Magazines

Magazines
- History of Photography
    - a bit of tech
    - Matthew Brady/The Civil War
    - Life Magazine
    - The Great Depression and Photojournalism (Dorothea Lange, then Robert Capa to James Nachtwey)
    - Modern Magazines – design, structure, elements as per
    - Feature Articles – styles and characteristics

Photos in Magazines
-    started with drawings, obviously
-    started using half-tone engravings of photos
-    in the 20th century, there was a new tech to send photos by wire
-    it worked for real in the 30s
-    basically it is a fax machine (primitive)
-    the first photo used in the papers was a disaster photo – a plane crash  and this tells us how photos are used to this day
-    other early photos were of New Years celebrations in Times Square (NYC), celebrities in Los Angeles and photos of criminals and crime scenes
-    What makes a photo newsworthy?
-    If something has a mass impact
-    Tragedy, shock, violence, famous people, attention grabbing
-    A photo serves to anchor the article – some people only look at the photo – if the picture can tell the story on its own, it is a winner.
-    Emotion, fear, human interest (kitties), etc

Elements of Photographs – for photo study (artistic, structural review and analysis)

Target Audience and Demographics

Assignments:
Demographic Analysis of Self
Photo Review and Analysis
Magazine Mockup – cover, 1 article per group member, target audience rationale