Photoblogging may not be the best way to experience images, but in the future it may end up being the most immediate and most prevasive.
For me, I am very happy thumbing through a well-produced coffee table book of photographs by my favorites or strolling through an exhibition.
However, in the day-to-day world, the medium of photojournalism is evolving and redefining itself. Photojournalists are finding ways to keep themselves employed and it is only the few and fortunate that ever get to publish books or hang an exhibit.
The new photojournalism is on the web. It is immediate and includes audio snapshots along with images. This week, award-winning photojournalist Ron Haviv of VII is blogging while on assignment for the Washington Post from Haiti.
The work is especially compelling when accompanied by interviews and natural sounds. There is also an opportunity for viewer to comment on the posts. This sort of feedback opens up the experience and allows people to contribute to the discourse. In a sense, another narrative layer can be created on top of the pre-existing stories being told by the journalist.
I Know that there is a great deal of room for improvement in this multimedia format, but it does seem clear to me that this is where photojournalism is headed -- like it or not.