What does a photo mean?

This is the question I wish to pursue in this blog. It is obvious from the sister blog to this one, simply entitled "Photography," that I have a passion for images and the stories they convey. In this blog, I want to communicate with others who share this passion and report back in my blogs what I learn. I want to know the answers to questions such as what makes a good image, what part does photography play in journalism, and what inspires photographers and what they try to communicate in their images. I suspect that every photographer has varying viewpoints on what photography means. This inhibits the crucial roles of the journalist: to ask questions and to discover varying and diverse viewpoints on the subject.

I look forward to talking to other photographers and writing about them in my blog and in my writings in this course. I hope to have the opportunity to talk to various different professionals in the field, such as those working for local magazines and professionals in the area, as well as amatuers who have a passion for photography.

This April I had the chance to visit the Newsuem in Washington D.C., and got to see the Pultitzer Prize Photographs Gallery. This gallery brings the power of photograph to tell a story is to life.

In this beat blog, I look forward to reporting on the passion for photography on a more local level.