Black and white photojournalism

There is no such thing as objectivity! Once you decide to cover/shoot a subject, you are already subjective.. Occasionally one captures something unexpected that goes against one's own pre-conceived beliefs.Shooting it and later releasing it, if printed, of course would then be objective!
 
+1 to that. +10, even. This is a very old discussion, but the fact is that as soon as you decide you need to take any picture, you have made an editorial decision. From that point on it's not a matter of WHETHER you're being subjective, but HOW you're being subjective.

leicapixie said:
There is no such thing as objectivity! Once you decide to cover/shoot a subject, you are already subjective.. Occasionally one captures something unexpected that goes against one's own pre-conceived beliefs.Shooting it and later releasing it, if printed, of course would then be objective!
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The following are (very crappy) cell phone pics of negatives of a woman injecting heroin, for a documentary project I am doing. Actual prints or a proper film scan is coming later. I feel it would've lost a certain touch in color digital.

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