Change of Topic
August 4, 2008
So today, when we were free writing for ten minutes, I started to think that maybe I don’t want to write about journalistic integrity after all. I don’t know what exactly changed my mind, but over the weekend I started skimming the books that I had checked out from the library and they didn’t appeal to me. And after all, if we have to write 20 pages it might as well be about something that I’m passionate for. And for me, that is photography. I love photojournalism. Working for National Geographic is my dream.
I’m kind of mad at myself for realizing all of this now and changing my topic, but I guess it’s still not too late.
I want to write about photojournalism in the digital era. With all the new technology that is emerging are we losing the true essence of photography? Has photography become a game of quickly snapping images and then enhancing them using photoshop? Are we too busy wanting to win the next Pulitzer Prize that we’ll do anything possible to make our photographs look outstanding? Is today’s photographer making a connection with his subject? Or is he/she simply getting the image they want and walking away? Are we even conscious of how many photos we’re simply taking away without even thinking twice? Has digital photography spoiled us?
