The beautiful in the ruble: semiotic strategies in the image of war photojournalism

Authors

  • Alberto Klein Universidade Estadual de Londrina.
  • Marina Ferezim Universidade Estadual de Londrina.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0383.2012v33n2p217

Keywords:

Photojournalism, Photo advertisement, Semiotics of culture.

Abstract

The article analyzes the aesthetic components of two photojoutnalistic pieces in the context Israel’s war against and the Hizbollah, a Lebanese political party: in 2006 first Spencer Platt, winner of Word Press Photo Contest, and the second from the Assiciated Press, published in the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo. Studied from beacons producing meaning in semiotics of culture oh Ivan Bystrina, the photographs show that the approach problematizations aesthetic universe of advertisement. Both photographs could easily move between the two contests of information production, given its compositional elements.

Author Biographies

Alberto Klein, Universidade Estadual de Londrina.

Doutor em Comunicação e Semiótica pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brasil.
Professor Adjunto da Universidade Estadual de Londrina , Brasil

Marina Ferezim, Universidade Estadual de Londrina.

Graduada em Jornalismo pela Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Published

2013-03-22

How to Cite

KLEIN, Alberto; FEREZIM, Marina. The beautiful in the ruble: semiotic strategies in the image of war photojournalism. Semina: Ciências Sociais e Humanas, [S. l.], v. 33, n. 2, p. 217–224, 2013. DOI: 10.5433/1679-0383.2012v33n2p217. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/seminasoc/article/view/14260. Acesso em: 5 jul. 2024.

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