Book Introduction Blog Post

 Austin Albrecht

Book Introduction Blog Post

I believe that in today’s day and age knowing the importance of Photojournalism and photos is so important for several different reasons. You can capture the past in a single snapshot and can even predict and figure the future out with a single snapshot. Photojournalism can’t be summed up or defined in to one sentence. There is so much to Photojournalism, that I had no idea about before watching a few videos on it. Knowing the history of photojournalism is so important because it could save lives, spread the word of important information and tell messages without physical words.

            History is everywhere and everyone. Every single person that reads this is a part of history. Me typing this right now is a part of history. The town in New Jersey Flemington is a part of History. How many Lions left in the wild is history?  The short clip History Is… mentions a few powerful quotes such as “History is larger than life, History is humanity, and History is Crucial.” All of these small quotes mean and are a big part of why we are here at this exact moment. History is defiantly larger than life. If it wasn’t for the people before us doing certain things at certain times maybe, we would never even be here. History is indeed crucial, and it is so important for people to know about what happened before us so we don’t make the same mistakes that we have in the past, and so we can try and repeat things that are good or have been successful in society. Maybe if we can learn from picture like this together, we can stop and put an end to war and one day we can find peace in the world.

            War has been a part of history since the beginning of time. Learning and figuring out what and why war happens through pictures and videos can help put an end to wars. In the short film, A clip from WAR PHOTOGRAPHY, the video states “If everyone could be in a warzone, and see what it is like firsthand, maybe itwill help find the reason why.” Wars are so deadly and so horrific, and no one can experience or see what it is like unless you are there. That’s why pictures can really help this case and bring light and hopefully one day put an end or at least slow down wars.

             History goes back forever before the first man was around on this earth. The short Clip "Why study history?"  perfectly explains “You can apply information from the Past to analyze and solve problems in the future.” Why did that war start? Why did it rain today? Why are there very few rhinos left in the wild? Why did I get a bad grade on the test? All of these questions could be figured out by looking at the history and trends and information on these topics. Everything has an answer it’s all about looking back into history and figuring out why this or that happened. Photos and history are such a big part of this earth and present day and everyone should take a deeper look at both photos and history!

Photo By: Dr. Gary Khols
Image Source: https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-painful-truth-war-is-a-racket-on-behalf-of-wall-street-and-the-bankers/5611061

Extinct Rhinos

Photo By: WWF