First of all, press photographs and art photographs are both represented differently because of their purposes. Press photography is an image that is meant to tell a news story and there are some regulations on how much you can edit the photo before releasing to the public which varies on the company. Art photographs however are images that reflect on the photographer’s style of shooting and editing an image. Art photography these days tend to be used a lot in print media and commercially.
Above are 4 pictures on war. The main differences of the pictures are that press photography capture a realistic event at that moment. The photographer captures the agonizing emotion that the solider is portraying as the two come to the aid of a fallen comrade. The image of the solider crying defines how much of an impact the war has on people. The reason for the tears might be because of his distant loved ones at home or even a horrific event that happened on the battlefield which lead to the tears.
The photos by Steven Meisel are found in the vogue. “Critics say that Steven's images glamorize the war in Iraq.” However, the photographer’s intention was to use the theme of “war” to show his artistic values of the dirty soldiers in the middle of a warzone hence the title “Make Love not War.”
Another difference is that the press photos don’t seem to be edited at all, maybe to capture the environment of the battlefield because they aren’t as clear and well detailed compared to the works of Steven Meisel’s photos. Stevens photos are professionally edited to allow a higher quality for the viewers to capture his imagination and because the photos appear in a prestigious magazine like Vogue.
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