Chapter 11: Final Project 2

            For my final project I decided to do a progression of three photos taken all by myself of the state of my house since 1998. This year was a special year for my family documenting the third anniversary of the tornado that devastated my town, along with neighboring towns. The first picture was back in about 1998 when we finally finished building our home. The third photo is the devastation that happened to the house. And the third is present day of all the repairs and renovations we have done to it.

            I now know the true definition of what photojournalism is. It is the telling of stories and current events to people around the world by using photos. I now also know why it is important to understand the history of photojournalism as well. As we all know history is a huge factor of how we became who we are today. If we did not have photojournalists to document important events in the past, then there would be no actual proof of it really happening. My big “Ah-ha” moment was when I saw how big of an impact photojournalism had on the photographers. So many of these men and women gave up their lives and limbs to get news across to people all over the world.

            My Experimental exercise and my self-reflection fit together extremely well. I used my experimental exercise to reflect on a hard time on my family’s life. However it was fun for me to look through all of the old pictures. Like any family our pictures are not organized so I spend hours looking through them for one photo, along the way remaining about each picture I came across.

            Through my work with this class I gained so much knowledge that will help me with all of my photographic endeavors. The first thing that I learned was that photojournalists have given up their lives to take some of these pictures. The second thing that I learned was that anyone can be a photojournalist as long as they set their minds to it. The third and final thing that I learned was that technology has come so far through time. And I am sure that it will continue to expand as time goes on.