Introduction
Visuals in the newspapers are the one item that the readers react to immediately than the
words and they retain it. A renowned psychologist Albert Mehrabian (1981) has
demonstrated through experiments that 93% of communication is nonverbal. Photography is
a very powerful medium of visual communication. We see the world with the help of our
eyes that’s why visuals or images are important for every newspaper.
Photojournalism is taking photographs which tell a story. It is frequently used to explain still
images but it can also apply to news broadcasts. Photojournalism is distinguished from others
forms of journalism due to its qualities. The images must be timely, referring to the fact they
have meaning in context to recent event, they are objective, meaning the situation implied by
the image is a fair representation of the events in both content and time, and they are
narrative, which is when the images combine with other news elements to make the facts
relatable to the viewer and/or reader on a cultural level.
Photojournalism is a specialisation within photography; it is used in the media industry to