I just purchased the newest edition of Ken Kobre’s now-classic photojournalism textbook.
Photojournalism: The Professionals' Approach/2008
It’s kind of spendy ($46.70 on Amazon) but well worth the money. Besides being the definitive textbook on photojournalism it’s a great photo book with outstanding photography to illustrate the text. I’d recommend this book to everyone who wants to learn more about photojournalism or simply refresh and perhaps expand their current knowledge about photojournalism. It’s thoroughly up to date with sections on multimedia.
This is the sixth edition of the book. I’ve still got the first edition that was published in 1980. It’s pretty beat up with a tear in the dust jacket.
Photojournalism: The Professionals' Approach/1980
Though some of the book is dated (photos are all in black and white and of course, there’s no mention of multimedia, digital cameras and computers) but many of the principles of photojournalism and photo editing were the same then as they are now.
This is the first book about photojournalism I ever purchased and so it’s always got a spot on my bookshelf.
–Gordon King
