Authenticity and sincerity in photo reportage

Authors

  • Anne Beyaert-Geslin Centre de Recherches Sémiotiques (Limoges)

Keywords:

photo reportage, truth, authenticity, sincerity, event, enonciatif contract, moral contract

Abstract

This paper aims to clarify how photo reportage deals with the truth. First, it observes its relation with authenticity and sincerity. Then, it proposes a definition based on the concept of event and describes a scene in which the photojournalist’s distance to that event is related either to morality or to ethics. Finally, it suggests that the enunciative contract that links the photojournalist with the observer deals with the moral (moral contract) rather than the truth (real contract).

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How to Cite

Beyaert-Geslin, A. (2010). Authenticity and sincerity in photo reportage. Galaxia, (19). Retrieved from https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/galaxia/article/view/3304

Issue

No. 19 (2010)

Section

Artigos | Articles

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