07 April 2011
David Guttenfelder
Odaka, Fukushima prefecture, Japan
Footsteps are imprinted in the drying mud left by the tsunami, on the streets of Odaka, inside the contaminated nuclear exclusion zone encircling the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. The Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan damaged vital cooling systems at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Blasts occurred in a series of reactors, leading to nuclear meltdown and a release of radioactive material, in what was seen as the world’s most serious nuclear accident since the Chernobyl disaster of 1986. A 20-kilometer exclusion zone was declared around the plant, and more than 80,000 people were evacuated. The exclusion zone remained in place for months after the incident, with the Japanese government predicting it could take 40 years to fully decommission the plant and clean up surrounding areas.
http://www.worldpressphoto.org/photo/2012davidguttenfeldergns3-al?gallery=2634
Haiti Aftermath
18 January 2010
Riccardo Venturi
Port-au-Prince, Haiti A girl looks on as the Marché Hyppolite in Port-au-Prince burns, six days after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti. The market, popularly known as the Marché en Fer (Iron Market) was a city landmark, dating back to 1891. The devastation caused by the earthquake appeared to paralyze authorities, leading to accusations of indecision and delay when it came to clean-up operations. But the enormity of the task that faced them, together with an infrastructure already weakened by decades of violent political instability and economic deprivation, were also to blame. Port-au-Prince presented further difficulties, as its hilly terrain and narrow streets, many of which became blocked by makeshift shelters, hindered access for heavy rubble-removing machinery. Aid agencies said that it could be years before reconstruction work was complete. The Marché en Fer was one of the first buildings in the capital to be restored, thanks largely to an € 8.8 million cash injection by a private donor. A year after the earthquake struck Haiti, just 5 percent of the resultant rubble had been removed from Port-au-Prince, but the Iron Market had re-opened for business with some 900 vendors.
http://www.worldpressphoto.org/photo/2011riccardoventurign-1?gallery=890
Capture the Gods
http://www.lik.com/theshow/episode1/season-1-image-1.html
Tree of the Universe
Peter Lik
http://www.lik.com/theartist/biography.html
1. The main differences and similarities between art and press photography
Similarities:
I think the similarities is both types of photography can give the viewer an emotional connection. The photography can represent photographer's feeling and the image can make the viewer feel. They all photography can tell the viewer stories. The purpose is to caputure the image of the moment.
Differences:
Press photography:
Press photography is synonymous with Photojournalism, which is news photography - the telling of a news story primarily through pictures. The "press" refers to the printing press used to produce a newspaper. Other synonyms include news photography and newspicture photography. Press photographers or photojournalists tend to travel light, with a couple of camera bodies, an assortment of lenses, a small flash anod a notebook and pen to record captions and even write stories, since many photojournalists are also reporters.
Art photography:
Art photography refers to photographs that are created in accordance with the creative vision of the photographer as artist. Art photography stands in contrast to photojournalism, which provides a visual account for news events, and commercial photography, the primary focus of which is to advertise products or services.It was more art.
2. Is it ethical and acceptable to alter art photographs? Why? Why not?
YES
Most artists edit and fix their work to convey their massage to people and also alter art becames more and more popular and famous now. Alter art photography can make the photograph more beautiful than before. I think people will accept that.
3. Is it ethical and acceptable to alter press photographs? Why? Why not?
NO
Photojournalists are not allowed to alter the reality of the situation. People want to know the truth of the new or world. I think it was original. So I think it is not ethical and acceptable to alter press photographs. It goes to the public, it has to contain reality and objective it. Jornalists must not alter their images because their role is to report about various events and inform the sudience about fact.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_photographer Icevska, Gordana S. week 9 slices |
