Press photography: RIP?
Less than 20 years ago, the way we viewed news pictures was completely different from how we do now. A newspaper was delivered to the doorstep, next to the morning milk. Pictures were on a page. This was how we got the visual context to the story we’d heard the day before on the radio about the egg thrown at the prime minister, or that extra-time goal that sent your team down in the last match of the season.
Fast forward to 2018 and few of us get the newspaper from the doorstep. Instead, when the alarm goes off, we reach for our phones and tap the news app of our choice. As for the photos and videos we view, chances are they weren’t taken by a press photographer at all. More than likely, they were taken by someone like you, using the same make of phone you’re holding in your hand. Today, news pictures are no longer the preserve of the press photographer, because
