Photography and journalism: from silver to pixel – discussions about the real

Abstract

This essay discusses the relations between photography, journalism and the real. It presents how authors have approached the theme and a little historical survey of photography on brazilian press. What are the reasons of an image being considered how journalistic? Analogic process and digital forms came from the press – newspapers and magazines – to webjournalism. We have deep technological changes; but the using of digital ways has not helped journalism to achieve more expressive and informative quality. The concept of complex image can open new theoretical and practical perspectives.