Five Photojournalism Pictures:

Photo #1:

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/ph-shw.htm

a). This is a picture of when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and blew up the naval base; it's important because this is the main reason why we entered WWII and it affected the United States and the communities. 

b). It doesn't say who took the picture; they emphasized the explosion in the background and added the palm tree at the top to show how big the explosion was from that far away; this picture creates a very sad and depressing mood because it destroyed a lot and killed many marines and soldiers and even locals.

Photo #2:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/09/09/2010-09-09_blast_likely_caused_by_gas_line_explosion_causes_massive_fire_in_san_bruno_calif.html?r=news/national

a). This picture is of the recent San Bruno fire that just happened last week; this is very important because it burned and destroyed over 50 homes and people were found dead and some are missing; it affected communities and many people were left homeless. 

b). Sakuma took the picture; they emphasized the fire in the middle with the fire fighters and other people looking at it since it was untamable; the mood that is brought out by this picture was devastating because so many homes were lost and it was sad that this happened to a small city in California; this news was spread worlwide and was on the front cover of many newspapers even out of state.

Photo #3:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/sci_nat_san_francisco_earthquake___1906/html/1.stm

a). This is a picture of the San Francisco 1906 earthquake; this is important because scientists say that it was 7.9 in the scale; it had ruined many different buildings and homes in San Francisco.

b). It doesn't say who took the picture; I think they took this picture from the sky (birds eye view) because they wanted to show the impact of the earthquake and how badly it destroyed the city; you can even see in the background that more was ruined by the earthquake; this was also a sad time because so many people were affected by this earthquake, many were also killed.

Photo #4:

http://whitenoiseinsanity.com/2009/08/16/woodstock-reunion-festival-underway/

a). This is a picture of Woodstock which was a huge festival that took place in the 60's; many different famous bands performed there; It's important because not that many people were supposed to show up, yet thousands were there; it was the beginning of the peace era.

b). bzlevine took the picture (watermarked); They took this picture from an aerial shot because if you were down on the ground you wouldn't be able to see all of the people that were there; it wouldn't give that much of feeling in the picture if it was taken on the ground; gives more emphasis on how small the stage was yet everyone was practically there.

Photo #5:

http://nwoobserver.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/september-11-attacks-the-greatest-fraud-of-the-21st-century/

a). This is when the Twin Towers in New York City were attacked by planes that were hijacked; it's important because these were the tallest standing towers and over 2,500 people were killed; it affected the entire city and everyone in America.

b). It doesn't say on who took the picture but whoever the photographer is took it from the ground and looked up at the buildings and took the picture; It shows how tall the towers were and how big the explosion was; this is and still is a very devastating day for people who had lost family and or friends, and also for people all over the United States.