フォト・ジャーナリズム(<特集>ジャーナリズム論を探る)

抄録

In the present-day "information society, " photographs can be seen everywhere, for instance in newspapers, magazines, advertisements, movies and TV, and so on. It is also easy to obtain various information through photographs. The word "photojournalism, " however, is not widely used nor understood in Japan. It has been one hundred years since photographs were invented. The concept of photojournalism was born and developed principally in Europe and the U.S. With the establishment of the world-wide photographic magazine Life, it reached its full development, giving birth to a number of photojournalists. During and after the second world war and in every part of the world they took photos which have become valuable records of history. Photojournalism was introduced into Japan around 1930 and was developed by young photojournalists. This paper discusses its historical development in Japan, referring to the tend of newspaper photographs in everyday news reporting.