The origins of photojournalism can be seen in documentary photography as early as the 1870's. People were interested as to what far away countries looked like and what famous people looked like but never had the chance to see them. Photographers such as Roger Fenton went out and took photographs of the English troops in the Crimea. Over the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, Matthew Brady brought together many photographers including Tim O' Sullivan to cover the American Civil War (1861-1865). Tim O' Sullivan went on to document Nevada and the Rockies. All used collodion plates.

Documentary photography then progressed and went on to show the lives of the poor. Dr. Bernado hired professional photographers to take photographs of the boys who were brought in to the homes and then these photographs were mounted onto card and sold to raise money for the homes. John Thomson in 1877 published a book, Street Life in London; it contained photographs of the poor people in London.

There are many elements that contributed to the beginnings of photojournalism, the 35mm camera was the main breakthrough and avid new photo reporters were eager to go out and take photographs. Editors of ne

J.R. Eyerman wanted to show with this photograph how people follow whatever is popular of the time. This photograph from the 1952 was taken in the Paramount Theatre in Hollywood; everyone is wearing the latest in movie viewing technology-3D glasses. Eyerman tried to capture the popular things of the times before they rapidly died out and changed. The beauty about this photograph is the pattern formed by the audience, they all have suit and tie and these silly looking glasses.

Another very famous photojournalist was Robert Capa, born

The Berlin Illustrated Newspaper was in lead of all the other magazines, which was due to the serial novels that were aimed at the middle-class reader. The cover of most magazines were dominated by a large photograph, AIZ, Picture Post and New York's Life had the cover completely dominated by a large photograph while the BIZ had a white border around the edges due to a technical reason. This made the magazines more attractive and made then stand out from the racks of endless magazine and newspapers. If it were not for the editors who were willing to experiment with the new cameras and explore new areas these magazines would not have been possible.

Photojournalists have covered just about everything, from sporting events to political events and war. By looking at magazines like Life and Picture Post though the years we can see how photojournalism has evolved and how photographers have improved their skills and how photojournalism has changed over the decades.

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