Lenses For Street, Documentary And Photojournalism

Photojournalism is probably the oldest form of photography as the process of documenting everyday life started from a very early time.

- Mrinmoy Choudhury

 

With the arrival of better means of photography in terms of medium and equipment, this process evolved to have many different genres. Photojournalism has shaped the way of how people take images and how they can use elements, framing and a particular timing to create visually impacting images to tell wonderful stories. This very idea of storytelling has brought photojournalism to where it is now. If you do really consider the photojournalism genre, you will realise that a major chunk of the images made daily all over the world are made by photojournalists and street photographers. Talking of street photography, this genre of photography is an improvised way of shooting the daily life and small juxtaposed moments which can also tell a story if related to the proper reference. This form of photography was quite challenging and the results were astonishing in most cases. Not to mention the amount of time and patience that is needed to take such images. Similarly photojournalism is all about timing and one’s ability to create content in a still frame to tell a visual story.

Photojournalism, documentary and street photography might be similar when the aspects are compared, but visually each genre is different. The main use is of the lensing that makes the difference in the images. In this article, we will discuss the lenses that you should look for your street, documentary and photojournalism assignments.