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Course: 2022/2023

Theory and practice of photo-journalism

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Master in Documentary and Journalistic Transmedia Reportage (Plan: 321 - Estudio: 289)

EPH

Coordinating teacher: SERRA , MARCELLO

Department assigned to the subject: Communication and Media Studies Department

Type: Electives

ECTS Credits: 3.0 ECTS

Course: 1º

Semester: 1º

Objectives

The student will learn about: History, theory and rhetoric of photojournalism Photojournalistic practice (camera work, composition, editing) Creation of a journalistic / documentary narrative in different photojournalistic genres New tendencies in documentary photography and new multimedia formats

Skills and learning outcomes

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Description of contents: programme

1. History of photojournalism and documentary photography 2. The photo essay 3. Documentary photography techniques 4. Photojournalistic genres 5. Essentials of photo editing in photojournalism 6. Visual storytelling 7. New tendencies in documentary photography This is a theoretical-practical course

Learning activities and methodology

Theoretical lectures and practical workshops

Assessment System

% end-of-term-examination 0
% of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 100

Calendar of Continuous assessment

Grading of an individual work project that will be done throughout the course.

In the extraordinary call, the evaluation will be on an individual work project that must be previously discussed with the teacher.

Basic Bibliography

AA.VV.. Magnum Magnum. Lunwerg. 2012
Carrera, Pilar. 'Based on actual facts': Documentary Inscription in Fiction Films. Studies in Documentary Film, Vol. 15, n. 1. 2021
González, Rayco; Serra, Marcello. "Documentary functions: the uses of documents in non-fictional texts". Visual Studies, Vol. 35, n. 1. 2021
Kobre, Kenneth. Photojournalism: The Professionals' Approach . Routledge. 2017
Lubben, Kristen. Magnum: Contact Sheets. Thames & Hudson. 2014
Lugon, Olivier. El estilo documental. De August Sander a Walker Evans 1920-1945. Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca. 2010
Sousa, Jorge Pedro. Historia crítica del fotoperiodismo occidental. Comunicación Social. 2011
Zelizer, Barbie. About to Die. How News Images Move the Public. Oxford University Press. 2010

Electronic Resources *

· Multimedia photojournalism : https://nppa.org/node/60191
· Social Documentary : http://www.socialdocumentary.net/
· Magnum Photos : http://www.magnumphotos.com/
· World Press Photo : http://https://www.worldpressphoto.org/
Nachtwey · Let my photographs bear witness : https://www.ted.com/talks/james_nachtwey_s_searing_pictures_of_war

Additional Bibliography

AA.VV. Ansiedad de la Imagen / Imagen Anxiety,. La Fábrica. 2012
AA.VV.. Weegee´s New York colección Michéle & Michel Auer . Fundación Telefónica. 2010
AA.VV.. Libro del estilo urgente. Agencia EFE. Galaxia Gutenberg. 2014
AA.VV.. Un Mundo Adolescente/Teenage World - EXIT #4 . Proap. 2001
AA.VV.. Miradas fin de siglo, Madrid visto por Leonard Freed, Inge Morath, Eli Reed, Miguel Rio Branco, Alex Webb. Fundación Cultural Banesto. 1992
AA.VV.. La Deportación. El horror de los Campos de Concentración. Libreria Universitaria. 2005
AA.VV.. Autorretratos. Self-Portraits - EXIT #10. Proap. 2013
AA.VV.. 1000 caras/0 caras/1 rostro. La Fábrica - Fundación Telefónica. 2011
AA.VV.. Diccionario Fotógrafos españoles, siglos XIX, XX, XXI . La Fábrica. 2013
AA.VV.. Madrileños Un Álbum colectivo. Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid. Servicio de documentación y public . 2007
AA.VV.. El Movimiento de la Fotografía Obrera (1926-1939) Ensayos y Documentos. . TF Editores / Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. 2010
AA.VV.. C Internacional photo magazine 03: On Cities. Ivory Press. 2006
AA.VV.. Aún no. Sobre la reinvención del documental y la crítica de la modernidad. . Departamento de Actividades Editoriales del MNCARS. 2015
AA.VV.. La Transición. Memoria gráfica de la historia y la sociedad españolas, XX. EL PAIS. 2006
AA.VV.. A través de la ventana - EXIT # 26. Rosa Olivares & Asociados S.L.. 2007
Adams Robert. ¿En qué podemos creer y dónde? Fotografías del oeste americano. La Fábrica. Museo Nacional Reina Sofía. 2012
Agencia EFE . 20 años de Democracia Agencia EFE. Lunwerg. 1997
Ajo . Bello Público, las Fotografías de Ajo . La Fábrica. 2011
Beard, Nejma; Fahey, David (eds.). Peter Beard. Taschen. 2006
Benjamin, Walter. Breve historia de la fotografía. Casimiro. 2011
Benjamin, Walter. On Photography. Reaktion Books. 2015
Cartier Bresson, Henri. The Mind's Eye: Writings on Photography and Photographers. Aperture. 1999
Freund, Gisèle. Photography and Society. David R. Godine. 1980
García Alix, Alberto. No me sigas... estoy perdido 76-86. La Fábrica. 2006
Gonzalo, Jaime. Escupidos de la boca de Dios. La Banda Trapera del río. Munters Records . 2007
Guibert, Emmanuel; Lefèvre, Didier; Lemercier, Frédéric. The Photographer: Into War-torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders. First Second. 2009
Ibarrola, Marivi. Yo Disparé en los 80. Fotografías de Mariví Ibarrola. Munster Records. 2012
López Mondéjar, Publio. Martín Santos Yubero. Crónica fotográfica de medio siglo de vida, 1925-1975. Lunwerg. 2010
Meneses Enrique. La vida de un reportero. La Fábrica. 2015
Morat Inge. España años 50 . Arte Contexto . 1995
Panzer, Mary; Caujolle, Christian. Things as they are. Chris Boot. 2005
Pivin, Jean-Loup; Saint Léon, Pascal Martin. Pierre Verger: O Mensageiro = The Go-Between Fotografías 1932-1962. Fundaçâo Pierre Verger. 2002
Terré, Laura (ed.). Colita. RM. 2014
Whelan, Richard. Robert Capa: The Definitive Collection. Phaidon. 2001

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