Bob: Photojournalism has nothing to do with artistic values, it is about reporting news in the most effective way possible.
Any artistic value that photojournalism acquires is secondary. REPLY: Sure, but that doesn't prevent such images being prized and judged on artistic merrits. At least thats the pretense. When such pictures often have no artistic merrit whasoever, the comparison with hard core pornography is relevant, although I suspect pornographers are generally more sensitive than simply "who can make the dirtiest picture". Of course there are good reason for photograph terrible deeds but when these photographs are being "marketed" or published as "art" in spite of being accidental snapshots, not a product of an unique or sensitive vision, the whole thing becomes highly speculative, as often is the case with excessive violence in the media. P�l
