Classic Photojournalistic-Like Images

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There is a certain look in classic photojournalism. It varies quite a bit, but some pictures have it. Obviously true photojournalistic images are also welcome.

I like the way this one turned out. I feel it has that look.

Kodak Retina IIIc; Rodenstock 50mm f2 Heligon; Ilford FP4+, HC110


The Wedding Party Cometh by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr
 
Brilliant picture, well done. The way a classic film/developer combination renders a picture together with old lenses is one of the main reasons why I never made the jump to modern digital.

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p.giannakis said:
Brilliant picture, well done. The way a classic film/developer combination renders a picture together with old lenses is one of the main reasons why I never made the jump to modern digital.
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That fits the bill. It is candid and real, plus great capture at a decisive moment. Could be called a street photo, but would be reminiscent of something you may have seen in Life magazine in the 1950s.
 
I had gotten a friend of mine who sold solar panels involved in the local Citizens' Climate Lobby Chapter. The November 2017 meeting began with my friend giving a presentation at a nearby restaurant. After this, we walked to her house to tour the solar energy system she had installed. During the Manhattan Project, atomic development and testing was done at the Hanford site. The nearby city of Richland was forcibly vacated to ensure secrecy and housing was constructed for project workers and their families. The floorpans for these houses were denoted by letters of the alphabet and constructed and distributed according to the seniority and needs of the workers. Many of these houses are still in use today and are known locally as Alphabet Houses.

This was taken in my friend’s backyard during the tour. She’s not in this photo. Pictured at the right is Steve Ghan, who is in the top 1% of most-cited climate researchers in the world, having coauthored 177 publications which have been cited over 13,000 times. He was a climate researcher at PNNL from 1990 until his retirement in 2018. He cofounded the local CCL Chapter to ensure a future for human civilization as we know it. The CCL is a national organization that champions bipartisan adoption of fee-and-dividend carbon pricing.


Richland, Washington
Fuji X-Pro1 1.4/35mm XF Fujinon

18 November 2020

[url=https://flic.kr/p/2khnPdq]CCL by Pierre Saget, on Flickr[/URL]
 
markjwyatt said:
... It is candid and real, plus great capture at a decisive moment. Could be called a street photo, but would be reminiscent of something you may have seen in Life magazine in the 1950s.
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Those were my exact thoughts as well upon seeing that nice photo.
 

First Assignment by Narsuitus, on Flickr

My first assignment as a newspaper photographer was to shoot the grand opening of an Ethan Allen furniture store. I could not capture the image I wanted because at that time, I only had a 200mm telephoto lens and a 50mm normal lens. A chaperone mirror helped me get the wide-angle subject coverage I needed.

I was pleased that my city editor was pleased with my image.

I immediately invested in a wide-angle lens.

This image was shot on Kodak Tri-X with a 50mm lens on a Miranda Sensorex 35mm SLR in the summer of 1968.
 
I don't know what qualifies as "classic photojournalism" but I took this in 2019 with a Nikon F2 and a 20mm lens at a rally organized by a (supposedly former) KKK member (pictured).

One PJ from a prominent newspaper literally shoved me out of the way after I grabbed this shot to get his image for the big-city rag.

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One more, of riot police at the ready (with a Widelux):

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