Learning about the history of photojournalism

   I found the history of news photography, or “photojournalism” as it came to be called in 1928, very interesting. Image capture has changed a lot since 1877, when photographers used glass slides as film and replicated drawings of those negatives were engraved in zinc plates for the printing press.
   Also, I was surprised to learn that photojournalists’ images even played major roles in our history. For example, disturbing images of children working in terrible conditions helped institute child labor laws.
   Photojournalism was and still is a necessary part of news because it is easy for people to believe that a story is being exaggerated, but as I have always heard, “A picture is worth a thousand words.