Precariousness in press photography

Abstract

In "Lo precario en la fotografía de prensa", Carlos Abreu, PhD in Information Sciences from the University of La Laguna and associate professor at the School of Social Communication of the Central University of Venezuela, talks about the limitations of the press photographic message. From Roman Gubern's statements to the theories of non-verbal communication are used to support the approach, without neglecting to mention influential aspects such as the author's personal universe and ideology; the context in which an image must be "read", some "traps" of graphic reporters and editors, as well as the inevitable intersection of codes in this message.