Photojournalism 

Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism which involves collecting and editing news material for a news publication. Photojournalism uses photographs in order to tell a story, it’s different to other types of photography such as documentary and street photography because of it’s rigid ethics  which demands that the photos are honest and impartial and are only telling the story in journalistic terms. The objective of photojournalism is to have images which are a fair representation of events of situations. Illustrating news story’s with photographs began in the mid 19th century in The Times newspaper of Lord Horatio Nelson’s funeral. The first newspaper with weekly illustrations was the Illustrated London News.

Street photography

Street photography is photography that shows human conditions within public places, however it doesn’t necessary have to include a street in it or an urban photography although this is very common. Timing and framing can be important aspects of street photography as some photographer aim to capture of decisive moments. On the other hand some street photographers focus on the human character, recording their history and their emotions. Street photography expanded in the late 19th century with the emerge of portable cameras. Eugene Atget is regarded as the ‘father’ of this genre, not because he was the first of his kind, but due to his popularity as a Parisian street photographer.