Photojournalism

Read pages 24 to 27 in the workbook.

Photojournalism Tutorial:

Give the students time to look at the 2024 Press Photographers Association’s award winning photographs
Using the following prompts, they can analyse a photograph of their choice:

1. Identify the main subject in the photograph.
2. Is the entire focus of the photograph on that subject?
3. Are certain things in sharp focus while others are less so?
4. What’s in the background or the foreground of the
   photograph?
5. Are there areas of light or shade?
6. Do the colours on the photo contrast or complement each
   other in your opinion?
7. Could you describe the mood or atmosphere of the photo?
8. If the subject of the photo is human are their facial
   expressions, postures, gestures or their activity of significance and if so why?
9. Jot down your emotional response to this photo i.e. were you amused, shocked, bored, appalled, entertained etc.?
10. What do you think might have been the photographer’s intention when taking this photo?
11. After the students have completed their analysis individually, they could be paired or put in groups to share this or they could feed back to the class group straight away.

Optional:
Depending on class interest, you could now set an assignment for them to apply some of what they have learned by taking their own photographs using their phones (see page 29-31 in the workbook for tips).