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Confrontation of work of photoeditors in selected Czech and American Newspapers
Zapotilová, Mariana ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Turek, Pavel (referee)
Graduation thesis entitled "Confrontation of work of photo editors in selected Czech and American periodicals" discusses the important profession of photo editors in the Czech Republic and the United States and attempts to compare it in these two different countries. In the first part I would like to briefly outline the history of photojournalism in the Czech Republic and the United States and describe the aspects which influenced it during two centuries. In the next chapter I focus on notions, since not everyone is familiar with the position and powers of newspaper photo editors, and the types of photographs the journalism operates with. Here I explain the emergence of the profession which is much younger than actual photojournalism. In the research section I want to - through the use of interviews with several professional photographers and photo editors - explain the various procedures and newsroom routines. I focus mainly on the habits and processes, that go before the capturing the photograph, and subsequent decision-making process in selecting images for the newspapers. I also briefly compare the problems of education and training in the field of visual journalism. In one of the chapters I turn to the newspaper photo captions and on the basis of illustrative examples I try to answer the question how...
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Working routines of photojournalist in the analog and in the digital era
Hofman, Jiří ; Lábová, Alena (advisor) ; Ždimera, Jan (referee)
Author of the dissertation compares usual working routines of photojournalist in analog and in digital era. The dissertation describes both the technology used, the approach of photojournalists and the influence which the technology and the approach have on the final image production. The thesis is to demonstrate by using concrete examples of photographic practice that the routine work has changed in digital era. The main research method used to prove this proposition is method of in-depth interviews with photographic professionals. The dissertation describes three phases of photojournalist`s routine work: preparations, photography and subsequent image processing. Author of the dissertation compares methods commonly used in analog era and standard methods used in digital era. In the main part, the author provides a description of the changes which followed the process of digitization and applies them to specific standards of journalism. The most important changes considered are the possibility of immediate control of photographic production and also the processing of digital images instead of traditional chemical process in the darkroom. Author points out that thanks to this transformation the production of journalistic images was accelerated and he also shows examples where this transformation led...
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Photography, news, photojournalism, daily news, Barack Obama, Právo, Hospodářské noviny, Lidové noviny, Mladá fronta DNES, Blesk
Špitálská, Andrea ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Turek, Pavel (referee)
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Truth at photojournalism: Digital image manipulation as a means of persuasion
Králová, Pavla ; Lábová, Alena (advisor) ; Chuchma, Josef (referee)
The bachelor thesis Truth in current photojournalism: Digital manipulation of images as a mean of persuasion analyzes the digital manipulation of news photography used in media in the emphasis on the persuasive function of the manipulated photographs. In the first part of the thesis, the main focus is mainly on theory. It describes the difference between analogue and digital photography, deals with the term of postphotography, depicts objectivity in photography, covers with the role of photography in media, defines conception of photographs as true medium as a cultural construct. It is also devoted to the decription of the terms of persuasion, manipulation of both analogue and digital photography, ethical aspects of editing of photographs, demarcates the limits of objectivity in photography and it deals with the relationship between the manipulation of the images and the manipulation of memory. The third part of the thesis is a detailed interview with Jan Ždimera, who works as a press photographer in ČTK. The interview concentrates on manipulaton of photography, ethics of photo manipulation and on correct work of press photographers and image editors in media.
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The photography in the Respekt Magazine
Svatá, Kristýna ; Lábová, Alena (advisor) ; Turek, Pavel (referee)
Bachelor thesis "The Photography in the Respekt magazine" deals with using photographies in this medium. It emphasizes the period of the first half of the year 2006, when the magazine serialized as a broadsheet, and the period of the first half of the year 2008, when it changed its format to the magazines' one. The purpose of this thesis is to subscribe, how the redaction deals with the pictorial part of the magazine's content - it observes what is behind the creation and what happens with pictures before they are published. It subscribes the role of the photographer and the picture editor as well. The next issue, which is pointed out, is the analysis of the photographic content in both periods under consideration. It shows changes which were connected with the formats' change, with new possibilities for photography in the magazine. This analytical part of my thesis is led by the chapters which present the history and the contemporary version of the Respekt magazine. The next chapter deals with photojournalism and its classification.
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The Comparison of Picture Coverage in the Czech and Danish Newspaper
Kabátová, Barbora ; Lábová, Alena (advisor) ; Trampota, Tomáš (referee)
This diploma thesis called The Comparision of Picture Coverage in Czech and Danish Newspapers focuses on analysis of press photographs published in the daily newspapers Hospodářské noviny and Politiken during February 2011. The theoretical part deals with topics which are related to visual culture, photojournalism and possibilities of photograph analysis in print media. The research part of the thesis is focused on the picture analysis using a quantitative method and quantitative- qualitative approach which arise from the conception of visual grammar of Gunther Kress and Theo van Leeuwen. The picture analysis of 352 news photographs shows specifics and differences of the Czech and the Danish ways of publishing visual information on title and news coverage pages in newspapers.
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nemá v tezích anglický název
Nosková, Anna ; Lábová, Alena (advisor) ; Trampota, Tomáš (referee)
This study presents research of role of title photographs in selected czech and foreign daylies. Theoretical part introduces visual culture concepts and role of photographic images in journalism, specificity of photojournalism, photographic genres and title photographs. Next part is dedicated to concept of new values, going from original Galtung / Ruge's taxonomy to contemporary revisited version of Harcup / O'Neill's. The last theoretical chapter introduces concept of gatekeeping and picture editor as visual gatekeeper. The practical part of this study is examining title photographs of 8 czech as well as foreign journals in 4 week long period. I am using method of content analysis, based on paper The content analysis of visual images and Gillian Rose's book Visual analysis. In my study I had applied news values to photographic materials. I chose combination of original Galtung / Ruge's concept together with Harcup / O'Neills contemporary revision, putting attention to entertaining aspects of media contents. The other paramteres I was following in my study were origin, size, topic, theme, negativity, orientation, gender content, etc. As a result I did find that there is very common way how dailyes handle with title photographs, which are having special status among other visual materials. There is...
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The development of czech sport's photojournalism from the middle of 20th century
Hejbal, Dominik ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Teplá, Jana (referee)
The paper deals with the development of the Czech journalistic sport photography from mid 20th century until recent time. Conditions that influenced the work of sports photographers are mapped, whether it was technical equipment, political constraints or other relevant facts. The paper mentions key events that have had importance in the Czech sports photography. The very beginnings of the Czech sports photography are described, too, to add context with the period followed. Furthermore, some noteworthy cases are mentioned, such as career change of a professional sportsman to a sport photographer. Ethically doubtful practices, once quite frequent, are followed, too. Another infrequently studied area of interest is discussed, which is the phenomenon of successful pictures of neglected events. The paper also provides the reader with a list of the foremost Czech sports photographers, a quantitative analysis of sport photos in the Rude Pravo daily (name later changed to Pravo). Main moments of change are studied from the point of view of the extent of the sport photography on the pages of Czech dailies. Since this topic has not been extensively covered by books, an important part of the paper is based on original interviews with veteran Czech sport photographers, including Stanislav Tereba, the only Czech winner...
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How War Photography Can Influence Public Opinion.
Sommersová, Barbora ; Horný, Stanislav (advisor) ; Souralová, Veronika (referee)
Because the reality of war is so far from our own, images captured from the field become the only visuals shaping our understanding of the course of events. This gives war photography a unique power that can be used to influence masses. The aim of this thesis is to illustrate the ways in which such photographs can be used to shape public opinion. It offers a theoretical understanding of the influences that are involved in forming the final effect a photograph has on its viewer. Then it specifies how these influences have been used by examining the visual representation of two wars: the War in Vietnam and the Spanish Civil War. My findings will be supported by my own experience of documenting the refugee crisis in the Balkans.
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Development of photography and significance of contemporary photojournalism and documentary photography
Řádková, Kristýna ; Horný, Stanislav (advisor) ; Černý, Zbyněk (referee)
This Master's Thesis is focused on evolution of photography with focus on photojournalism and documentary photography and aims to prove that this genre, though it may seem that it's currently on the decline, is still important. The theoretical part contains general history and definition of photography, pointing out the relationship between photography and art and describes the most important theories of aesthetics of photography. Then the work is focused purely on photojournalism and documentary photography. It describes the relationship and the difference between these genres. Further the thesis is focused on the ethics of photography and manipulation of images. The practical section consists of analysis of technical requirements on photo equipment with regard to individual areas of photojournalism and documentary photography. The following part contains practical examples based on author's experience and the work concludes with compilation of several Czech photographers' answers to questions about photojournalism and documentary photography.
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