My take on Photojournalism

For this project, I wanted to highlight current issues in the United States that have great impact on everyone, while highlighting the use/misuse of A.I. in photojournalism. In previous generations, seeing was believing. This meant that pictures were undoubtedly the truthful telling of an event happening. It took such massive computing power to create false images that it was unthinkable to create a realistic false photo for dissemination. In our contemporary world, we see the rapid advancement of A.I. allowing for such an ease of access and usability that it is frequently used to manipulate photographs from all spheres. From social media, home photographs, and unfortunately some untoward photojournalists looking to further a narrative.  In the above curated photographs, there are: citizen photos, A.I. altered photos, and bonafide photojournalism photos taken at different "No Kings" protests. I deliberately selected these photographs as this is a very current and meaningful m...

Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw Photo by Albert Sands Southworth 1850 Subject's expression - The Subject in this photo has a very serious expression. While this was common for photos of the time period, there is more at play here. The subject of the photo is Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw, a respected Massachusetts politician and judge. The expression used in this photo is both the respresentation of the person as well as the position of being Chief Justice.  Keep it simple - Looking at this photo, there is very little to distract from the main subject. Aside from a possibly posed hand and what appears to be a column on the left side of the frame, Shaw is centered with lighting coming from the right side of the frame with Shaw looking to the left side of the frame causing shadows to cascade the low areas of his face with highlights on promeninent areas. Feelings - Looking at this, there is a sense of respect and regal coming from this photo. The high collar, wide lapel, hints of a hig...