Monday, May 19, 2008

Photojournalism

I have a newspaper clipping, A "Thought for the Day" from the Ledger-Enquirer by Author Robert Fulghum (All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten), posted on my refrigerator: "If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you have a problem. Everything else is inconvenience."

Photojournalists, our globe-trekking brothers and sisters, need no such reminder. Look here and here to see the past week's events through their eyes, their lenses. Each of the two links takes you to one in a series of photographs; make sure to take a look at all the photographs in the series, but first, notice the one thing that those two images have in common. Post your comments, please.

Have a safe, productive week, and no matter what happens,

Keep Shootin' and keep in touch.
Kenny

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

At first I was thinking, what does this have to do with photography?! Haha! Good stuff!

Anonymous said...

I heard about this tragic event and you see some footage on the news, but until you see the details in the powerful photographs these amazing photographers capture, it can be difficult to feel a connection to their pain. What an important role the Photojournalist can have in the world. They capture the heartbreak and spread it around the world, compelling us all to lend a helping hand.