A encruzilhada do fotojornalismo

Abstract

This article features the crisis of photojournalism, sparked in the eighties, and the academic debates aroused by this discussion. It points out the key issues and offer suggestions on how to cope with new information: the new photojournalism, the spectacularization of the news and photography, citizenship journalism and the flood of images produced by amateur digital equipments, which steadily spread throughout the media.