Photojournalism: What’s Behind the Image?

Pictures speak a thousand words?

Ever wondered what the real story is behind the news photos you see every day? Sometimes photojournalists capture a tense moment with perfect timing, but other times the action is staged.

That’s what Italian photojournalist Ruben Salvadori realized when he was covering Palestinian protests in Judea and Samaria.

“Sometimes the situation is tense and dangerous,” Salvadori said, “but many other times, the riots are nothing more than groups of young Palestinian kids who with their face covered, who throw rocks and disperse, after the first tear gas is shot or go home if no soldier comes.”

Every Friday, he said, he would go to a protests with his gas mask, helmet and camera.

“Soon I realized that what really interested me wasn’t the Palestinian throwing a rock or the soldier shooting tear gas or grenades, which are over-seen, but an element that often we do not see, and that is kept out of the frame: the photographer.”

Watch what he discovered:

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Source: Israel Defense Forces