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5 Points to Know How to become a photojournalist In India


If you’ve been inquiring how to become a photojournalist in India, then you’ve hopped on the right page. As a Mass Communication and Journalism Institute NIMCJ proffers specialization in the Photojournalism course along with many other attractive and robust fields, you can know more about them here.
In this blog, we have listed the things you need to become a photojournalist in India and what are the right beginning steps to take in the field of photojournalism. Have a good read.
1. See the Work of Masters
Photojournalists are basically people that tell stories and capture events and news through photographs. One needs to have efficiency in photography and a knack of curiosity around people and stories. To get a better hang of what photojournalism is the checkout the works of Margaret Bourke for her India Pak Partition pictures, David Seymor for his capturing many wars, which apparently cost him his life. Then works of modern photojournalists like Henri Bresson for his street photography, Corey Arnold for his fish and sea photography, etc.
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