드론을 활용한 포토저널리즘에 관한 연구 -재난현장을 중심으로-

Abstract

Currently, the drone industry is a business with a high value. Various fields utilize drones, and it is expected to the weight of drones will increase in the future. Today, in the field of photojournalism, too, drones are in the limelight. The merit of the drone that can take pictures of sites extensively in the air is an ideal technology in photojournalism that should put the objective and various images into one picture, and it is equipment that allows photographers that would always pursue a new perspective to realize various images. Especially, in disaster pictures, the utilization of drones is high, for it shows good accessibility and mobility even at dangerous disaster sites to which it is difficult for a photographer to approach. In fact, pictures have been taken, using drones at many disaster sites, and they have received a favorable evaluation in terms of photographic completion, as well. This study would examine what effect the drone photojournalism brings about to disaster sites. Furthermore, this study investigates the present status and future of the drone photojournalism, problems confronted and solutions.