CMN 216 Chapter Notes - Chapter -: Photojournalism, Halftone, Lisa Cartwright
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Communication in history textbook by crowley and heyer. 1890s - commercially feasible to reproduce photographs as photographs. Prior - continuous tones of the camera image had to be transcribed into line engraving. Some sketches represented battles, accidents, ceremonial events. Sketches were more exciting than images out of the camera - which usually arrived too late and could not record fast action anyway. Till 1885 - the history of photography doesn"t know a single photographer who specialized exclusively in news reporting, or worked solely for press organs for any length of time. Prehistory of photojournalism indicated an ideal but unfeasible alliance between camera and printing press. At the turn of the century - 1900, things changed. Photojournalism was going to be a matter of teamwork, with editors and art directors destined to add an important creative dimension to the photographer"s basic camera work. Under the pressure of corporate employers catering to mass audiences, news photography has developed a captivating, dynamic style.
