Class Photojournalism

This course aims to provide a theoretical and practical framework around photojournalism. In a theoretical part, historical tools, theories and trends that have marked this professional area will be provided. In the practical part, practical exercises will be proposed around themes that fit the current agenda.

Practical module:

The photographic image in its narrative and communicative dimension;

The social impact of reporting photography;

Documentary photography, background reporting and war reporting;

Composition and framing;

- Photographic response to a theme or agenda;

- Contemporary photojournalism and new paradigms;

- The photographic "truth";

- Fiction vs. document;

- Manipulation: ethical issues

The market for reportage photography - media;

Theoretical Module:

- The journalistic image: definition, genres and functions. Differences between analog and digital.

The contemporary photojournalistic landscape. Journalistic image analysis: language and expressive elements; denotation and connotation; relationship with the text.

Short history of photojournalism: some remarkable national and international photographers and publications.

Theoretical classes and practical classes, in two distinct components (modules), but complementary, which

reflect programmatic contents using discussion and analysis of texts, images and documents

audiovisual programs, study visits and work abroad.

In the practical module, students are challenged to solve photographic exercises around themes (based on current affairs) on a weekly basis. The printed photographs are displayed and commented on by everyone in the classroom.

• Dubois, Philippe. O ato fotográfico e outros ensaios. ed Papirus, 1994
• FREEMAN, Michael, Grande Manual da Fotografia, Lisboa, Dinalivro, 1993. LANGFORD, Michael. Fotografia Básica, Lisboa, Dinalivro, 1996.
• Marien, Mary Warner Photography: A Cultural History, ed. Lawrence King Publishing Ltd. 2010
• VAN Dijk, Teun A., Discurso, Notícia e Ideologia: estudos na análise crítica do discurso, Porto, Ed. Campo das Letras, 2005.