For the next workshop, I went to hear our own tutor Steve Speed talk about his career in photojournalism and his travels around the world. I wanted to listen to this talk to find out another area of photography that I wasn't necessarily aiming towards, but wanted to know more about.
- Defines himself as photography and digital media artist.
- Has previously done agency work.
- A job taking images of the less interesting stories and basic photography.
- He took basic portraits of people to do with the story.
- When being a photojournalist the could focused more on peoples lives and society problems, in communities and people in poverty etc.
- He moved onto the trip to Kenya, the project was based on a new water pipe, that lead into the rose farms in the area.
- He went on to talk about photographing campaigns.
- He focuses on political issues, shooting press shots that tell a story.
- He visits local demonstrations, documenting what happens and the reason for them.
- The fracking in Salford, Barton Moss, has become and big interest.
- Themes such as community, portraits, campaigners and changes in society.
- He talked about how all work needs to be ready for publish.
- They need to go along with the articles and news.