Truth Needs No Ally: Inside Photojournalism

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The man called "Mr. Photojournalism" by the Washington Post here offers the most comprehensive book available on documentary photography, covering the history and ethics of the craft as well as practical issues for anyone with a serious interest in photography.

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Overview

The man called "Mr. Photojournalism" by the Washington Post here offers the most comprehensive book available on documentary photography, covering the history and ethics of the craft as well as practical issues for anyone with a serious interest in photography.

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Editorial Reviews

Library Journal
Chapnick offers a substantial overview of photojournalism, including its history, professional responsibilities, and standards of conduct as well as examples of great photographic essays. He also discusses women and minorities in photojournalism, provides information on workshops, awards, and grants available in the field, and offers an abundance of cogent advice to those entering the field. As his title suggests, Chapnick argues for maintaining the highest ethical standards in this critical profession. At a time when we are flooded with the artificial glitz of advertising photography, it is refreshing to find a book that champions the strength of the photograph as document and as agent for positive social change. Essential for all academic libraries, especially those supporting journalism programs; public libraries wishing to provide good, in-depth information about photojournalism will also want to consider this book.-Raymond Bial, Parkland Coll. Lib., Champaign, Ill.
Booknews
Chapnick, a 50 year veteran of photojournalism and one of the giants of the field, offers an engaging historical, aesthetic, and pragmatic account of documentary photography, laced with anecdotes and including a 48-page glossy insert with dozens of awesome photographs, many in color. Paper edition (unseen), $24.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780826209559
  • Publisher: University of Missouri Press
  • Publication date: 7/28/1994
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 369
  • Sales rank: 951,159
  • Product dimensions: 6.50 (w) x 9.25 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Meet the Author

Retired president of the Black Star Photo Agency and former monthly columnist for Popular Photography, Howard Chapnick is a fifty-year veteran of photojournalism.  He is author or editor of many books, most recently Malcolm X:  The Great Pictures.  He lives in Somers, New York.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction 1
1 Photojournalism as Eyewitness to History 7
2 Realism and the Receptive Eye: The Responsibilities of Documentary Photography 11
3 The Concerned Photographer 20
4 The Great Photographic Essays 29
5 So You Want to Be a Photojournalist? 41
6 Launching Your Career in Photojournalism 52
7 Developing Your Portfolio 62
8 On Dress, Manners, Behavior, and Intercultural Sensitivity 70
9 The Photojournalist - Specialist or Generalist? 75
10 Women and Minorities in Photojournalism 87
11 Picture Agencies 110
12 Twenty-Nine Careers in Photojournalism 129
13 Ideas: The Life Blood of the Photojournalist 213
14 Developing a Photojournalistic Aesthetic 230
15 Personal Projects 238
16 The Photojournalist as Writer 248
17 The Photojournalistic Book 257
18 The Photojournalist and the Portrait 271
19 Workshops, Awards, Contests, and Grants 277
20 Ethical Concerns in Photojournalism Today 293
21 Finding an Ethical Structure in Photojournalism 305
22 Living on the Edge: Taking Risks in Wartime and Peacetime 313
23 On Seeing, Perceptiveness, Time, and Creativity 324
24 Observations of a Photographic Curmudgeon 331
Epilogue: Photojournalism 2000 - a Look into the Future 348
Bibliography 351
Index 363
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