1st Edition

The International Photojournalism Industry Cultural Production and the Making and Selling of News Pictures

By Jonathan Ilan Copyright 2019
252 Pages
by Routledge

250 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

250 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

How are events turned into news pictures that define them for the audience? How do events become commodified into pictures that both capture them and reiterate the values of the agencies that sell them? This book looks at every stage of the production of news photographs as they move to and from the ground and are sold around the world. Based on extensive fieldwork at a leading international news... Read more

1. Introduction 2. The Production Process I: From Story to Product 3. The Production Process II: From Product to Story 4. An Analysis of Significant Events Conclusion

Biography

Jonathan Ilan is Lecturer in the School of Communication at Bar-Ilan University, Israel