is photojournalism still relevant in this day of flickr, photoblogs, and the "take now and consume now" aesthetic of digital photography? yes, judging by the output of this year's world press photo contest of the best news photography of the year. per the new york times, pj's are responding to the changing game of image taking by making better images (using medium format, slowing down) and by better researched and executed projects that lift their work above that of amateur photogs who happen to be in the right place at the right time.
"Still images continue to have a surprising degree of power. You wouldn't think that people in the age of the Internet and television would still go out and buy $45 coffee-table books, but they do. It's still the still image, and not the television footage, that sticks in your head."
via new york times
Posted by kamau at May 3, 2005 11:13 PM