David Leeson knows a thing or two about photography. He’s been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Photography 3 times, winning in 2004. He’s been shooting for the Dallas Morning News since 1984 and routinely works in conflict zones. But why am I bringing it up? Because I just finished reading a Q and A over at The Blog of Mark Hancock where he talks extensively about audio and video being new tools for photographers to tell the story.
Nobody likes it when I say this, but the future of photojournalism is video. Everyone freaks. Everyone calm down. Everyone needs to just relax. Take a deep breath. I said video. I didn’t say the death of the still image. I didn’t say that still photography is no more, it’s going to be all video. I’m not saying that. I’m saying in the future for photojournalist – particularly those working for newspapers – if you don’t develop those skills in multi-media – whether it just be audio or audio and video – you’re going to have a lot tougher time advancing in your career or getting a job in the first place.
It’s already showing up. There are already people doing it. There are already students who probably know how to do it already. They’re going to have those skills and those skills are going to be put into play.
I only copied over part of the answer, but you should click on over if you have an interest in photography or video and read more. The rest of the interview is actually really interesting too, as he talks a lot about his conflict zone work and the ethics of a photojournalist. It’s fascinating stuff, to me at least.
Here’s the link to a slideshow of the Pulitzer Prize winning Portfolio.
or check out his website www.davidleeson.com.
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