Photo Journalism 4(1+3)

Lesson 5 : Assignments/Duties of Photojournalists

Picture story assignments

With all other assignments, the pressure to produce pictures on a tight deadline sometimes cause photographers to hurry themselves through a shooting session. The picture story assignment gives a photographer a chance to slow down and produce a package of pictures over a longer period of time. Although not as numerous as some of other assignments, picture stories should be essential components in a photographer’s portfolio. At its best, a picture story illuminates a serious city-wide social problem through the telling in words and pictures a particulars person’s plight.