Author: Amianne Riggott

Coursework, Part 1 - The photograph as document, Project 2 - Photojournalism

Project 2 – Critical debates

Amianne Riggott

If your interested in the critical debates around photojournalism, try and make time to find out more about at least one of these critical positions during your work on Part One. 1. Charity - Martha Rosler Martha Rosler believed that the social conscience of well-meaning photographers such as Lewis Hine was not helping the social… Continue reading Project 2 – Critical debates

Coursework, Part 1 - The photograph as document, Project 1 - Eyewitnesses

Project 1 – Exercise – Citizen journalism

Amianne Riggott

A photograph gives us the impression that we are there. By offering us a point of view on an event or scene, we are tricked, however momentarily, into believing that we're looking at the scene rather than a photograph of the scene. We are not witnesses, only the photographer was there, but the photograph gives… Continue reading Project 1 – Exercise – Citizen journalism