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Picture journalism or journalistic pictures ?

The - Photojournalist - genre has during its short existence, developed a wide spirit of originality, generally formed by great sense of humanity, mostly thanks to a cosmopolitically quite conscious photojournalist group. One may include some or other highly talented photojournalist, like for example;
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Lennart Nilsson, Eugene Smith, Robert Capa, Margaret Bourke-White all of whom received with marked appreciation, far exceeding the extensive domain of photojournalism.
The creative talent and experience to see and properly evaluate the moments of explanation, will in their narrations become particularly significant.
We are today offered an overflow of news-pictures, day and night, from all around the world, at an increasingly rapid tempo.
Therefore it feels especially important, also to bring into focus a tradition of descriptive photojournalism, with just the pictures of the decisive moment, as expression.
" Le moment décisif " Then, the central theme of image in • Journal reflex • /blog/

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