Despite the unprecedented circumstances, my photojournalism project has been submitted. It has been an eye-opening and challenging experience, with a lot of unexpected obstacles along the way.
Although I am disappointed that I was unable to complete my original pitch idea, the photo essay that I have produced is something which is an important topic at this time in our lives. Although a serious matter, it spreads positivity when the current news is so heartbreaking.
Im over-joyed with the outcome of my photos, considering the lockdown circumstances. I have managed to portray a clear message through the images, which demonstrates true emotions of those on the covid-19 frontline. One thing I would change, was my ability to photo more real people. I would have loved to photograph a pregnant woman for the midwife segment, however lockdown circumstances made this not possible.
In regards to the article itself, after a lot of rewriting and restructuring, I finally created an article that I am immensely happy with. I never had a plan to put the article into three separate stories, but as I started writing it happened naturally and it made more sense to do it this way. It makes the article more interesting, and breaks it up for the readers, as 2000 words can be a lot in one chunk. Doing this further helped with the InDesign layout, as it was obvious to do a double spread for each story.
Gathering interviews was a lot harder due to the circumstance, and I had to use my initiative. A lot of the time it involved going to people that I already knew, that fit the roles I had in mind. I interviewed more than the three people, so had to narrow it down to the three which gave the best interviews and made the best stories.
Overall, I am confident with my final project and couldn’t be prouder of the work I produced, even though it wasn’t my original plan.
Photo Journalism 