Through the Lens of a Camera

Photojournalism and the Crises of Zimbabwe’s “Second Republic

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7496070
AutoresLungile Augustine Tshuma (University of Johannesburg)
Año2021
Volumen42
Número3
Páginas100-112
Fecha de publicación2021-07-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAfrican Journalism Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2374-3670 • E-ISSN: 2374-3689
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23743670.2021.1956557
OpenAlexW3201065736
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas16

This paper explores the role of photojournalism in mediating Zimbabwe’s crises in the “Second Republic”. It uses the case study of Auntony Zinyange’s photographs to examine the use of photographs to portray the “Second Republic”. While photographs are credited for being “authentic”, “factual” and “record undisputed evidence”, this study, informed by the constructionist approach in photography, argues that photographs are a construct and the vision/reality they bear is selective and coded. Therefore, the study argues that photographs are used to “stipulate” and produce discourses on the Zimbabwean crises in the “Second Republic” with the aim of structuring power relations. Using visual discourse analysis as a method of analysis, which arguably presents a holistic analysis of photographs, the study found that the “Second Republic” is portrayed as having shattered people’s dreams. Resultantly, the country is framed as having changed the driver while the old car has remained the same. Zimbabwe is witnessing a “change without change

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