Principles of message formation in a photo

This article addresses main principles of the making the messages in modern mass media by the instrumentality of photojournalism. A photo represents a text with a message which consists of signs. The order of perception of such a message depends on the composition and the accompanying verbal message which set time-space characteristics of the represented objects.

photojournalism, photo, icon sign, concept, image, text, sign system, message, composition, media