 1999. Susan just wanted to carry on with her work and enjoy something that she loved doing, she didn’t really care for awards and recognition. But because her work was so good it was kind of hard to do that. Susan Meiselas received international recognition for her hard work and dedication.

Meiselas made the transition of print journalism into film, video, digital and social media.  One of her strengths was to alter the nature of the practice of documentary photography. According to the Libraryof Congress they have “collections Meiselas' work through several original photographic prints and numerous books and magazines in which her photos are reproduced”

Women have had it hard when it comes to work, and sadly it doesn’t look like it will be stopping anytime soon. According to Fstoppers “Renee Blackstone’s article for the News Photographers Association of Canada details photojournalist Patti Gower’s frustration with being denied assignments in Iraq because of her sex” This is shocking news, the fact that her sex is having an impact on her job says it all. I know in the middle east has rules for how women is treated but that shouldn’t be like that in other countries. Women should be based on their work and dedication to the company not their gender or beliefs

 When reading the context information on women photojournalist I came across Mimi Fuller Foster, who was a very intelligent woman who deserved to be treated a lot better than she did. According to Mimi 'You must be the reason we had to take the Playboy calendars off the wall. This was the first thing that was said to her when she walked into Cincinnati Post's photo department in 1972

Another source that was in content 9 was Elise Amendola's high profile images. When you’re looking at her images you know that she does a range of styles which makes her work very unique and enjoyable to look at.

Lastly another source was the Facebook post by Sophia Nahli Allison. She stated that diversity was needed in the news conference and in my opinion she is correct. If we just get hire the same type of people, then it’s just going to be biased and unfair.

Photo by: Susan Meiselas

Image Source: http://www.susanmeiselas.com

Year Created: 2016

Principle #1: The black and white picture makes it more clear to look at.

Principle #2: The subject is obvious so it makes the audience know what’s going on.

Principle #3: Depth in filed, so you can see the ocean in the background

I thought that this black and white image went well with the ocean so it was more powerful to look at 

Photo by: John Moore

Image source: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/may/25/female-photojournalists-visions-of-conflict-war-reporting

Year created: 2011

Principle 1:The subject of the picture is pretty obvious. 

Principle 2: The image creates a feeling, like the conditions of Libya is bad 

Principle 3: The image is in color so its more effective.

I chose this image because I thought it was cool to see all of the smoke and rocks in the background.

Photo by: Lauren Hansen

Image source http://theweek.com/captured/553394/women-warriors-photojournalism

Year created:2014

Principle 1 : The image is sharp, so you can see clearly whats going on

Principle 2 Depth in field: You can see the car on fire which makes the image more unique

Principle 3: The picture is in color so it helps to see the fire in the back

I chose this picture because it shows how calm the women is when she is walking past a car that is on fire.