PHOTOGRAPHYTECHNIQUES

TASK ONE….

Landscape Photography

Wildlife Photography

Aerial Photography

Sports Photography

Portrait Photography

Architectural Photography

Fashion Photography

Macro Photography

Abstract Photography

Photo Journalism Photography

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TASK TWO….

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Photo Name: SUDAN 1988Demented BoyPhotographer: Philip Jones GriffithsTopic: Photo journalism photography Type: High angle, Medium shot

This image is quite moving as it shows brutal reality. A high angle shot is used to present the boy’s lack of power or authority in the situation. His position on the floor in comparison to the standing people that we can see to the edges also shows that he is the less powerful one of the group of people. This photograph is presented as a medium shot which allows you to see the entirety of the boy but little of his situation, only that he is in a trapped and in a monitored environment (due to the tie). The medium shot also means that you can’t see any other people, only their feet. This presents the boy as alone and without family. The eye contact between the boy and the camera has a great effect on the overall photograph and me also, as it almost makes you feel responsible for his situation and want to help him. I picked this image as I think the photographer has captured it so well and has used multiple techniques to make it as effective as possible.

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Photo Name: Funeral Procession,1972Photographer: Philip Jones GriffithsTopic: Photo journalismType: Long shot, eye level

This image has had an effect on me for multiple reasons. You can see a funeral procession taking place, something that should have no other disruptions, but instead the long shot allows us to see that everything is far from calm. If this image was a close up just on the coffin and the men carrying it, then it would have been a whole different image. The type of shot tells us a lot more about the situation and almost presents a street that is familiar with death, as the processions hasn’t caused any stopping in the surrounding disruption. This is a very real and moving photograph.

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Photo Name: Soldiering throughPhotographer: Joey JdmTopic: Photo JournalismType: Long shot, high angle

This is a long shot image that allows us to see a crowded cargo aircraft. It uses a high angle shot which would usually present the people with lack of power/authority, however I think this is entirely for effect and lets us see a lot more of the aircraft. I like this image as it shows a real situation. From this we can tell that these soldiers are not granted much space. We can also tell from their uniform that they’ll probably be thrown straight into their jobs the second they land, which is the truth. I like how honest and real this photograph is.

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Photo Name: Life with post war teens Photographer: Alfred EisenstaedtTopic: Photo journalism/Fashion Type: medium shot

This image focuses on life with post war teens in 1948 and particularly on their fashion. It’s a medium shot that allows you to see all the subjects and a lot of what they’re wearing but not so much of their surroundings. The shoes of the boys become the main focus as they are centre, are backed by shadows and just seem to be the main points in general. We can also see that all the footwear is very similar which tells us a lot about the fashion of the 1940’s. The matching rolled up jeans and socks also tells us a lot about the fashion back then. If this photograph would have been a long shot, the surroundings would have distracted from the outfits and therefore the topic would have been completely different, maybe a landscape or photo journalism alone.

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Photo Name: South Sudan,Nzara, May 26 2014Photographer: Michael Christopher BrownTopic: Photo journalism Type: Close up

I love this photograph because it presents a connection between two different types of people. You can see two different uniforms in this one photo and also two different skin colours. These differences are shown through a medium close up shot on the hands and arms of a group of men, but nothing more of the situation, therefore forcing you to make your own assumptions from the uniforms. The photograph was also taken from a slight high angle, and I think this is just for effect and allows you to see the entire circle of joining hands. I like the connection, friendship and links that this photograph shows, which is why I picked it.

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TASK THREE….

PHILIP JONES GRIFFITHS

Philip Jones Griffiths (1936-2008):Philip Jones Griffiths was a welsh photographer, who focused

entirely on photo journalism. He was born on 18th February, 1936, in Ruddlan and started studies of Pharmacy in Liverpool. Griffiths then moved to London where he became the night manager at the Piccadilly branch of Boots, and during this time, he was also working as a part time photographer for the Manchester Guardian. His first photograph was of a friend in a rowboat of Holyhead, taken with the family camera.

By 1961, Griffiths was working as a full time freelance photographer for the Observer, travelling to Algeria in 1962 and then to Vietnam in 1966 for the Magnum agency. The photographs produced in Vietnam became Griffiths most famous, but Magnum struggled to sell them on to American magazines as they concentrated on the suffering of the Vietnamese people. But it wasn’t long until the American outlets became keen of his work, and it was the proceeds from this work that enabled him to continue his coverage of Vietnam and to publish Vietnam Inc in 1971. Vietnam Inc had a major influence on how the Americans viewed war and still stands as one of the most detailed surveys of any conflict.

Griffiths covered the Yom Kippur war of 1973, and then worked in Cambodia from 1973 to 1975. In 1980, he became the president of Magnum and remained in this role for a further 5 years. Unfortunately, Griffiths died from Cancer in 2008 on March 19th. Journalist John Pilger wrote in tribute soon after his death: "I never met a foreigner who cared as wisely for the Vietnamese, or about ordinary people everywhere under the heel of great power, as Philip Jones Griffiths. He was the greatest photographer and one of the finest journalists of my lifetime, and a humanitarian to match…. His photographs of ordinary people, from his beloved Wales to Vietnam and the shadows of Cambodia, make you realise who the true heroes are. He was one of them."