What Motivates Photojournalists?

Denis Reggie

Denis Reggie is one of the most famous wedding photographers. Born in Crowley Louisiana he has been always interested in photography. After college while attending his ex-girlfriend’s wedding he found himself really interested in wedding photography. He was really annoyed by the phrase “Look here and smile” when photographers tried to take a photo of the couple. He realized that there is a better way of getting that natural feeling from the couple and he set a goal to find out how to capture that natural joy of love with his camera. He later on went to reinvent the whole purpose of wedding photography and rebuilt characteristics of capturing those perfect images. Denis Reggie said once in an interview “The thing that motivates me the most in wedding photography is the smile on the faces of the happy couple, and my job is to capture that.”

 

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Nick Brandt

 

Nick Brandt is a famous landscape photographer. He was born in 1966 in England. He became very interested in East African wildlife and dedicated his whole photography career to capturing those grandeur photos of African animals. He studied a lot about illegal hunting in Africa and all the animals that were destroyed illegally. His main goal and motivation of his life became to capture those “last stands” of the animals in their natural environment before they were either captured by zookeepers or killed by hunters. He fought a lot to prevent the illegal killing and his camera was his main weapon. He created a lot of photographic exhibitions to show how gorgeous animals of Africa were killed left and right causing many animals to go extinct. The beauty of the animals and nature is also one of my main motivations. I love nature and love animals so capturing these beautiful creatures is what I am passionate about.

Image By: Nick Brandt
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Image By: Nick Brandt
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Pete Souza

Another famous photographer in United States is Pete Souza. His is the main photojournalists in the White House and the official photographer of President Barack Obama. He is probably the closest person to the president because he is right there with him whenever he is at work. He even gets to shoot some of his private photos of his family life. Pete is always present during all his meeting with different officials and White House events such as picnics, balls and outings. His motivation of photojournalist career is to capture the true life and character of the most famous man in United States. His photographs is what people see all around the world so his main job is to create photos in such a way to keep the president in positive light in the eyes of people of United States and around the world.

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Image By: Pete Souza
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