- Providing the basis for telling, to translate an event into an image as a visual synthesis of narration
- Learning e difference between lies and truth in photography
- Writing with light and words: practical exercises
- Learning the confrontation: meetings and interviews with professionals, journalists and / or other related personalities
- Learning e difference between lies and truth in photography
- Writing with light and words: practical exercises
- Learning the confrontation: meetings and interviews with professionals, journalists and / or other related personalities
teacher profile teaching materials
The work of the main personalities who have marked the history of photojournalism will be retraced, as well as the relationship between myth and reality of the profession, between the aspiration to objectivity and the compromises of the editorial chain, between denunciation and censorship, from its origins to the present day. From the golden age of magazines to war photography. The current crisis of the profession. The new challenges of information through images to the aestheticisation and decontextualisation of journalistic photography in the digital age.
Elements of knowledge will be provided on the themes of digital manipulation, debunking of 'hoaxes' in the age of fakenews, political storytelling and post-truth, with an emphasis on the ethics of photography, the main codes of ethics, the legal rules for the use of images and copyright.
The workshop will make students measure themselves directly with the analysis of the snapshots of the major photojournalists and the most significant magazines, enabling them to read them also in relation to the period, the economy, the figurative art and the history of the mentality of the societies in which they were taken, so as to contribute to consolidating their overall knowledge of the modern and contemporary age.
Dondero, Mario with Giordana, Emanuele. Lo scatto umano. Viaggio nel fotogiornalismo da Budapest a New York. Bari: Laterza, 2017
Sontag, Susan. Regarding the Pain of Others. New York: Picador, 2004
Gunthert, André. L’image partagée. La photographie numérique. Paris: Textuel, 2015 (provided to students in pdf)
Pastoureau, Michel. Dizionario dei colori del nostro tempo. Milan: Ponte alle Grazie, 2018
Lucas, Uliano and Agliani, Tatiana. La realtà e lo sguardo. Storia del fotogiornalismo in Italia. Turin: Einaudi, 2016
Capa, Robert. Slightly Out of Focus. New York: Modern Library, 2001
Alabiso, Vincent, Chuck Zoeller and Kelly Smith Tunney, eds. Flash! The Associated Press Covers the World. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1998. (preface by Peter Arnett will be provided to students in pdf)
Programme
The course aims to explore the history and present of journalistic photography, its role as a 'window on the world' in modern visual culture and in the formation of what can be considered a 'global consciousness'.The work of the main personalities who have marked the history of photojournalism will be retraced, as well as the relationship between myth and reality of the profession, between the aspiration to objectivity and the compromises of the editorial chain, between denunciation and censorship, from its origins to the present day. From the golden age of magazines to war photography. The current crisis of the profession. The new challenges of information through images to the aestheticisation and decontextualisation of journalistic photography in the digital age.
Elements of knowledge will be provided on the themes of digital manipulation, debunking of 'hoaxes' in the age of fakenews, political storytelling and post-truth, with an emphasis on the ethics of photography, the main codes of ethics, the legal rules for the use of images and copyright.
The workshop will make students measure themselves directly with the analysis of the snapshots of the major photojournalists and the most significant magazines, enabling them to read them also in relation to the period, the economy, the figurative art and the history of the mentality of the societies in which they were taken, so as to contribute to consolidating their overall knowledge of the modern and contemporary age.
Core Documentation
Dondero, Mario with Giordana, Emanuele. Lo scatto umano. Viaggio nel fotogiornalismo da Budapest a New York. Bari: Laterza, 2017
Sontag, Susan. Regarding the Pain of Others. New York: Picador, 2004
Gunthert, André. L’image partagée. La photographie numérique. Paris: Textuel, 2015 (provided to students in pdf)
Pastoureau, Michel. Dizionario dei colori del nostro tempo. Milan: Ponte alle Grazie, 2018
Lucas, Uliano and Agliani, Tatiana. La realtà e lo sguardo. Storia del fotogiornalismo in Italia. Turin: Einaudi, 2016
Capa, Robert. Slightly Out of Focus. New York: Modern Library, 2001
Alabiso, Vincent, Chuck Zoeller and Kelly Smith Tunney, eds. Flash! The Associated Press Covers the World. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1998. (preface by Peter Arnett will be provided to students in pdf)
Reference Bibliography
Dondero, Mario with Giordana, Emanuele. Lo scatto umano. Viaggio nel fotogiornalismo da Budapest a New York. Bari: Laterza, 2017 Sontag, Susan. Regarding the Pain of Others. New York: Picador, 2004 Gunthert, André. L’image partagée. La photographie numérique. Paris: Textuel, 2015 (provided to students in pdf) Pastoureau, Michel. Dizionario dei colori del nostro tempo. Milan: Ponte alle Grazie, 2018 Lucas, Uliano and Agliani, Tatiana. La realtà e lo sguardo. Storia del fotogiornalismo in Italia. Turin: Einaudi, 2016 Capa, Robert. Slightly Out of Focus. New York: Modern Library, 2001 Alabiso, Vincent, Chuck Zoeller and Kelly Smith Tunney, eds. Flash! The Associated Press Covers the World. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1998. (preface by Peter Arnett will be provided to students in pdf)Type of delivery of the course
Classes will be face-to-face, but remote participation and interaction will also be organised for all students who fall below the maximum number of people allowed in the classroom, due to safety regulations in this pandemic period. Calendar of lessons : every Friday from 3pm to 6pm, room 10, via Ostiense 236, starting on 8th October. October: 8, 15, 22, 29 November: 5, 12, 19, 26 December: 3, 10, 17 January: 17th The papers created by students during the undergraduate course are posted on https://ostienselabuniroma3.altervista.org/ (uploading is in progress)Attendance
Classes will be face-to-face, but remote participation and interaction will also be organised for all students who fall below the maximum number of people allowed in the classroom, due to safety regulations in this pandemic period. Calendar Lessons : every Friday from 3pm to 6pm, room 10, via Ostiense 236, starting on 8th October. October: 8, 15, 22, 29 November: 5, 12, 19, 26 December: 3, 10, 17 January: 17th The papers created by students during the undergraduate course are posted on https://ostienselabuniroma3.altervista.org/ (uploading is in progress)Type of evaluation
Tests will be scheduled during the workshop. Attendance and active participation in class will be essential. The papers created by students during the undergraduate course are posted on https://ostienselabuniroma3.altervista.org/ (uploading is in progress, will be completed by January 31, 2022) A video recording of each lesson is available on Teams. For the recording of examinations, the photojournalism workshop appeals are scheduled on these dates: WINTER SESSION 21 January 2022, 15:00 4 February 2022, 3 p.m. 18 February 2022, 3 p.m. SUMMER SESSION 30 May 2022, 9 a.m. 13 June 2022, 9 a.m. 24 June 2022, 3 p.m. AUTUMN SESSION 2 September 2022, 3 p.m. 23 September 2022, 3 p.m.