Payne L. Getting Started in Photojournalism

Amphoto, 1967. — 136 p.Photojournalism is universally acknowledged as the most exciting area of professional photography, and the area to which most amateurs aspire. Despite the trend toward consolidation among large metropolitan newspapers, photojournalist Lee Payne points out, there are 10,000 newspapers in t h e United States, and the number of community-minded and locally- oriented papers is constantly growing. This is the medium now cryiftg out for photographic talent, the market for the promising new photographer.Getting Started in Photojournalism is dedicated to that aspiring shutterbug. In clear, precise prose, augmented by 70 brilliant illustrations, Payne points the way. He describes where the market is, what it wants, how to get in, and which pictures to take and submit. In logical sequence, he discusses the market (a separate chapter is devoted to selling to magazines) and the equipment and techniques necessary to establishing yourself in that market.