From the 20th century to the present, news photography in China has experienced several stages of development.

Since 1842 news photography sprouted in the fire in Bai Han, your history is only 160. During this period, the technology and concept of news photography have experienced changes and metamorphosis again and again. Today, news photography has reached its peak in communication technology; The concept of news photography has also developed from an early means of page beautification with illustrations to an independent and unique means of news reporting. The emergence and development of news photography depends on two factors. First, the emergence and development of photography technology; The second is the development of news communication. The development of photography technology provides technical conditions for news photography to leap to a new level. 1 the sprout of news photography: the birth of the first news photography1842 from may 5 to 8, a fire shocked the world in Hamburg, Germany, and the city of Hamburg was reduced to ruins. At that time, artists who took portraits of people from all walks of life with silver plate photography were Staehl Zinner and Biot. They entered the fire scene and took many photos recording the fire remains. This is the first time that photography has been used to record photos of historical events in the three years since its birth. It represents the bud of news photography. The birth of news photography: a special journey to record the war 1855. In February, Roger Fenton, an outstanding figure in the history of news photography, a pioneer in battlefield photography and a British photographer, went to the front to shoot the Crimean war with his assistants and instruments under the sponsorship of businessmen. Fenton experienced great difficulties in customer service. After three months of hard work, he returned to England with the 360 Express Building. Today, his photos can't give people the feeling of documentary war. Their images show that soldiers are deliberately dressed and manipulated behind the line of fire. They smoke, drink and read newspapers. They look relaxed. They are described by photographic historians as "the photos that give people a comforting description and record the war time at the earliest time" and "the photos like an outing" 5438+01the agitation of the world in the middle of the 9th century. From then on, news photography began to break away from the upsurge of painting photography and became a means of news communication to cut into the real society and capture world events. The development of news photography: The birth of social documentary and "caring photography" news photography is closely related to the legendary tasks Fenton and Brady in the background of war. The all-round development of news photography depends on a group of social reformers who pay close attention to social problems and life. Their reality is touched by the problems in social life, and then they think of measures to expose social problems, attract public attention and promote change with these photos. In other words, social documentary photography is not only an objective record, but also has a distinct purpose of social reform: exposure and solution. From exhibition to plate-making printing, although people began to explore the technology of printing photos on paper when photography was just born, this research has not been completed for nearly half a century. Therefore, for a long time after the birth of news photography, the communication mode of news photography was limited to individuals and groups, and then it was only in the form of photo exhibition and slide show to meet the public. The limited communication limits the influence of news photography, and the social effect cannot be fully exerted. 1880 Hogan in the United States and 1882 Mei Sen Bach in Germany designed the printing technology of photographic copperplate respectively, and applied it to Daily Pictorial in new york and Leipzig Pictorial in Germany respectively. On March 4th, 1880, new york's Daily Pictorial published Newton's illegal buildings in shanty towns, which is considered to be the first news photo published in a newspaper in the world. It was not until 25 years later (1904) that photographic copperplate technology was widely used in the printing of newspaper news photos. 1904 65438+1October 7, the British Daily Mirror was published, and various versions of newspapers with photos as illustrations began to appear in the world, and the major newspapers in the world also added photo illustrated magazines one after another. In this way, newspaper news photography began to develop. This mode of news photography has been established, and news photography has really entered the society. The large demand for the role of news photography in newspapers has also led to the emergence of professional photographers in society. News photography has just begun to enter a mature stage.