Story Breakdown
In the article, “Photographs that Humanize the Immigration Debate” written by James Estrin, the story captures the experiences that John Moore has undergone through his photographing immigrants on the Mexican American boarder.
The story begins with what it takes to make great news photos and then goes into how John Moore got into photographing immigrants. The article is structured almost like a timeline, with the paragraphs separated showing all the impactful photos that John Moore has captured over the years.
Near the end, the article goes into describing how John Moore captured one specific picture that was later used on the cover of the Time magazine. It also goes into the political response from the photo taken.
The author uses the themes of relevance and impact since immigration has become a huge issue in America today. He emphasizes that John Moore was involved with immigration long before Trump’s campaign against them; the photographer cares a lot about his work and hopes that it will impact Americans to see the immigrants for the people they are.
September 10th, 2018 at 1:51 pm
I like the way the story focuses on photojournalism and the work that goes into good images. It’s not about luck or the moment. It’s about knowing what to look for, and knowing how to tell a story with an image.