U-Tian Xing (uBill) Yena
Steve McCurry photographer emhlabeni odumile, owadubula nodumo ngemva "Afghan Girl" isithombe wakhe uvele oqwembeni National Geographic ngo 1985. isithombe iye yabizwa ngokuthi "omunye izithombe yisakhiwo sodumo kwekhulu lama-20" (Cole, 971) futhi "mhlawumbe odume kakhulu owake wathathwa ngumthwebuli wezithombe" (i-Letzter). Imizamo yakhe yangaphambili yokuzama ukuzama ukuzama ukuqeda impi wathola i-Gold Medal uRobert Capa ngo-1980 ukuloba impi yase-Afghan-Soviet. Eqinisweni, ungomunye wabanikezeli bezithombe ezibuke kakhulu kakhulu-njalo, futhi uyilungu lezokubambisana kwezemidlalo ezibizwa nge-Magnum international.
Njengoba unikezwe isikhundla sakhe esimangalisayo, lapho imibiko emithonjeni yemithombo yembula ukuthi ezinye zezithombe zakhe zenziwe ngezindlela zokuziphatha, isiphepho sokuthukuthela sisakazeka ngokushesha kulo lonke umphakathi we-photojournalism. Le mpikiswano yaqala ingxabano ethakazelisayo mayelana nendima yokubheka izinto, iqiniso, ubuqotho kanye nokuziphatha kwezithombe. Uma ngabe enye yalezi zindinganiso izosebenza ekufakeni izithombe? Uma kunjalo, nini futhi ngani?
Abanye baveza ukuthi kumelwe asebenzise amagama afana "umnqopho" futhi "iqiniso" izithombe kuyize ngoba isenzo ukuthatha isithombe ngokwaso Okokuthola subjective. Abathwebuli wenze zonke izinhlobo izinqumo uma baya uthwebule isikhashana isebenzisa amakhamera abo: "Isitayela, ukukhethwa lens, isikhundla, yini ukukhombisa futhi yini ukubekela eceleni e imishini Uhlaka ukuhlela esetshenziswa, toning ukulandelana kukhona konke okukhohlisayo nokuzithoba "(Agtmael). Kodwa nokho, uma isithombe senzelwe izindaba yokubika, kukhona nokulindela ukuthi kuyoba "ngomqondo ovulekile" zimelela okwamanje lithunjwa.
Ngenxa yokugcizelela kwamuva "kwezindaba zamanga" kanye "namaqiniso ahlukile," izindinganiso zokuziphatha ze-photojournalism mhlawumbe zibaluleke kunanini ngaphambili. Izingcaphuno ezivela kwi-Code of the Associated Press of Ethics for photojournalists zifanelekile: