Daniel Berehulak
Daniel Berehulak is a independent Photojournalist who started as a sports photographer in 2002. Getty images reports Berehulak started with Getty images in sports and then went into world news in 2005. He relocated to different countries and areas to provide world news to The New York Times and Getty images. His images have been seen all over the world and he has won multiple awards. His photos are published in online newspapers, online articles, galleries, magazines and news papers.
Daniel Berehulak's personal website reports he has been in the current era of Photography initially starting his career in 2002. He is currently is still practicing photography, however according to his personal website in 2013 he started a free lance career to start a new journey. The current era of Photojournalism as a profession is still very busy, fast paced and dangerous.
Daniel's motivation to shoot difficult subjects and situations such as the Philippine's drug war is he wants to tell the stories to show the world what is going on and illicit change as he.explains in the interview with 2/4. In his interview with World Press Photo about his trip to Antarctica he reports wanting to show the world about the troubles in Antarctica with littering, penguins, and climate change. The troubles motivated his photos and he wanted to advocate for change. He reports his motivation as wanting to initiate change by telling the stories.
Berehulak in this day in age uses digital cameras to take his pictures. The digital camera allows for all the pictures he takes to be taken fast, efficiently and with excellent quality. The digital camera allows him to get the quality images in a timely fashion, and then disperse them to the agencies he is working for. Using digital photography it allows him to transmit photos digitally from any part in the world he is on assignments.
Ethical dilemmas for Daniel I can imagine were difficult surrounding the circumstances he photographed in, photographing the Ebola crisis and watching people die or loved ones grieve. The
Time article reports all of the hard situations he had to photograph to get the word out on the crisis. Watching and photographing families being ripped apart from their loved ones, is an ethical dilemma to share these intimate photos with the world.
Daniel's photos about Antarctica's environmental issues, caused for the issues to be looked at and advocated for change. The Ebola crisis coverage as it reports in the Time article was limited due to the risk of infection with photographers. However Berehulak took the risk and was one of a small group of journalists covering the story, his photos assisted is showing the world how bad it was. There was a lot of denial about the severity of the situation and the photos made it more real to the rest of society.
Daniel Berehulak is well regarded in his field, he is looked at as talented, creative and much more. Jim Colton from Z Photojournal describes Berehulak as: " immensely talented, humble and courageous". The Getty Images CEO reports: " he has developed his extraordinary artistic eye to communicate tough, critical stories with sensitivity and deep humanity – and become one of best storytellers of our time.”
Daniel's career can relate to my personal career and AIC major being Nursing. Daniel has photographed a major health crisis the Ebola outbreak. Ebola is a very serious health issue with the World Health Organization, health facilities, practitioners in the field and communities infected. These issues all directly relate to my major in Nursing and the medical field's history.
Photo by: Daniel Berehulak
Image source:https://www.americanphotomag.com/interview-daniel-berehulak-afghanistan-india-and-pakistan
The quality of light in this photo is engaging, the people have a back light which allows their figures to be highlighted. The backlight surrounds the people with a halo of light, in the circumstance of the tragic flood it is fitting. The quality of light in this photo adds drama to the photo, it provokes more emotion. The use of shadows from the quality of light is captivating, the back light allows for their faces to be in a shadow. The shadow highlights the main subjects, and assists the light with showing dark emotion. The background being dark with the water surrounding them allows for the main subjects to the complemented.
Photo by: Daniel Berehulak
Image source:http://www.zphotojournal.com/photo-journal/2015/11/2/daniel-berehulak-behind-the-pulitzer
The obvious main subject in this photo is a swimmer, it takes up most of the photo and creates a dramatic effect. The main subject is in action in the water, and adds a creative look to the hard work the swimmer is putting forth. This picture is simple, there is no other subject or point to be made other than the swimmer coming up for air. Berehulak kept it simple in this photo, yet it shows raw power of the swimmer coming up for air. The texture of this photo is wet, the water is so real in this photo you can almost feel it while looking at it. The texture adds intensity to the swimmers face, complementing his push to swim.
Photo by: Daniel Berehulak
Image source:http://www.zphotojournal.com/photo-journal/2015/11/2/daniel-berehulak-behind-the-pulitzer
This photo of a little girl sleeping with bugs all over her face is a raw photo, it elicits a lot of emotions. This photo creates sadness, powerlessness, anger, and helplessness. The child laying attempting to rest, looking sick, sleeping on a floor with no bed or pillow, has a shock value to it. The subjects expression is not peaceful, as one would think while they are sleeping. The expression looks as if they are on the brink of expiration and makes the viewer drawn to the photo due to absolute morbid look of the photo. The main subject is in focus, yet the background is out of focus. The image is sharp by the child's face and fades from there. The out of focus area around the child allows the viewers eyes to be drawn to the face, bugs, and desperation in the photo.
Image source: http://time.com/3810056/daniel-berehulak-the-freelancers-way/
The photos use of lines in the foreground and background highlights the photo. The lines are pilgrims walking along bridges, the use of lines draws you into ask the question of what is going on in this picture. The lines draw the viewer into the message of the photo. The depth of field in this photo is large, the photo is taken above the bridge looking across to multiple bridges in the distance. It allows the viewer to see how vast the lines of pilgrims travel. When seeing how many pilgrims are traveling it gives perspective to how large the movement is. The rule of thirds in this photo is used, as the main subject if the first bridge of pilgrims in the bottom part of the frame. If the main subject was placed in the middle of the frame you would not be able to see all the other bridges in the distance. The large number of pilgrims on the multiple bridges is a part of importance of the photo, the rule of thirds assists in that.
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