What makes a great photograph? Part 2

Objectives:
- Get in the mind of a photojournalist.
- Read the story of a photojournalist in Syria, and about his award-winning work.
- Examine his work and try to figure out what makes it great.
- Understand a little bit about what's happening in Syria.

(Background: The Pulitzer Prize is awarded every year. It's the highest honor and award in journalism. Think the MVPs of journalism. Winners get $10,000 in addition to widespread recognition. On Monday, yesterday, the Putlizer Prizes were awarded for work done in 2012. One of the categories is photojournalism.)

First, we will read about Syria together as a class. There is a civil war going on in that country; the people are fighting the government.

Then we will look at a series of pictures by Javier Manzano, a Mexican-American photographer working in the Middle East/Europe and Asia. He was covering the war in Syria. Here are the series of pictures Manzano took that won the photojournalism feature Pulitzer Prize:

http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/Picture-from-a-war-earns-Pulitzer

1) Look at the pictures and read the captions.
2) Read what Manzano did to get the pictures. Click Here.
3) Answer the questions. Make meaning of this job.