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Photo Journalism and Social Photography (Spanish, Multisub)

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Release date:2022

Author:Manu Brabo

Skill level:Beginner

Language:Spanish

Exercise files:Not Provided

Create a photographic report based on a current news event
Manu Brabo – independent photojournalist and winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for his photos in the civil war in Syria – will show you what his work process is when photographing on the front line of an armed conflict.

Since 2007, Manu Brabo has portrayed uprisings, rebellions and civil wars in countries such as Haiti, Honduras, Kosovo, Palestine, Libya, Syria and Ukraine, among others.

Throughout this course, you will approach the origins of this profession, its historical-cultural context, its ethics and will teach you certain tools that will help you to develop your own photojournalistic work in its different phases of pre-production, production and post -production.

What will you learn in this online course?
You will start knowing a little more about the work of this war photographer and his influences. Then, you will delve into the meaning and purpose of photojournalism and learn the differences between story and news and their methodologies to finally define the limits of the alteration of the image in the shot and postproduction.

After this first part about general concepts, you will enter fully into the pre-production phase that encompasses all the steps prior to the completion of the photographic report such as the search for information about the conflict, the generation of contacts with activists, NGOs, bloggers and other photographers, the fixer or native population offering help to the media, security equipment, insurance, visas and international identification, vaccines, etc.

Then Manu will talk about the camera and lens equipment he uses as well as the new visual narration instruments that exist.

To finish you will see what the photographic edition is and the objective that it has taking into account that the function of the image conditions the type of ethically permitted photo retouching. You will learn some professional techniques of using editing programs such as Photomechanic, Adobe Bridge and Adobe Lightroom you will meet the Manu post-production and storage team.

WHAT IS THE COURSE PROJECT?
Prepare your own photojournalistic work in its different phases of pre-production, production and post-production showing a newsworthy and current event that is happening around you.

Who is this online course for?
Although the course deals with the particularities of the conflict, it also provides a series of essential knowledge when facing any photojournalism project and both professional and amateur photographers will learn a lot from the experiences and the work process that Manu Brabo has developed throughout his career covering all kinds of topical social events.

Requirements and materials
You must have a camera or a mobile phone and photo editing software such as Adobe Lightroom installed on your computer, as well as a lot of desire to go out and capture what is happening from the first line of fire.

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