About Photography

David LaBelle provides a really good guide for being a photojournalist. He talks about many details we need to pay attention in photojournalism. Among all the points LaBelle talks, the one I like best is that curiosity is photographer’s best friend. I think curiosity is important for photographers. Without curiosity about life, the photographers’ works are lifeless. Instead of capturing the special moments in life, taking photos will be more like finishing tasks for the photographers who don’t have curiosity. For incurious photojournalists, the photos they take cannot play a useful role in communicating with readers, and these photos cannot provide helpful information for the main stories.

I think David Snider is a good example of curious photographers. All of his photos show his great curiosity about people and people’s life. If Snider were not a curious photographer, the smiling children, the waiter, the old man walking on the street, and other individuals couldn’t be the subjects of his photos, he must miss these most common and special moments in our life. As LaBelle said in his article, I think Snider is a good photojournalist who is “in love with people and with life.”