Aesthetic Research On The Works Winning The Pulitzer Prize For Breaking News Photography From 2014 To 2018

From the "violent" picture to the "sublime" picture,Pulitzer's "Breaking News Photography Award" brings innovation and progress in news photography,and also brings about changes in the theme,theme and form of the work.This thesis aims to carry out an aesthetic study on the 27 works of Pulitzer's “Breaking News Photography Award” from 2014 to 2018 in terms of aesthetic characteristics,aesthetic expression and aesthetic influence.The thesis consists of five parts.The introduction part briefly introduces the academic value and practical significance of the research on the award-winning works of Pulitzer's "Breaking News Photography Award" since 2014,summarizes the research status at home and abroad,and explains the research methods and research ideas of the paper.The first chapter of Pulitzer's "Breaking News Photography Award" overview mainly introduces the reasons for the establishment of the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism,summarizing the historical overview of its initial establishment,mid-development and development transition,and points out that 2014 is a sudden photography work.In the transition year,its aesthetic style is in stark contrast to the previous award-winning works.The second chapter analyzes the aesthetic commonality of the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Photographing Award”.The main features of the award-winning works from 2014 to 2018 are aesthetics of disaster,sentiment,and conflict.These works reflect the pain in the subject matter,but can surpass the limitations of tragic beauty in emotional expression,and show strong selfredemption,so that the content of the event pays attention to the pleasure of conflict.The third part of Pulitzer's "Breaking News Photography Award" award-winning works of the aesthetic expression part mainly interprets the aesthetic expression of the award-winning works from 2014 to 2018.The works in this period first pay attention to the aesthetic connotation of the object,and deeply explore the change of subject consciousness from the perspective of the emotional expression of the disadvantaged group.Secondly,they pay attention to the expression of photographic aesthetics,and use the composition beauty,shadow beauty and rhythm beauty to enhance the expressiveness of the picture.The fourth chapter of Pulitzer's "Breaking News Photography Award" award-winning works in the aesthetic style of the main part of the 2014 to 2018 award-winning works in the theme of self-salvation,pleasant emotions,sublime aesthetics and other aspects of aesthetic style changes.The works of this period are selected from the perspective of self-protection and mutual assistance to express the theme of terrorist attacks.They feel the courage and fearless spirit of personal guardian life,and gradually improve and strengthen the requirements for aesthetics.The fifth part of Pulitzer's "Breaking News Photography Award" award-winning works of aesthetic influence mainly discusses the aesthetic impact of the winning works from 2014 to 2018 in terms of authentic shock performance,caring emotional expression,and peaceful pursuit.The tragic events in the photographic works purify the viewer's mind,inspire the public's good yearning for a peaceful life,and strengthen the public's moral sense of maintaining social stability.