Reportage photography is a branch of photography that deals with the visual narration of a true and objective story. There are as many motives of the reportage photography as there are reportage photographers. Every reportage photographer interprets the world differently. Therefore, the subject of a reportage photography may vary, depending on a photographer. The photographer chooses a topic, it can be street, war, sports photography. The main purpose of reportage photography is to inform and raise awareness of the people who will look at the photos.
The purpose of the diploma work is the reportage photography in the West African country of The Gambia. In the theoretical part the development of the reportage photography as a branch of photography is described. We have been inspired by two representatives of the reportage photography. Two photos of each representative and the style followed for better reportage results have been discussed. The reportage photography in The Gambia has been theoretically considered in terms of ethnical and cultural characteristics of the population. We have researched which equipment works best in reportage photography and what is essential when choosing it.
The experimental part describes three photographs and their characteristics, as well as the background for each of them. In the attachment, however, the whole series of twenty photographs of the reportage photography in The Gambia has been added. To ease the understanding of the background of the expedition to this country, the characteristics of The Gambia and our observations during the visit to the country have also been added.
Photos have been taken with a Canon 6D camera and a 16-35 mm lens, and after damaging the lens, we continued working with a Canon 40D and an 18-200 mm lens. The photos have been imported into the Adobe Lightroom Classic program, where colour corrections have been made.
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