Eugene Smith and Sebastio Salgado always took their pictures with their subjects aware of their presence. Also Smith enjoyed correcting/ manipulating his photographs in the dark room. Smith would give more exposure time on some parts of the picture and less time on other parts. This creates a great black and white contrast and therefore creates a sharper focal point for the viewer. Salgado on the other hand would befriend his subjects and therefore create a relationship with them. He stated “by spending more time with people, he is able to see their suffering and strength, which approaches at times a spiritual ascendancy.”
On the other hand Andre Kertesz and Henri Cartier-Bresson needed to be invisible when taking the pictures.
In my personal opinion I believe that Andre and Henri have the best approach in terms of a photojournalist stand point. In many of my pass assignments I have written for this online course, I’ve stated my distain for altered/staged photographs. Photographs have a lot sway in the public especially in the print media.
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