Photo journalism is a popular way to help convey the message of what is being written. As the saying foes, a picture speaks a thousand words.Photo journalism is effective because it helps the audience to understand better and also helps the audience find emotion towards a particular thing. When looking at the photo's from the Vietnam War we begin to feel shock, horror, disbelief that something like this could occur and many other emotions as well.
When you war first comes into your mind, you often think guns, trenches and dead bodies. But through the use of photo journalism, it allows you to dig deeper and really find out more. When looking at some of the photo's you can see the emotion on the soldiers and innocent civilians faces when they see what is going on. Their eyes tell a whole story, when we can only see a little bit. Through this you can see how heartbreaking, and horrible war really is.
In the song 'i was only nineteen' you can feel the emotion through the use of imagery. The artist of the song uses descriptive language that you can almost see what is going on. This is effective because, although it is not a photo and you don't know exactly what is going on, you have a picture in your head of your visualization and that is just as powerful.
Through the photo's and song about the Vietnam War I now know that is was a heartbreaking, cruel and horrible war that never should of occurred. Many people lots their lives, and many of these people way to young. Through the use of photo journalism I can now see that a simple picture is a powerful thing and it really does speak a thousand words.
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